Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) vs Arc 140T

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) with 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month newer Arc 140T that utilizes 8 pipelines and 1024 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 140T over Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc 140T
  • Achieves 41% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (42K vs 30K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
53
28
21
12
The Witcher 3 -
42
33
23
12
Counter-Strike 2 -
48
33
22
10
Far Cry 6 -
37
35
24
11
Hogwarts Legacy -
19
14
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
31
29
21
11
Ghost of Tsushima -
21
18
13
-
Cyberpunk 2077 -
23
19
11
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
38
36
22
12
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 35
1080p Ultra - 27
1440p Ultra - 18
4K Ultra - 10
Margin of Error High Low

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 - 3769
Solar Bay - 14421
Port Royal - 1966
Fire Strike - 8568
Wild Life Extreme - 6618
Night Raid - 38478
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc 140T +41%
42502
Background Blur 66.6 img/sec 90 img/sec
Face Detection 28.4 img/sec 39.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.87 Gpixels/sec 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.24 Gpixels/sec 1.52 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.82 Gpixels/sec 2.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.51 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 102.4 Gpixels/sec 161.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6543.8 FPS 9155.9 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 - 833
DirectX 11 - 47 FPS
DirectX 12 - 30 FPS
GPU Compute - 2892 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 2205 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 41 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-22 (Catt)Steel Nomad Light2669
📘 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)Geekbench 6 OpenCL64108
📘 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 OpenCL35379
Intel Arc 140T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 OpenCL42034
📘 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere)Geekbench 6 OpenCL42182

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 140T +87%
8764
GB6 ML Half Precision
Arc 140T +56%
12046
GB6 ML Quantized
Arc 140T +69%
5815
Image Classification (SP) 2540 5224
Image Segmentation (HP) 7387 10501
Image Super Resolution (Q) 4047 6436
Face Detection (HP) 8563 15277
Pose Estimation (Q) 11171 19008
Text Classification (SP) 819 1566
Machine Translation (HP) 2228 2969
Object Detection (SP) 2725 6172
Depth Estimation (Q) 7794 14526
Style Transfer (SP) 34572 62049
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores) and Arc 140T

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released December 14, 2023 January 6, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Xe LPG Xe+
GPU Codename - Arrow Lake iGPU
Rival Equivalent - Radeon 760M - Radeon 860M
Successor - Intel Arc 140V -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
- Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Laptop GPU ranking (86th and 95th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) 2250-2350 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 1024 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 128 8
Tensor Cores - 128
Ray-tracing Cores 8 8
L1 Cache 1536KB shared -
L2 Cache - 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 70-75 GPixel/s 72-75 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 141-150 GTexel/s 144-150 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
4.5-4.8 TFLOPS
4.6-4.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface Ring Bus PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 28 W 35 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Max. Temperature - 110°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 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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