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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs Intel Arc B390

35 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
VS
33 out 100
Intel Arc B390
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
Intel Arc B390

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop, vs Intel Arc B390. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
vs
Intel Arc B390

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
107
67
53
36
70
38
29
20
The Witcher 3
115
96
69
37
68
55
39
19
Counter-Strike 2
170
126
92
45
84
60
42
17
Far Cry 6
88
78
63
32
55
49
37
14
Hogwarts Legacy
61
50
38
19
29
21
16
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
66
46
31
35
32
26
15
Ghost of Tsushima
58
46
34
17
33
25
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
62
59
32
14
37
33
18
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
102
91
66
32
57
52
35
19
Avg FPS
1080p High9352
1080p Ultra7541
1440p Ultra5529
4K Ultra2914
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Intel Arc B390
4242
Time Spy83266595
Solar Bay3702926399
Port Royal47083886
Fire Strike2018216770
Night Raid7190568498
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Intel Arc B390]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Intel Arc B390
64546
Background Blur153.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection90 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.1 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.77 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur4.35 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching385.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics12770 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Intel Arc B390]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
Intel Arc B390
9029
G2D Mark589786
DirectX 11110 fps70 fps
DirectX 1258 fps50 fps
GPU Compute5759 Ops/s3702 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop], [Intel Arc B390]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Intel Arc B390
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)537.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase465 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)398.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex1964.8 fpsn/a
ALU 22748.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2256.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2932.7n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
Intel Arc B390
11871
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
Intel Arc B390
20120
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Intel Arc B390]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 5, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Celestial
Codename GA106 (GN20-E3) Panther Lake

GPU

GPU Frequency 816-1387 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1283-1703 MHz 2500 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1536
TMUs 120 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 30 12
Ray Tracing Cores 30 n/a
Tensor Cores 120 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 16000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 62-82 Gpix/sec 60 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 154-204 GTex/s 120 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS 7.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0
TGP 60-140 W n/a
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 300 mm² n/a
Transistor count 13.25 billion n/a
Transistor density 44.17 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s
Intel Arc B390
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.2 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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