Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) vs Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
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Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) with 32 pipelines and 256 shaders against the 2 years newer Arc iGPU (4-Cores) that utilizes 64 pipelines and 512 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
- 2.5x higher maximum theoretical performance (2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 4 dedicated RT cores
- Achieves 91% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (16K vs 8K)
- Has 2x more shading units (512 vs 256)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 14 - - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 13 - - - |
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| Far Cry 6 | - - - - |
- |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - - - - |
- |
| 1080p High | - | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 670 | - |
| Fire Strike | 2365 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 1619 | - |
| Night Raid | 9688 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 18.6 img/sec | 37.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 12.1 img/sec | 17.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.53 Gpixels/sec | 0.63 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.32 Gpixels/sec | 0.94 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 20.8 Gpixels/sec | 60 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 1203.8 FPS | 3695.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 765 | 2902 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 1214 | 5473 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 981 | 2967 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 1893 | 6068 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 3752 | 8220 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 847 | 609 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1028 | 1146 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 866 | 2766 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 2410 | 6405 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 11417 | 26796 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) and Arc iGPU (4-Cores)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | December 14, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.2 | Xe LPG |
| GPU Codename | Alder Lake GT1 | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX Vega 7 | - Radeon 740M |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 11500H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core 3 N355 - Intel Core i7 12650HX - Intel Core i9 14900HX - Intel Core i3 N300 - Intel Processor N200 - Intel Core i3 N305 - Intel Core i9 13900HX - Intel Core i7 11850H - and 4 more |
- 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 |
Laptop GPU ranking (133rd and 98th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1450-1650 MHz (configurable) | 1750-2000 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 256 | 512 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 16 | 32 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 8 | 16 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 32 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | 4 |
| L1 Cache | - | 768KB shared |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 12-13 GPixel/s | 28-32 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 23-26 GTexel/s | 56-64 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | 14 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | - |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 2.1 |
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