Intel Arc B390 GPU — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the Intel Arc B390 GPU?
At 1080p (Low), the Intel Arc B390 GPU averages 136 fps in F1 25, per Club386. For local LLM inference it generates 100.0 tokens/sec running llama3.1:8b at Q8 under ollama, per LocalLLaMA. In 3DMark Night Raid it scores 48,530 points, per Club386.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The Intel Arc B390 GPU is a graphics card from the Battlemage family from Intel. Data on this page draws on 10 synthetic benchmark results, 7 community AI inference reports, 14 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the Intel Arc B390 GPU, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 25 | 1080p | Low | 136 fps | — | Club386 2026-01-08 | |
| F1 25 | 1080p | High XeSS Quality | 109 fps | 36 fps | Club386 2026-01-08 | |
| Dota 2 | 1080p | High | 108 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2026-03-01 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Medium XeSS Balanced | 100 fps | — | Tom's Hardware 2026-01-07 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Medium XeSS | 100 fps | — | Tom's Hardware 2026-01-08 | |
| GTA V | 1080p | High | 98 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2026-03-01 | |
| Strange Brigade | 1080p | Ultra | 95 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2026-03-01 | |
| F1 25 | 1080p | High | 93 fps | 11 fps | Club386 2026-01-08 | |
| F1 25 | 1080p | High | 92 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2026-01-10 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra XeSS Quality | 92 fps | — | PCWorld 2026-01-27 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | RT Low RT on XeSS | 90 fps | 76 fps | Club386 2026-01-26 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1080p | High | 75 fps | 35 fps | PC Gamer 2026-01-08 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1080p | High | 74 fps | — | Notebookcheck 2026-01-07 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | High XeSS Quality | 73 fps | 61 fps | Club386 2026-01-08 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama3.1:8b | Q8 ollama | 100.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-16 | |
| llama-3.2-1b-instruct | Q4_0 llama.cpp | 88.7 tok/s | — | llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #23313 2026-06-02 | |
| qwen3:0.6b | — ollama | 47.1 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-15 | |
| llama-2-7b | Q4_0 llama.cpp | 19.2 tok/s | — | llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #23313 2026-06-02 | |
| qwen3:8b | — ollama | 18.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-14 | |
| gemma:26b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 5.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-16 | |
| qwen3.6:27b | Q4_K_M llama.cpp | 3.5 tok/s | — | llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #23313 2026-06-02 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Night Raid | 48,530 points | Club386 2026-01-26 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 17,324 points | Notebookcheck 2026-03-01 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 14,478 points | Club386 2026-01-26 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 9,026 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,710 points | Club386 2026-01-26 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,043 points | Notebookcheck 2026-03-01 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,000 points | TweakTown 2025-11-23 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 5,950 points | Notebookcheck 2026-01-27 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 1,668 points | Club386 2026-01-26 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 1,507 points | Notebookcheck 2026-01-27 |
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