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Intel Arc 140T vs Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

Intel Arc 140T
VS
Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
Intel Arc 140T
Arrow Lake iGPU
Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc 140T with 8 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year and 2 months older Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core) that utilizes 640 pipelines and 5120 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M3 Max GPU (40-core) over Arc 140T
Reasons to consider the Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 3.9x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 2.9x higher maximum theoretical performance (14.1 vs 4.8 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
  • Has 5x more shading units (5120 vs 1024)
  • Achieves 2.2x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (94K vs 42K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
Arc 140T
vs
M3 Max GPU (40-core)

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
53
28
21
12
 -
The Witcher 3
42
33
23
12
 -
Counter-Strike 2
48
33
22
10
 -
Far Cry 6
37
35
24
11
 -
Hogwarts Legacy
19
14
-
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
31
29
21
11
 -
Ghost of Tsushima
21
18
13
-
-
Cyberpunk 2077
23
19
11
-
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
38
36
22
12
 -
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 35 -
1080p Ultra 27 -
1440p Ultra 18 -
4K Ultra 10 -
Margin of Error Low Medium

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Arc 140T
3199
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +287%
12396
Time Spy 3769 -
Solar Bay 14421 49656
Port Royal 1966 -
Fire Strike 8568 -
Wild Life Extreme 6618 30893
Night Raid 38478 -
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc 140T
42502
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +122%
94528
Background Blur 90 img/sec 157.6 img/sec
Face Detection 39.5 img/sec 100.9 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.21 Gpixels/sec 3.99 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.52 Gpixels/sec 6.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 5 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.51 Gpixels/sec 0.84 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 161.8 Gpixels/sec 363.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 9155.9 FPS 12226.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 833 -
DirectX 11 47 FPS -
DirectX 12 30 FPS -
GPU Compute 2892 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 2205 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Arc 140T
765.53
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +403%
3848.56
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 41 & 446 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc 140T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 OpenCL42034
📘 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere)Geekbench 6 OpenCL42182
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
Arc 140T
8764
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +129%
20068
GB6 ML Half Precision
Arc 140T
12046
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +86%
22390
GB6 ML Quantized
Arc 140T
5815
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +256%
20681
Image Classification (SP) 5224 8685
Image Segmentation (HP) 10501 20739
Image Super Resolution (Q) 6436 22775
Face Detection (HP) 15277 37676
Pose Estimation (Q) 19008 91609
Text Classification (SP) 1566 2909
Machine Translation (HP) 2969 5274
Object Detection (SP) 6172 7480
Depth Estimation (Q) 14526 38212
Style Transfer (SP) 62049 190681
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]
Results were compared using different ML frameworks

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc 140T and Apple M3 Max GPU (40-core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 6, 2025 October 31, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Professional
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Xe+ Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Arrow Lake iGPU -
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 860M - GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Successor - - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H or above - Apple M3 Max or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285H		 - Apple M3 Max
Laptop GPU ranking (95th and 21st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 2250-2350 MHz (configurable) 1380 MHz
Shading Units 1024 5120
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 320
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 160
Compute Units (Pipelines) 8 640
Tensor Cores 128 -
Ray-tracing Cores 8 -
L2 Cache 4MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 72-75 GPixel/s 221 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 144-150 GTexel/s 442 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc 140T
4.6-4.8 TFLOPS
M3 Max GPU (40-core) +194%
14.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 35 W 60 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Transistor Count - 56 billion
Max. Temperature 110°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 6400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 12800 Mbps
Bus - 512-bit
ECC - No
Memory Bandwidth

API

DirectX 12.2 -
Vulkan 1.3 -
OpenGL 4.6 -
OpenCL 3.0 -
CUDA No -
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 -

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