Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Intel Arc B390

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
110
67
60
39
70
38
29
20
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
68
55
39
19
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
84
60
42
17
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
55
49
37
14
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
29
21
16
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
35
32
26
15
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
33
25
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
37
33
18
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
57
52
35
19
Avg FPS
1080p High10052
1080p Ultra8041
1440p Ultra5829
4K Ultra3214
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Intel Arc B390
4242
Time Spy87486595
Solar Bay4096426399
Port Royal51423886
Fire Strike2230816770
Night Raid9883168498
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Intel Arc B390
64546
Background Blur149.6 frames/sn/a
Face Detection91 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics12226.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Intel Arc B390
9029
G2D Mark961786
DirectX 11128 fps70 fps
DirectX 1269 fps50 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s3702 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Intel Arc B390
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase492.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1940.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22862.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2965.4n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Intel Arc B390
11871
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Intel Arc B390
20120
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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 January, 12, 2021 January, 5, 2026
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Celestial
Codename GA106 Panther Lake
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 2500 MHz
Shader Units 3584 1536
TMUs 112 48
ROPs 48 24
Execution Units 28 12
Ray Tracing Cores 28 n/a
Tensor Cores 112 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 85 Gpix/sec 60 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 120 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 7.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0
TGP 170 W n/a
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 276 mm² n/a
Transistor count 12 billion n/a
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 12 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s
Intel Arc B390
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 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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