Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) vs Adreno X1-45

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) with 4 pipelines and 256 shaders against the 2 years and 3 months older Adreno X1-45 that utilizes 3 pipelines and 768 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Adreno X1-45 over Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the Adreno X1-45
  • 62% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.1 vs 1.3 TFLOPS)
  • Has 3x more shading units (768 vs 256)

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy - 928
Solar Bay - 5990
Fire Strike - 3707
Wild Life Extreme - 3225
Night Raid - 16550
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur - 14.2 img/sec
Face Detection - 6.82 img/sec
Horizon Detection - 0.56 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection - 0.65 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur - 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching - 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching - 26.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics - 1746.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark - 348
DirectX 11 - 13 FPS
DirectX 12 - 10 FPS
GPU Compute - 807 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 696 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Adreno X1-45
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 OpenCL9564

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) and Adreno X1-45

General

Vendor Intel Qualcomm
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 October 24, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Celestial Adreno X1
GPU Codename Panther Lake Adreno X1
Rival Equivalent - - Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 332 or above - Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core 5 315
- Intel Core 7 350
- Intel Core 5 320
- Intel Core Ultra 5 332
- Intel Core Ultra 5 322
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-46-100)
Laptop GPU ranking (81st and 106th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 280 MHz
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1107-1367 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 256 768
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 16 48
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8 24
Compute Units (Pipelines) 4 3
Tensor Cores 32 -
Ray-tracing Cores 2 -
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 192KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared 1MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 GPixel/s 27-33 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 40 GTexel/s 53-66 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
1.7-2.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 IGP
TGP 25 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
Max. Temperature 100°C -

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC No -

API

DirectX 12.1 12.1
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 3.2
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4

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