Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs Arc iGPU (8-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 (8-Cores) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 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
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
- 85% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.8 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 30% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (30K vs 23K)
- Has 2x more shading units (1024 vs 512)
Benchmarks
Graphics cardsโ performance in recent benchmarking appsGeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.6 img/sec | 66.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 29.1 img/sec | 28.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.79 Gpixels/sec | 0.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 1.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 1.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 61.2 Gpixels/sec | 102.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3352.7 FPS | 6543.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Recent User Tests
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
No benchmark results yet
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-02-22 (Catt) | Steel Nomad Light | 2669 |
| ๐ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 64108 |
| ๐ 2025-11-08 (Anuj) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 35379 |
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 | 2540 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11549 | 7387 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4466 | 4047 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 16012 | 8563 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 8425 | 11171 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1380 | 819 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4037 | 2228 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4026 | 2725 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 10708 | 7794 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 35823 | 34572 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and Arc iGPU (8-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 760M |
| Successor | - | - Intel Arc 140V |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H 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 135H - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H |
Laptop GPU ranking (78th and 84th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 2200-2350 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 512 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 4 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 32 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 4 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | 1536KB shared |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 40 GPixel/s | 70-75 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 141-150 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 25 W | 28 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Max. Temperature | 100ยฐC | - |
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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