GeForce RTX 5090 vs Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

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

GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose GeForce RTX 5090:
  • + Higher Gaming score (100 vs 17)
Why choose Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-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 (4-Core)
Efficiency 48.0 Poor 95.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming 100.0 Excellent WINNER 17.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-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 (4-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 (4-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 (4-Core)
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 85572 10708
Face Detection (HP) 114685 16012
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 18948 4265
Image Segmentation (HP) 55109 11549
Image Super Resolution (Q) 58478 4466
Machine Translation (HP) 8184 4037
Object Detection (SP) 27802 4026
Pose Estimation (Q) 344729 8425
Style Transfer (SP) 687080 35823
Text Classification (SP) 4464 1380

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 333 img/sec 57.6 img/sec
Edge Detection 33.7 Gpixels/sec 1.02 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 298.5 img/sec 29.1 img/sec
Feature Matching 2.53 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 34.5 Gpixels/sec 1.02 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 21.7 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 59146.9 FPS 3352.7 FPS
Stereo Matching 2850 Gpixels/sec 61.2 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-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 9 386Hor above
Released January 7, 2025 January 5, 2026
Segment High-end Entry-level
Vendor Nvidia Intel
Used in CPUs — -Intel Core Ultra 9 386H-Intel Core Ultra 7 366H-Intel Core Ultra 7 365-Intel Core Ultra 7 356H-Intel Core Ultra 7 355-Intel Core Ultra 5 336H-Intel Core Ultra 5 335-Intel Core Ultra 5 325

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-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 4
Render Output Units (ROPs) 176 16
Shading Units 21760 512
Tensor Cores 680 32
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 680 32

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5090 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-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 (4-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 (4-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 (4-Core)
Pixel Fill Rate 424 GPixel/s 40 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTexel/s 80 GTexel/s

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