Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs UHD Graphics (64 EU)
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Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 4 years and 1 month older UHD Graphics (64 EU) 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
- 73% higher maximum theoretical performance (2.6 vs 1.5 TFLOPS)
- Ray-tracing support with 4 dedicated RT cores
- Achieves 84% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (23K vs 12K)
- Features 32 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | - | 18 - - - |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 11 9 - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | - | 18 10 9 - |
| Far Cry 6 | - | 11 - - - |
| Hogwarts Legacy | - | - - - - |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | - | 12 10 - - |
| Ghost of Tsushima | - | 10 - - - |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | - | 11 10 - - |
| 1080p High | - | 12 |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | - | 1016 |
| Fire Strike | - | 3342 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 2378 |
| Night Raid | - | 13315 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.6 img/sec | 27.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 29.1 img/sec | 19.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.79 Gpixels/sec | 0.52 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.37 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.14 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 61.2 Gpixels/sec | 33 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3352.7 FPS | 2055.2 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 | 1170 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11549 | 1951 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4466 | 1359 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 16012 | 2991 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 8425 | 5311 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1380 | 984 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4037 | 1138 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4026 | 1273 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 10708 | 3655 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 35823 | 19706 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and UHD Graphics (64 EU)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | January 4, 2022 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Celestial | Xe architecture (Gen12) |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | Alder Lake GT1 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon 660M |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above | - Intel Core i3 1215U 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 7 240H - Intel Core 3 100U - Intel Core i3 1305U - Intel Core i3 1315U - Intel Core i7 13620H - Intel Core i3 1220P - Intel Core i3 1215U - Intel Core i7 12650H |
Laptop GPU ranking (74th and 130th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 850-1500 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 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 4 | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 1024KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 40 GPixel/s | 14-24 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 27-48 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
| 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 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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