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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop vs Intel Arc B390

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
VS
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Intel Arc B390
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Intel Arc B390

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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 4050 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 4050 Laptop
vs
Intel Arc B390

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
106
65
53
35
70
38
29
20
The Witcher 3
115
92
65
34
68
55
39
19
Counter-Strike 2
167
123
90
42
84
60
42
17
Far Cry 6
86
80
61
33
55
49
37
14
Hogwarts Legacy
63
53
35
18
29
21
16
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
75
65
45
32
35
32
26
15
Ghost of Tsushima
60
47
33
20
33
25
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
64
56
34
15
37
33
18
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
98
89
62
33
57
52
35
19
Avg FPS
1080p High9352
1080p Ultra7441
1440p Ultra5329
4K Ultra2914
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Intel Arc B390
4242
Time Spy82116595
Solar Bay3556326399
Port Royal46273886
Fire Strike2186616770
Night Raid8423568498
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Intel Arc B390]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Intel Arc B390
64546
Background Blur141.4 frames/sn/a
Face Detection84.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.07 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.91 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.85 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.1 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching325.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics11008.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Intel Arc B390]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
Intel Arc B390
9029
G2D Mark630786
DirectX 11130 fps70 fps
DirectX 1261 fps50 fps
GPU Compute5961 Ops/s3702 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Intel Arc B390]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Intel Arc B390
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)597.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase531.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)416.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex2221.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22915 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2258.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2946.5n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Intel Arc B390
11871
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Intel Arc B390
20120
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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 February, 22, 2023 January, 5, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Celestial
Codename AD107 (GN21-X2) Panther Lake

GPU

GPU Frequency 1140-2070 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1605-2370 MHz 2500 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1536
TMUs 80 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 20 12
Ray Tracing Cores 20 n/a
Tensor Cores 80 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 12000 KB/core 16000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 51-76 Gpix/sec 60 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 128-190 GTex/s 120 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS 7.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0
TGP 35-140 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 156 mm² n/a
Transistor count 18.9 billion n/a
Transistor density 121.15 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz n/a
Bus 96 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s
Intel Arc B390
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

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