Intel Arc Pro B370 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Comparison

Intel Arc Pro B370 is an integrated graphics processor built on Intel's 3 nm Panther Lake chip, while NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 is a discrete add-in board using the GB207 chip on TSMC's 5 nm process. The RTX 5050 carries a launch MSRP of 249 USD. The database places the Arc Pro B370 at the 50th percentile of all GPUs, whereas the RTX 5050 sits at the 66th percentile, indicating the discrete part occupies a higher overall performance tier. The RTX 5050 has recorded benchmark scores across multiple APIs, while the Arc Pro B370 has no recorded benchmark entries in the database, so quantitative comparisons rely entirely on the RTX 5050's measured results and the architectural specifications of both parts.

FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Arc Pro B370's compute throughput compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050?

A: The Arc Pro B370 delivers 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the RTX 5050 delivers 13.17 TFLOPS. The RTX 5050 provides roughly 2.14 times the FP32 throughput of the integrated Intel part.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference between the two?

A: The Arc Pro B370 uses system shared memory with system dependent bandwidth, meaning it has no dedicated VRAM. The RTX 5050 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus, providing 320.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units and ray tracing cores?

A: The RTX 5050 has 2560 shading units and 20 ray tracing cores. The Arc Pro B370 has 1280 shading units and 10 ray tracing cores, exactly half of the NVIDIA part in both counts.

Q: What are the power consumption figures for each GPU?

A: The Arc Pro B370 has a TDP of 25 W and requires no power connectors, consistent with its integrated design. The RTX 5050 has a TDP of 130 W and uses a single 8-pin power connector, with a suggested PSU of 300 W.

Q: What do the RTX 5050's nearest rival comparisons show?

A: The RTX 5050's average benchmark score is 21035. It is 1.6% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL, 1% behind the AMD Radeon HD 8970M, and 1.6% behind the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile.

Q: Which GPU supports newer PCIe and display interfaces?

A: The RTX 5050 uses PCIe 5.0 x8 and offers 1x HDMI 2.1b plus 3x DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. The Arc Pro B370 is an integrated part with an IGP bus interface and portable device dependent display outputs.

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc Pro B370 employs the Xe3-LPG architecture on Panther Lake, fabricated on Intel's 3 nm process. It belongs to the Arc Graphics-WM generation and is classified as an integrated graphics processor. The chip integrates 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, 20 ROPs, and 10 ray tracing cores. Its base clock is 300 MHz with a boost clock of 2400 MHz. The memory subsystem is entirely system shared, with no dedicated VRAM, no fixed bus width, and bandwidth listed as system dependent. The GPU's FP16 throughput is 12.29 TFLOPS, achieved at a 2:1 ratio relative to FP32. The Arc Pro B370 has a TDP of 25 W, uses no power connectors, and occupies an IGP slot width. Its production status is active, and it was released in January 2026, succeeding HD Graphics-WM.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture on the GB207 chip, fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm process. The die measures 149 mm² and contains 16,900 million transistors, yielding a transistor density of 113.4M per mm². It has 2560 shading units, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 20 ray tracing cores, and 80 tensor cores. The base clock is 2317 MHz with a boost clock of 2572 MHz. Memory runs at 2500 MHz with 20 Gbps effective speed across an 8 GB GDDR6 pool on a 128 bit bus, producing 320.0 GB/s of bandwidth. FP16 throughput equals FP32 at 13.17 TFLOPS, using a 1:1 ratio. The RTX 5050 carries a 130 W TDP, uses a single 8-pin power connector, requires a 300 W suggested PSU, and is a dual-slot card with PCIe 5.0 x8 interface. It launched in June 2025 as part of the GeForce 50 series, succeeding the GeForce 40 generation and preceding GeForce 60.

The two parts diverge sharply in memory architecture. The Arc Pro B370 draws on shared system memory, making its available bandwidth dependent on the host platform, while the RTX 5050 has dedicated GDDR6 with a fixed 320.0 GB/s pipe. The RTX 5050 also doubles the Arc Pro B370's shading units, TMUs, and ray tracing cores, and it adds tensor cores that the Intel part lacks entirely. Process technology differences are notable as well: Intel uses a 3 nm node with an unspecified foundry, while NVIDIA uses a 5 nm node from TSMC with disclosed transistor and die metrics.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no head-to-head benchmark entries between the Intel Arc Pro B370 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050. The wins counters for both parts are zero, indicating no direct comparative tests have been recorded. However, the RTX 5050 has a full set of individual benchmark results, while the Arc Pro B370 has none. This absence of recorded data for the Intel part means all performance interpretation must come from the RTX 5050's measured scores and its placement among rivals.

The RTX 5050's average benchmark score is 21035. Its nearest rivals bracket that figure closely. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT scores 20713, putting the RTX 5050 1.6% ahead. The AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL scores 21153, placing the RTX 5050 0.6% behind. The AMD Radeon HD 8970M scores 21237, a 1% deficit for the RTX 5050. The NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile scores 21379, making the RTX 5050 1.6% slower. These narrow deltas show the RTX 5050 sits in a tightly packed performance band around the 21000 mark, with no rival in its immediate vicinity exceeding a 1.6% gap.

