Nvidia N1X (48SM) vs Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
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Nvidia N1X (48SM)
GB20B
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
We compared two integrated laptop graphics cards: the Nvidia N1X (48SM) with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 5 months older Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) that utilizes 4 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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia N1X (48SM)
- 12x higher maximum theoretical performance (31.2 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
- Has 12x more shading units (6144 vs 512)
- Features 160 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
- Achieves 7.9x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (23K vs 2K)
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | - | 57.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | - | 29.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | - | 0.79 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | - | 1.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | - | 1.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | - | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | - | 61.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | - | 3352.7 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 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | - | 11549 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | - | 4466 |
| Face Detection (HP) | - | 16012 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | - | 8425 |
| Text Classification (SP) | - | 1380 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | - | 4037 |
| Object Detection (SP) | - | 4026 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | - | 10708 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | - | 35823 |
| Framework | - | ONNX |
| Backend | - | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia N1X (48SM) and Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | June 1, 2026 | January 5, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Professional | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Blackwell (N1x) | Celestial |
| GPU Codename | GB20B | Panther Lake |
| Rival Equivalent | - Apple M5 Max GPU (40-core) | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core) or above | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - Nvidia RTX Spark N1X (20-Core) | - 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 |
Laptop GPU ranking (28th and 77th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1665 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2535 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 512 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 32 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 16 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 32 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 24MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 122 GPixel/s | 40 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 487 GTexel/s | 80 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 |
| TGP | - | 25 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 173.6 mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | No |
API
| DirectX | - | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | - | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.1 | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort | - | 2.1 |
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