Intel Xe3 Graphics (1-Core) vs UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
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Intel Xe3 Graphics (1-Core)
Wildcat Lake
Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (1-Core) with 2 pipelines and 128 shaders against the 4 years and 1 month older UHD 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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (1-Core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 1 dedicated RT cores
- Features 16 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)
- 33% higher maximum theoretical performance (0.8 vs 0.6 TFLOPS)
- 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 | - | 13 - - - |
| Far Cry 6 | - | - - - - |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - | - - - - |
| 1080p High | - | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
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 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 18.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 12.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 0.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 0.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 20.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 1203.8 FPS |
| API | - | 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 |
| 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 Xe3 Graphics (1-Core) and UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | January 4, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Celestial | Generation 12.2 |
| GPU Codename | Wildcat Lake | Alder Lake GT1 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core 3 304 or above | - Intel Core i5 11500H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Intel Core 3 304 | - 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 (59th and 133rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2300 MHz | 1450-1650 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 128 | 256 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 8 | 16 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 4 | 8 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 2 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | 16 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 1 | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 9 GPixel/s | 12-13 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 18 GTexel/s | 23-26 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | No |
API
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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