Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) vs Graphics Xe (32 EU)
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Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU)
Tiger Lake Xe
Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) with 16 pipelines and 128 shaders against the 8 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
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 UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (0.8 vs 0.4 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 2.1x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (8K vs 3K)
- Has 2x more shading units (256 vs 128)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - - - - |
14 - - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 10 - - - |
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 | 308 | 670 |
| Fire Strike | 1103 | 2365 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 745 | 1619 |
| Night Raid | 4719 | 9688 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 8.99 img/sec | 18.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 5.66 img/sec | 12.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.25 Gpixels/sec | 0.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 10 Gpixels/sec | 20.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 567.5 FPS | 1203.8 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) | 406 | 765 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 609 | 1214 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 530 | 981 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 951 | 1893 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 1936 | 3752 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 538 | 847 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 542 | 1028 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 451 | 866 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 1237 | 2410 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 5464 | 11417 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) and Graphics Xe (32 EU)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | May 10, 2021 | January 4, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Generation 12.2 |
| GPU Codename | Tiger Lake Xe | Alder Lake GT1 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Recommended CPU | - | - Intel Core i5 11500H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core Ultra 5 225 - Intel Core i5 12450HX - Intel Core i5 14450HX - Intel Processor N95 - Intel Core i5 13450HX - Intel Core i5 13500HX - Intel Core i7 13650HX - Intel Celeron N5095 - and 3 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 (144th and 132nd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 750-1550 MHz (configurable) | 1450-1650 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 128 | 256 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 8 | 16 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 4 | 8 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | No | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | No |
| L2 Cache | - | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 3-6 GPixel/s | 12-13 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 6-12 GTexel/s | 23-26 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 6-15 W (configurable) | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | - | No |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | No | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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