PC World - USA (2021-06)

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IMAGE: INTEL JUNE 2022 PCWorld 37

VIDEO: INTEL ARC
A370M PERFORMANCE
VS RTX 3050
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I


t’s finally happening.
After several years of teases, leaks,
hints, and one extremely soft desktop
graphics card (fave.co/3lwdUdD),
Intel’s debut Arc discrete GPUs are finally
arriving in mainstream notebooks (fave.
co/3lf4i6Q) like the Samsung Galaxy
Book2 Pro and Lenovo Slim 7i (fave.
co/3wfxBMB).

But how well do they perform? To find
out, I paid a visit to Intel’s Jones Farm campus
in Portland, Ore., where Intel invited me to
put an Arc A370M reference laptop (based

Tested: Arc A370M, Intel’s first


discrete GPU to seriously battle


Nvidia and AMD
Intel’s entry-level discrete GPU holds its own against Nvidia’s RTX 3050. BY MATT SMITH

TESTED IN PCWORLD LABS
WE PUT HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
Reviews & Ratings THROUGH RIGOROUS TESTING

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