Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
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Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month older Arc iGPU (4-Cores) that utilizes 64 pipelines and 512 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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- 30% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.6 vs 2 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 42% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (23K vs 16K)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking appsGeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.6 img/sec | 37.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 29.1 img/sec | 17.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.79 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.63 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.94 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 61.2 Gpixels/sec | 60 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3352.7 FPS | 3695.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
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) | 4265 | 2902 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11549 | 5473 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4466 | 2967 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 16012 | 6068 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 8425 | 8220 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1380 | 609 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4037 | 1146 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4026 | 2766 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 10708 | 6405 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 35823 | 26796 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and Arc iGPU (4-Cores)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | December 14, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Celestial | Xe LPG |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon 740M |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 125U 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 7 251HX - Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus - Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U - and 12 more |
Laptop GPU ranking (76th and 98th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 1750-2000 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 512 | 512 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 32 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 16 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 4 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | 32 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 4 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | 768KB shared |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 40 GPixel/s | 28-32 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 56-64 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 25 W | 14 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | - |
API
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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