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by at 1080p and High (Desktop) settings,
while the A370M is rather smooth.
Intel’s reference laptop with the Arc
A370M falls slightly behind the HP Spectre
x360 16 with RTX 3050 in this benchmark,
but the margin of victory is so small that it’s a
hair away from being a tie. I doubt most
players would see any real-world difference
playing Final Fantasy XIV on each system.
Of course, the Acer Nitro 5 is in a different
realm, as expected given its use of Nvidia’s
RTX 3060. This sort of mid-tier discrete GPU
lets players set their sight well beyond 60 FPS
and gain benefit from a high-refresh display.

SHADOW OF THE TOMB
RAIDER
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is now four years
old, but remains an excellent game for
gauging how well a PC will handle the most
attractive games of the “last-gen” console era.
The Intel Arc A370M provides a beefy
gain over the Iris Xe here, coming oh so close

to an average of 60 frames per second. The

Iris Xe can’t really handle this game at 1080p

and Highest settings, struggling along at an

unacceptable average of 21 (with many dips

into the mid-teens).

The Arc A370M also beats the HP Spectre

x360 16 with the Nvidia RTX 3050 by more

than 15 percent, a greater margin than I

expected. That’s a nice boost and shows that

the Arc A370M can indeed beat Nvidia’s

entry-level graphics in some situations.

Once again, the Acer Nitro 5 with RTX

3060 shows the difference between a

mainstream laptop with entry-level discrete

graphics and a “real” gaming laptop, beating

all competitors handily.

METRO EXODUS

ENHANCED EDITION

We come last to Metro Exodus Enhanced

Edition, the most demanding game I tested,

and the only game I tested with ray tracing on.

Even then, I used only the High graphics

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

MSI Summit E16 Flip EvoIntel A370M Reference

MSI Summit E14 Flip Intel Iris Xe Reference

HP Spectre x360 16Nvidia RTX 3050

Acer Nitro 5 Nvidia RTX 3060

4,674

7, 1 9 6

15,896

7, 6 3 9

Final Fantasy XIV:

Endwalker: 1080p High

Desktop

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

MSI Summit E16 Flip EvoIntel A370M Reference

MSI Summit E14 Flip Intel Iris Xe Reference

HP Spectre x360 16Nvidia RTX 3050

Acer Nitro 5 Nvidia RTX 3060

21

59

98

50

Shadow of the Tomb

Raider: 1080p High

Frames per second