Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
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Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Panther Lake
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
Tiger Lake GT2
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) with 4 pipelines and 256 shaders against the 5 years and 6 months older Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) that utilizes 80 pipelines and 640 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 (2-Core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 2 dedicated RT cores
- Features 32 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
- 46% higher maximum theoretical performance (1.9 vs 1.3 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 27% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (14K vs 11K)
- Has 2.5x more shading units (640 vs 256)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - | 21 10 - - |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 12 9 - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | - | 16 11 9 - |
| Far Cry 6 | - | 13 10 - - |
| Hogwarts Legacy | - | - - - - |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | - | 12 12 10 - |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - | 9 - - - |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | - | 12 12 - - |
| 1080p High | - | 12 |
| 1080p Ultra | - | 9 |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | High | Medium |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 1230 |
| Fire Strike | - | 4196 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 2124 |
| Night Raid | - | 15167 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 31 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 23.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 0.61 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 0.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 0.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 36.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 2493.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 392 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 16 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 12 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 1158 Ops/s |
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) | - | 1149 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 1796 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 1394 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 2775 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 5476 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 981 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 905 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 1277 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 3737 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 22348 |
| Framework | - | ONNX |
| Backend | - | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) and Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | August 15, 2020 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Celestial | Generation 12.1 |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | Tiger Lake GT2 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 332 or above | - Intel Core i5 1130G7 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 |
- Intel Core 5 220U - Intel Core 5 220H - Intel Core i5 1334U - Intel Core 5 120U - Intel Core i5 1335U - Intel Core i5 1345U - Intel Core i5 1340P - Intel Core i5 13500H - and 14 more |
Laptop GPU ranking (82nd and 134th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 850-1500 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 256 | 640 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 16 | 40 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 8 | 20 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 4 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 32 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 2 | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 20 GPixel/s | 17-30 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 40 GTexel/s | 34-60 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Die Size | - | 146 mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | - |
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 | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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