Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) vs UHD Graphics Gen 11 (24 EU)

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) with 4 pipelines and 256 shaders against the 5 years older UHD Graphics Gen 11 (24 EU) that utilizes 24 pipelines and 192 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
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

Key distinctions and advantages of UHD Graphics Gen 11 (24 EU) over Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
  • 2.6x higher maximum theoretical performance (1.3 vs 0.5 TFLOPS)
  • Ray-tracing support with 2 dedicated RT cores
  • Achieves 4x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (11K vs 2K)
  • Has 33% more shading units (256 vs 192)
  • Features 32 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
9
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-
-
The Witcher 3 -
-
-
-
-
Counter-Strike 2 -
9
-
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - -
1080p Ultra - -
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error High High

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 - 298
Fire Strike - 1060
Wild Life Extreme - 729
Night Raid - 4543
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur - 5.76 img/sec
Face Detection - 3.54 img/sec
Horizon Detection - 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection - 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur - 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching - 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching - 8.23 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics - 404.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
Image Classification (SP) - 278
Image Segmentation (HP) - 400
Image Super Resolution (Q) - 427
Face Detection (HP) - 669
Pose Estimation (Q) - 1140
Text Classification (SP) - 241
Machine Translation (HP) - 284
Object Detection (SP) - 319
Depth Estimation (Q) - 907
Style Transfer (SP) - 4096
Framework - ONNX
Backend - DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) and UHD Graphics Gen 11 (24 EU)

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 January 11, 2021
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Celestial Generation 11.0
GPU Codename Panther Lake Jasper Lake GT1
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 332 or above - Intel Celeron N5100 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 Processor N97
- Intel Processor N100
- Intel Celeron N5100
Laptop GPU ranking (80th and 136th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 350-450 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 750-1200 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 256 192
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 16 12
Render Output Units (ROPs) 8 6
Compute Units (Pipelines) 4 24
Tensor Cores 32 No
Ray-tracing Cores 2 No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 4MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 GPixel/s 5-7 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 40 GTexel/s 9-14 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
1.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 Ring Bus
TGP 25 W 6-10 W (configurable)
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 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 -

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