Intel UHD Graphics 620 vs Graphics Xe (32 EU)
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Intel UHD Graphics 620
Whiskey Lake GT2
Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics 620 with 24 pipelines and 192 shaders against the 3 years and 5 months newer Graphics Xe (32 EU) that utilizes 32 pipelines and 256 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
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
- Performs significantly better (up to 48%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (0.8 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 10 nm process technology
- Achieves 62% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (8K vs 5K)
- Has 33% more shading units (256 vs 192)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 10 - - - |
14 - - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 11 - - - |
13 - - - |
| Far Cry 6 | - | - - - - |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - | - - - - |
| 1080p High | - | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 361 | 670 |
| Fire Strike | 1148 | 2365 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 772 | 1619 |
| Night Raid | 5100 | 9688 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 10.4 img/sec | 18.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 6.19 img/sec | 12.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.19 Gpixels/sec | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.27 Gpixels/sec | 0.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 20.8 Gpixels/sec | 20.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 769 FPS | 1203.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 234 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 8 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 5 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 433 Ops/s | - |
Recent User Tests
Intel UHD Graphics 620
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-03 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 4394 |
| 📘 2026-02-23 (UTYONE) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 4895 |
Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
No benchmark results yet
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 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 1214 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 981 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 1893 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 3752 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 847 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 1028 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 866 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 2410 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 11417 |
| Framework | - | ONNX |
| Backend | - | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics 620 and Graphics Xe (32 EU)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 28, 2018 | January 4, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Generation 9.5 | Generation 12.2 |
| GPU Codename | Whiskey Lake GT2 | Alder Lake GT1 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 8265U or above | - Intel Core i5 11500H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core i5 10310U - Intel Core i7 10610U - Intel Core i7 10810U - Intel Core i5 8365U - Intel Core i7 8665U - Intel Core i3 10110U - Intel Core i5 8350U - Intel Core i7 8650U - and 7 more |
- 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 |
Laptop GPU ranking (137th and 133rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1000-1150 MHz (configurable) | 1450-1650 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 192 | 256 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 24 | 16 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 3 | 8 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 24 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | - | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | - | No |
| L2 Cache | - | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 3 GPixel/s | 12-13 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 24-28 GTexel/s | 23-26 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 0.19 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 3.88 MTr/mm² | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory Size | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Memory Clock | System RAM Dependent | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | System RAM Dependent | - |
| ECC | No | No |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.103 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | No | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.2 | 1.4a |
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