AMD Radeon 860M vs Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
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AMD Radeon 860M
Krackan Point
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Radeon 860M with 8 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 1 year newer 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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon 860M
- 19% higher maximum theoretical performance (3.1 vs 2.6 TFLOPS)
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
- 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 | 41 24 20 11 |
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| The Witcher 3 | 19 18 11 - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 39 26 19 9 |
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| Far Cry 6 | 31 26 16 9 |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | 16 12 10 - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 28 27 17 12 |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 16 12 9 - |
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 19 13 - - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 29 22 15 - |
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| 1080p High | 26 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | 20 | - |
| 1440p Ultra | 14 | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 2604 | - |
| Solar Bay | 11094 | - |
| Port Royal | 1046 | - |
| Fire Strike | 6772 | - |
| Wild Life Extreme | 5124 | - |
| Night Raid | 29064 | - |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.2 img/sec | 57.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 30.5 img/sec | 29.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.83 Gpixels/sec | 0.79 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.16 Gpixels/sec | 1.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.93 Gpixels/sec | 1.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.35 Gpixels/sec | 0.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 97.8 Gpixels/sec | 61.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3933.5 FPS | 3352.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 918 | - |
| DirectX 11 | 37 FPS | - |
| DirectX 12 | 25 FPS | - |
| GPU Compute | 2434 Ops/s | - |
Recent User Tests
Radeon 860M
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-17 (flauzwerfer) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 24017 |
| 📘 2026-08-17 (flauzwerfer) | Steel Nomad Light | 2476 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> Starjack36 | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 24971 |
Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
No benchmark results yet
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) | 2022 | 4265 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 3987 | 11549 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 6657 | 4466 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 10337 | 16012 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 28437 | 8425 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2326 | 1380 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4011 | 4037 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1995 | 4026 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 12031 | 10708 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 56710 | 35823 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon 860M and Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)General
| Vendor | Amd | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 5, 2026 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 | Celestial |
| GPU Codename | Krackan Point | Panther Lake |
| Rival Equivalent | - Intel Arc 140T | - |
| Successor | - Radeon 8040S | - |
| Recommended CPU | - AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 or above | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 - AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 |
- 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 (100th and 75th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 600 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 3000 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 512 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 32 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 16 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 8 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | No | 32 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 8 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 48 GPixel/s | 40 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 96 GTexel/s | 80 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 5.0 |
| TGP | 15 W | 25 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 233 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 34 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 145.92 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | No |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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