Within its own benchmark suite, the RTX 5050 shows a wide spread across APIs and workloads. In Geekbench OpenCL it scores 90334, and in Geekbench Vulkan it scores 89381, both far above its other recorded results. The Passmark G3D score is 17326, while Passmark GPU Compute reaches 9184. Legacy DirectX tests produce lower figures: Passmark DirectX 9 scores 186, DirectX 11 scores 150, DirectX 10 scores 103, and DirectX 12 scores 66. The Passmark G2D score is 1113. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test records 2502. These results indicate the RTX 5050 performs best in modern compute-oriented workloads like OpenCL and Vulkan, with substantially lower scores in older DirectX rasterization tests.

Since the Arc Pro B370 lacks any recorded benchmarks, its relative standing cannot be quantified from the database. The only positional data available is its 50th percentile ranking among all GPUs, compared to the RTX 5050's 66th percentile. That percentile gap, combined with the RTX 5050's 2.14x FP32 advantage and dedicated memory system, suggests the discrete NVIDIA part is positioned for higher absolute performance, though no direct measurement confirms this within the recorded data.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every tracked specification. The Arc Pro B370 uses the Xe3-LPG architecture on a 3 nm process, whereas the RTX 5050 uses Blackwell 2.0 on a 5 nm process. The Intel chip is fabricated by Intel itself, while the NVIDIA chip comes from TSMC. Transistor count and die size are unknown for the Arc Pro B370, while the RTX 5050 has 16,900 million transistors on a 149 mm² die with 113.4M transistors per mm².

Clock speeds differ significantly. The Arc Pro B370 runs at a 300 MHz base and 2400 MHz boost. The RTX 5050 runs at 2317 MHz base and 2572 MHz boost. Memory clocks are system shared for the Intel part, while the RTX 5050 operates at 2500 MHz with 20 Gbps effective. Memory capacity is system shared versus 8 GB GDDR6, and bus width is system shared versus 128 bit. Bandwidth is system dependent versus 320.0 GB/s.

Compute resources differ by exact multiples. The Arc Pro B370 has 1280 shading units, 40 TMUs, 20 ROPs, and 10 RT cores. The RTX 5050 has 2560 shading units, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 20 RT cores, and 80 tensor cores. FP32 throughput is 6.144 TFLOPS versus 13.17 TFLOPS. FP16 throughput is 12.29 TFLOPS at 2:1 ratio versus 13.17 TFLOPS at 1:1 ratio. Pixel rate is 48.00 GPixel/s versus 82.30 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 96.00 GTexel/s versus 205.8 GTexel/s.

Power and physical specifications also diverge. The Arc Pro B370 has a 25 W TDP, an IGP slot width, and no power connectors. The RTX 5050 has a 130 W TDP, a dual-slot design, and a single 8-pin power connector with a 300 W suggested PSU. The bus interface is IGP for Intel versus PCIe 5.0 x8 for NVIDIA. Display outputs are portable device dependent for the Intel part versus 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b for NVIDIA. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Release timing and generational context differ as well. The Arc Pro B370 released in January 2026 with a predecessor of HD Graphics-WM. The RTX 5050 released in June 2025, succeeding GeForce 40 and preceding GeForce 60. The RTX 5050 has a launch MSRP of 249 USD, while the Arc Pro B370 has no recorded launch price.

Where Each One Wins

The Arc Pro B370 wins on power efficiency and integration. Its 25 W TDP is dramatically lower than the RTX 5050's 130 W, and it requires no power connectors, making it suitable for compact portable systems where a discrete card cannot be installed. Its 3 nm process node is also a generation ahead in lithography terms, and its system shared memory architecture eliminates the need for separate VRAM allocation. The 50th percentile ranking places it in the middle of the GPU performance distribution, which for an integrated part indicates a meaningful level of capability relative to the entire database.

The RTX 5050 wins on raw performance across every measurable dimension. Its 13.17 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is more than double the Arc Pro B370's 6.144 TFLOPS. Its 2560 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 32 ROPs all exceed the Intel part's counts. The dedicated 8 GB GDDR6 memory with 320.0 GB/s bandwidth provides a fixed, high-bandwidth pipeline that the system shared memory of the Arc Pro B370 cannot guarantee. The RTX 5050 also adds 80 tensor cores, enabling capabilities the Intel GPU does not list. Its 66th percentile ranking indicates it outperforms a larger share of all GPUs than the Arc Pro B370.

Benchmark evidence reinforces the RTX 5050's position. In Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan, it records scores above 89000, while its Passmark G3D score of 17326 and GPU Compute score of 9184 show strong compute performance. Its near-parity with rivals like the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, within 1.6%, places it in a competitive segment for discrete mobile and desktop graphics. The Arc Pro B370 has no recorded benchmarks, so its real-world standing cannot be compared directly, but its lower resource counts and shared memory architecture point to a less demanding performance envelope.

Use-case differentiation follows the hardware split. The Arc Pro B370 suits systems where power draw, physical space, and integration matter most, such as thin portable devices with no expansion slots. The RTX 5050 suits workloads requiring sustained graphics throughput, ray tracing, and tensor operations, backed by its dedicated memory and higher compute rates. The database shows no head-to-head wins for either part, but the specification gap and the RTX 5050's recorded scores make the performance hierarchy clear.