This $349 16 GB AI workstation card runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 85 FPS with just 50 W power draw
Intel’s new Arc Pro B50 is currently listed as Newegg’s bestselling workstation GPU, but content creator ETA Prime has put the card through its paces to see how it performs outside its intended market. With 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, a 70 W board power, and a low-profile dual-slot design, the Arc Pro B50 is targeted at compact workstation builds, but its specifications also make it an interesting option for small form factor gaming PCs and entry-level AI projects.
The Arc Pro B50 features:
- 16 XE cores and 16 ray tracing units
- 128 XMX engines for AI workloads
- A blower-style cooler for efficient airflow
- No external power requirement
In ETA Prime’s test rig, the GPU was paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 8700G, 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory, and installed inside a Jonsbo NV10 case with a 500 W PSU. Due to its compact design, the B50 fit neatly in the case’s low-profile dual-slot mount.
Using Intel’s AI Playground, the GPU was able to handle text generation and image creation tasks with full utilisation while drawing only around 50-55 W. ECC memory support is available for stability in professional workloads.
In synthetic benchmarks, the Intel Arc Pro B50 scored below gaming GPUs such as the RTX 5060. It achieved around 73,000 points in Geekbench 6 OpenCL, 1,631 points with an average of 16.3 FPS in 3DMark Steel Nomad, and 8,376 points in 3DMark Time Spy.
For comparison, according to Notebookcheck’s data, the RTX 5060 GPU scores 14,083 in Time Spy and 129,886 in OpenCL. In terms of benchmarks, the performance of the Intel Arc Pro B50 is much closer to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 mobile GPU, with a score of 7,980 in Time Spy and 77,854 in OpenCL.
After switching from the Pro driver to Intel’s gaming driver, ETA Prime tested several titles on the Arc Pro B50. In Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p Ultra with XeSS Super Resolution 2.0 set to Quality, the game ran between 40-50 FPS. Switching XeSS-SR to Balanced increased performance to 50-60 FPS. Finally, with Intel XeSS Frame Generation enabled, the Intel Xe Low Latency Frame Rate Target set to zero, and XeSS returned to Quality, the game achieved 80-90 FPS.
Marvel Rivals at 1440p High with XeSS Quality consistently stayed above 60 FPS even during intense battles.
Doom: The Dark Ages delivered around 71 FPS on average at 1080p with Nightmare settings and no scaling, while Forza Horizon 5 ran particularly well, averaging over 100 FPS at 1440p Ultra without scaling. Throughout all tests, the GPU’s power consumption remained near 50 W with utilisation consistently between 98 and 100%.
The Intel Arc Pro B50 isn’t built as a gaming GPU, yet ETA Prime’s tests show that it can deliver surprisingly playable performance in modern titles when combined with features like XeSS and frame generation. If you’d like to see the full build in action and how the card handled different games, it’s worth watching the complete video for a closer look at both the setup and the gameplay results.
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