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.

It’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