Intel Arc B370 With 10 Xe3 Cores Is Faster Than AMD’s Radeon 890M RDNA 3.5 iGPU

Intel's Arc B370 iGPU has been tested, and even with two fewer Xe3 cores than the B390, it stays ahead of the AMD Radeon 890M.

First Intel Arc B370 iGPU Benchmarks Show Xe3 Retains Good Lead Over AMD RDNA 3.5 Despite Cut-Down Cores

For the past few days, the Intel Arc B390 iGPU based on the Xe3 architecture has stolen the spotlight, offering stunning graphics performance, not only on paper but also in independent test results from various outlets, including our own. While the Arc B390 iGPU is impressive, it will be featured only on the higher-tier Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" SKUs.

For more mainstream audiences who want to get the Arc B-Series treatment, the next variant would be the Arc B370 iGPU. Versus the Arc B390 iGPU, which features 12 Xe3 cores, the Arc B370 iGPU is paired with 10 Xe3 cores and clocks 100 MHz lower at 2.4 GHz. The core count isn't cut down by a whole lot when compared to the Non "X" variants, which feature 4 and 2 Xe3 cores, depending on the Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake configurations.

Now, new benchmarks of the Intel Arc B370 iGPU have just appeared at PassMark, and they look impressive to say the least. The GPU scored 8558 points in the graphics test versus the 9453 points of the Arc B390, which indicates a 10% performance delta between the two chips. But at the same time, the Arc B370 iGPU is almost 5% ahead of the fastest "Strix Point" iGPU, the Radeon 890M.

Now, the reason we won't compare the Arc B390 or Arc B370 iGPU with the Strix Halo "Ryzen AI MAX+" line is because Strix Halo chips are much larger, consume more power by default (even though they can be undervolted in specific configurations and still retain awesome performance), and require high-end cooling solutions.

Also, the market for Ryzen AI MAX+ is still a niche, making retail platforms more expensive due to their design, while chips such as the Core Ultra 5 with an Arc B370 iGPU will come in thin and light form factors, along with prices close to the $1000 US mark. So yeah, Strix Halo is a completely different class of product while the Panther Lake lineup is more inclined to compete against the Ryzen AI 400 "Gorgon Point" and the existing Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" families.

The numbers shown here are based on a synthetic benchmark. In actual games, the difference between the Arc B390 iGPU and the Radeon 890M iGPU is easily over 50%, so we realistically expected around a 20-30 percent gain for the B370 over the 890M in games. Besides this, Intel is also preparing two specific Arc integrated GPUs for handhelds, featuring 12 and 10 Xe3 cores, and optimized compute specs. Expect proper testing against AMD's portfolio in our official testing when reviews go live.

News Source: @x86deadandback

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