Intel Arc 140V vs Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Arc 140V with 1024 shaders against the 2 years and 3 months older Apple M2 GPU (8-core) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M2 GPU (8-core) over Arc 140V
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc 140V
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
  • 45% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.2 vs 2.9 TFLOPS)

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
Time Spy 3715 -
Solar Bay - 7316
Wild Life Extreme - 5676
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc 140V +1%
30059
Background Blur 73.6 img/sec 58.7 img/sec
Face Detection 39 img/sec 35.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.79 Gpixels/sec 1.1 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.11 Gpixels/sec 1.82 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.6 Gpixels/sec 1.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.38 Gpixels/sec 0.37 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 107.1 Gpixels/sec 96 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 4521.5 FPS 3825.9 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 657 -
DirectX 11 38 FPS -
DirectX 12 28 FPS -
GPU Compute 2750 Ops/s -
Sources: PassMark [5] – 4653 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Arc 140V +86%
562.02
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 90 & 83 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc 140V
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 OpenCL31387
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
No benchmark results yet

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
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) - 3242
Image Segmentation (HP) - 4890
Image Super Resolution (Q) - 7149
Face Detection (HP) - 10340
Pose Estimation (Q) - 21268
Text Classification (SP) - 2268
Machine Translation (HP) - 1122
Object Detection (SP) - 3007
Depth Estimation (Q) - 13941
Style Transfer (SP) - 35943
Framework - Core ML
Backend - GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc 140V and Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released September 4, 2024 June 6, 2022
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Xe2 Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Lunar Lake iGPU -
Successor - - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 7 256V or above - Apple M2 or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 266V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
- Apple M2
Laptop GPU ranking (72nd and 90th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 600 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1950-2050 MHz (configurable) 1398 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) - 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) - 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 128
Tensor Cores No -
Ray-tracing Cores 8 -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate - 45 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate - 89 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc 140V +45%
4-4.2 TFLOPS
2.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Custom
TGP 30 W 15 W
Manufacturing Intel TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor Count - 11.6 billion
Max. Temperature 100°C 94°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 6400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 12800 Mbps
Bus - 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
n/a
102.4 GB/s

API

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

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