GeForce RTX 5090 vs Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5090 (96/100)

GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose GeForce RTX 5090:
  • + Higher Gaming score (100 vs 15)
Why choose Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (95 vs 48)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Efficiency 48.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 100.0 Excellent WINNER 15.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Fire Strike 87569 —
Night Raid 206648 —
Port Royal 38202 —
Solar Bay 236689 —
Time Spy 46873 —
Wild Life Extreme 108751 —

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
CUDA 12.0 —
DLSS DLSS 4 No
DirectX 12.2 12.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
1080p High 299 —
1080p Ultra 254 —
1440p Ultra 207 —
4K Ultra 125 —
CoD: Modern Warfare III 334322260184 —
Counter-Strike 2 36326520299 —
Cyberpunk 2077 26123316077 —
Far Cry 6 237202190121 —
Forza Horizon 5 336247233187 —
Ghost of Tsushima 221185175113 —
Hogwarts Legacy 24919916697 —
Margin of Error Low —
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 329302238128 —
The Witcher 3 364327237123 —

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Backend DirectML —
Depth Estimation (Q) 85572 —
Face Detection (HP) 114685 —
Framework ONNX —
Image Classification (SP) 18948 —
Image Segmentation (HP) 55109 —
Image Super Resolution (Q) 58478 —
Machine Translation (HP) 8184 —
Object Detection (SP) 27802 —
Pose Estimation (Q) 344729 —
Style Transfer (SP) 687080 —
Text Classification (SP) 4464 —

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 333 img/sec —
Edge Detection 33.7 Gpixels/sec —
Face Detection 298.5 img/sec —
Feature Matching 2.53 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian Blur 34.5 Gpixels/sec —
Horizon Detection 21.7 Gpixels/sec —
Particle Physics 59146.9 FPS —
Stereo Matching 2850 Gpixels/sec —

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Celestial
Build Discrete Integrated
Case Desktop Laptop
GPU Codename GB202-300 Panther Lake
Launch price (MSRP) $1999 —
Purpose Gaming Generic
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 9 285Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 5 332or above
Released January 7, 2025 January 5, 2026
Segment High-end Entry-level
Vendor Nvidia Intel
Used in CPUs — -Intel Core 7 350-Intel Core 5 320-Intel Core Ultra 5 332-Intel Core Ultra 5 322

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Base Clock 2017 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 2407 MHz 2500 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 170 4
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 96MB shared 4MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 170 2
Render Output Units (ROPs) 176 8
Shading Units 21760 256
Tensor Cores 680 32
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 680 16

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Bus 512-bit —
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps —
Memory Clock 1750 MHz —
Memory Size 32 GB —
Memory Type GDDR7 System Shared

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
DirectX 11 341 FPS —
DirectX 12 179 FPS —
G2D Mark 1410 —
GPU Compute 24360 Ops/s —

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Die Size 750 mm² —
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
TGP 575 W 25 W
Transistor Count 92.2 billion —
Transistor Density 122.93 MTr/mm² —
Max. Temperature — 100°C

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Pixel Fill Rate 424 GPixel/s 20 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTexel/s 40 GTexel/s

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