Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) vs Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
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Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) with 48 pipelines and 384 shaders against the 3 years and 4 months newer Arc iGPU (8-Cores) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 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 (8-Cores)
- 4.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (4.8 vs 1.1 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 8 dedicated RT cores
- Achieves 3.7x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (30K vs 8K)
- Has 2.7x more shading units (1024 vs 384)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 12 - - - |
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| The Witcher 3 | - - - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 13 9 - - |
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| Far Cry 6 | - - - - |
- |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | - - - - |
- |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | - - - - |
- |
| 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 | 741 | - |
| Fire Strike | 2345 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 1606 | - |
| Night Raid | 10085 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 18.4 img/sec | 66.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 10.7 img/sec | 28.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 0.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.47 Gpixels/sec | 1.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.3 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 21.5 Gpixels/sec | 102.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 1269.5 FPS | 6543.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Recent User Tests
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)
No benchmark results yet
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-22 (Catt) | Steel Nomad Light | 2669 |
| 📘 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 64108 |
| 📘 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35379 |
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) | 893 | 2540 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 1369 | 7387 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1052 | 4047 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 2087 | 8563 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 3981 | 11171 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 807 | 819 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 895 | 2228 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 944 | 2725 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 2678 | 7794 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 13752 | 34572 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) and Arc iGPU (8-Cores)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | August 15, 2020 | December 14, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.1 | Xe LPG |
| GPU Codename | Tiger Lake GT2 | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon 760M |
| Successor | - | - Intel Arc 140V |
| Recommended CPU | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core 5 210H - Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX - Intel Processor U300 - Intel Core i5 13420H - Intel Core i5 12450H - Intel Core i3 1125G4 - Intel Pentium Gold 7505 - and 1 more |
- Intel Core Ultra 5 135H - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
Laptop GPU ranking (130th and 85th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 800-1400 MHz (configurable) | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 384 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 24 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 12 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | 8 |
| L1 Cache | - | 1536KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 10-17 GPixel/s | 70-75 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 19-34 GTexel/s | 141-150 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 146 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 | - |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | - | 2.1 |
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