Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs Intel Arc B390

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs Intel Arc B390. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and Intel Arc B390
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
68
37
29
16
70
38
29
20
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
68
55
39
19
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
84
60
42
17
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
55
49
37
14
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
29
21
16
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
35
32
26
15
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
33
25
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
37
33
18
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
57
52
35
19
Avg FPS
1080p High5052
1080p Ultra3741
1440p Ultra2729
4K Ultra1314
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Intel Arc B390
4242
Time Spy42036595
Solar Bay1120526399
Port Royal8383886
Fire Strike1313116770
Night Raid5456768498
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Intel Arc B390
64546
Background Blur100.2 frames/sn/a
Face Detection48.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics4220.5 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
Intel Arc B390
9029
G2D Mark747786
DirectX 1172 fps70 fps
DirectX 1237 fps50 fps
GPU Compute4310 Ops/s3702 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Intel Arc B390
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase299.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)253.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1307.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25983.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1538.6n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Intel Arc B390
11871
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Intel Arc B390
20120
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Intel Arc B390
7879
Image Classification (SP)n/a5487
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a16864
Horizon Detectionn/a8788
Face Detection (HP)n/a25029
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a18852
Text Classification (SP)n/a2115
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4266
Object Detection (SP)n/a7449
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a22207
Style Transfer (SP)n/a95039
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced July, 19, 2016 January, 5, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Celestial
Codename GP106 Panther Lake
Price 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 2500 MHz
Shader Units 1280 1536
TMUs 80 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 10 12
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 16000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 60 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 137 GTex/s 120 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 7.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0
TGP 120 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 200 mm² n/a
Transistor count 4 billion n/a
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s
Intel Arc B390
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Arc B390 the clear winner in this comparison.

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