Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) vs Arc 130V

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 9 months newer Arc 130V that utilizes 896 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
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc 130V over Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc 130V
  • 65% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.3 vs 2 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
  • Achieves 57% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (25K vs 16K)
  • Has 75% more shading units (896 vs 512)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc 130V +57%
25557
Background Blur 37.6 img/sec 64.5 img/sec
Face Detection 17.2 img/sec 34.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.74 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.63 Gpixels/sec 1.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.94 Gpixels/sec 1.27 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 60 Gpixels/sec 83.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3695.9 FPS 3402.8 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark - 622
DirectX 11 - 32 FPS
DirectX 12 - 26 FPS
GPU Compute - 2429 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5]1317 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9]7 samples

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
Arc 130V +107%
7794
GB6 ML Half Precision
Arc 130V +205%
15672
GB6 ML Quantized
Arc 130V +82%
5126
Image Classification (SP) 2902 4265
Image Segmentation (HP) 5473 13719
Image Super Resolution (Q) 2967 5154
Face Detection (HP) 6068 18675
Pose Estimation (Q) 8220 14874
Text Classification (SP) 609 1399
Machine Translation (HP) 1146 3623
Object Detection (SP) 2766 5223
Depth Estimation (Q) 6405 11851
Style Transfer (SP) 26796 45215
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) and Arc 130V

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released December 14, 2023 September 4, 2024
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Xe LPG Xe2
GPU Codename - Lunar Lake iGPU
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 740M -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 226V or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
- and 12 more
- Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Laptop GPU ranking (96th and 76th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
Boost Clock 1750-2000 MHz (configurable) 1850 MHz
Shading Units 512 896
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 -
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 -
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 -
Tensor Cores - No
Ray-tracing Cores 4 7
L1 Cache 768KB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 28-32 GPixel/s -
Texture Fill Rate 56-64 GTexel/s -
FLOPS (FP32)
1.8-2 TFLOPS
Arc 130V +65%
3.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus Ring Bus
TGP 14 W 30 W
Manufacturing TSMC Intel
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Max. Temperature - 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC - No

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 -
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 2.1

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