Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores) vs Adreno X1-85

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores) with 112 pipelines and 896 shaders against the Adreno X1-85 that utilizes 6 pipelines and 1536 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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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 Adreno X1-85 over Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
  • Ray-tracing support with 7 dedicated RT cores
Reasons to consider the Adreno X1-85
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • 18% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.6 vs 3.9 TFLOPS)
  • Has 71% more shading units (1536 vs 896)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy - 1695
Solar Bay - 10596
Fire Strike - 6134
Wild Life Extreme - 6152
Night Raid - 28868
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
27187
24387
Background Blur 44.2 img/sec 36.4 img/sec
Face Detection 21.3 img/sec 17.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.92 Gpixels/sec 1.19 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.04 Gpixels/sec 1.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.86 Gpixels/sec 1.42 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.32 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 115.8 Gpixels/sec 72.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 5380.5 FPS 4692.5 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 - 518
DirectX 11 - 19 FPS
DirectX 12 - 10 FPS
GPU Compute - 1958 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 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
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 2092 1347
Image Segmentation (HP) 5680 2661
Image Super Resolution (Q) 3418 3084
Face Detection (HP) 7436 5354
Pose Estimation (Q) 11114 7719
Text Classification (SP) 732 292
Machine Translation (HP) 1896 1108
Object Detection (SP) 2158 660
Depth Estimation (Q) 6898 3876
Style Transfer (SP) 39845 12048
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores) and Adreno X1-85

General

Vendor Intel Qualcomm
Build Integrated Integrated
Released December 14, 2023 October 24, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Xe LPG Adreno X1
GPU Codename - Adreno X1
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 760M - Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
Successor - Intel Arc 130V - Adreno X2-90
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 125H or above - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100) or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 5 125H - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-66-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-64-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100)
Laptop GPU ranking (84th and 112th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1200-1500 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 896 1536
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 56 96
Render Output Units (ROPs) 24 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 112 6
Ray-tracing Cores 7 No
L1 Cache 1344KB shared 192KB per cluster
L2 Cache - 1MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 53 GPixel/s 58-72 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTexel/s 115-144 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
3.9 TFLOPS
3.7-4.6 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus IGP
TGP 28 W 30 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared

API

DirectX 12 12.1
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 3.2
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4

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