Intel Arc B390 vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)

Compared 2 processors: Intel Arc B390, vs Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Arc B390 and Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
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
70
38
29
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
68
55
39
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
84
60
42
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
55
49
37
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
29
21
16
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
35
32
26
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
33
25
21
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
37
33
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
52
35
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High52n/a
1080p Ultra41n/a
1440p Ultra29n/a
4K Ultra14n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Arc B390
4242
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
8594
Time Spy6595n/a
Solar Bay2639939437
Port Royal3886n/a
Fire Strike16770n/a
Night Raid68498n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Intel Arc B390
64546
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
75207
Background Blurn/a153.3 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a101 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a4.09 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a212.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a9757.6 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Intel Arc B390
9029
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
n/a
G2D Mark786n/a
DirectX 1170 fpsn/a
DirectX 1250 fpsn/a
GPU Compute3702 Ops/sn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Intel Arc B390
11871
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
18459
GB6 ML Half Precision
Intel Arc B390
20120
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
32720
GB6 ML Quantized
Intel Arc B390
7879
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
31852
Image Classification (SP)54878260
Image Segmentation (HP)1686425244
Horizon Detection878833177
Face Detection (HP)2502951773
Pose Estimation (Q)18852190718
Text Classification (SP)21152913
Machine Translation (HP)42668985
Object Detection (SP)74497777
Depth Estimation (Q)2220763837
Style Transfer (SP)95039128419
FrameworkONNXCore ML
BackendDirectMLGPU

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Announced January, 5, 2026 March, 3, 2026
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Celestial Apple M GPU
Codename Panther Lake Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 300 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2500 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1536 2048
TMUs 48 128
ROPs 24 64
Execution Units 12 256
L1 cache 64 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 16000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 60 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 120 GTex/s 207 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.7 TFLOPS 6.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 Custom
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Max temperature 100 °C 100 °C
Transistor count n/a 28 billion

Memory

Interface System Shared System Shared
Memory Frequency n/a 9600 MHz
Bus n/a 256 bit
ECC support No No
Max Throughput
Intel Arc B390
n/a
Apple M5 Pro GPU (16-core)
307 GB/s

API

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

Results

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