Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs Arc 140T

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 1 year older Arc 140T that utilizes 8 pipelines and 1024 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

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc 140T over Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc 140T
  • 85% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.8 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
  • Features 96 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Achieves 83% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (42K vs 23K)
  • Has 2x more shading units (1024 vs 512)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
53
28
21
12
The Witcher 3 -
42
33
23
12
Counter-Strike 2 -
48
33
22
10
Far Cry 6 -
37
35
24
11
Hogwarts Legacy -
19
14
-
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
31
29
21
11
Ghost of Tsushima -
21
18
13
-
Cyberpunk 2077 -
23
19
11
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
38
36
22
12
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 35
1080p Ultra - 27
1440p Ultra - 18
4K Ultra - 10
Margin of Error High Low

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 - 3769
Solar Bay - 14421
Port Royal - 1966
Fire Strike - 8568
Wild Life Extreme - 6618
Night Raid - 38478
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc 140T +83%
42502
Background Blur 57.6 img/sec 90 img/sec
Face Detection 29.1 img/sec 39.5 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.79 Gpixels/sec 1.21 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.02 Gpixels/sec 1.52 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.02 Gpixels/sec 2.41 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.34 Gpixels/sec 0.51 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 61.2 Gpixels/sec 161.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 3352.7 FPS 9155.9 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 - 835
DirectX 11 - 47 FPS
DirectX 12 - 30 FPS
GPU Compute - 2906 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5] – 2088 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9] – 41 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Intel Arc 140T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-16 -> Lello75Geekbench 6 OpenCL42034
📘 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere)Geekbench 6 OpenCL42182

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 5224
Image Segmentation (HP) 11549 10501
Image Super Resolution (Q) 4466 6436
Face Detection (HP) 16012 15277
Pose Estimation (Q) 8425 19008
Text Classification (SP) 1380 1566
Machine Translation (HP) 4037 2969
Object Detection (SP) 4026 6172
Depth Estimation (Q) 10708 14526
Style Transfer (SP) 35823 62049
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and Arc 140T

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 5, 2026 January 6, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Celestial Xe+
GPU Codename Panther Lake Arrow Lake iGPU
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon 860M
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H 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
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Laptop GPU ranking (75th and 94th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2250-2350 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 512 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 4 8
Tensor Cores 32 128
Ray-tracing Cores 4 8
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 4MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 GPixel/s 72-75 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 80 GTexel/s 144-150 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc 140T +85%
4.6-4.8 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 25 W 35 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 3 nm 5 nm
Max. Temperature 100°C 110°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC No -

API

DirectX 12.1 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1 2.1

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