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Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
VS
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
Custom

We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 1 year and 8 months older Apple M4 GPU (10-Core) that utilizes 160 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AI
  5. Specs
  6. Comments

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

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of M4 GPU (10-Core) over Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Reasons to consider the Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)
  • 46% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.8 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 62% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (37K vs 23K)
  • Has 2.5x more shading units (1280 vs 512)
GPU
Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
vs
M4 GPU (10-Core)

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
Solar Bay - 16554
Wild Life Extreme - 9610
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 57.6 img/sec 72.2 img/sec
Face Detection 29.1 img/sec 48.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.79 Gpixels/sec 1.4 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.02 Gpixels/sec 1.94 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.02 Gpixels/sec 1.5 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 61.2 Gpixels/sec 123.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3352.7 FPS 4938.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 529 samples
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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
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 4265 4874
Image Segmentation (HP) 11549 8168
Image Super Resolution (Q) 4466 11983
Face Detection (HP) 16012 17036
Pose Estimation (Q) 8425 31171
Text Classification (SP) 1380 2964
Machine Translation (HP) 4037 3410
Object Detection (SP) 4026 5112
Depth Estimation (Q) 10708 22700
Style Transfer (SP) 35823 60872
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]
Results were compared using different ML frameworks

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and Apple M4 GPU (10-Core)

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 May 7, 2024
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Celestial Apple M GPU
GPU Codename Panther Lake Custom
Rival Equivalent - - Adreno X1-85
Successor - - Apple M5 GPU (10-Core)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above - Apple M4 (10-Core) or above
Used in CPUs - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 365
- Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 355
- Intel Core Ultra 5 336H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 335
- Intel Core Ultra 5 325		 - Apple M4 (10-Core)
Laptop GPU ranking (75th and 72nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1470 MHz
Shading Units 512 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 40
Compute Units (Pipelines) 4 160
Tensor Cores 32 -
Ray-tracing Cores 4 -
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 4MB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 GPixel/s 59 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 80 GTexel/s 118 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
2.6 TFLOPS
M4 GPU (10-Core) +46%
3.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 Custom
TGP 25 W 18 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor Count - 28 billion
Max. Temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
Memory Clock - 7500 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 15000 Mbps
Bus - 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth

API

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

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Total votes: 3

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