Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) vs Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
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Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Alder Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) with 64 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months newer Arc iGPU (7-Cores) that utilizes 112 pipelines and 896 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
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (7-Cores)
- 2.6x higher maximum theoretical performance (3.9 vs 1.5 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Ray-tracing support with 7 dedicated RT cores
- Achieves 2.2x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (27K vs 12K)
- Has 75% more shading units (896 vs 512)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 18 - - - |
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| The Witcher 3 | 11 9 - - |
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| Counter-Strike 2 | 18 10 9 - |
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| Far Cry 6 | 11 - - - |
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| Hogwarts Legacy | - - - - |
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| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 12 10 - - |
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| Ghost of Tsushima | 10 - - - |
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| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 11 10 - - |
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| 1080p High | 12 | - |
| 1080p Ultra | - | - |
| 1440p Ultra | - | - |
| 4K Ultra | - | - |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
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 | 27.6 img/sec | 44.2 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 19.2 img/sec | 21.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.52 Gpixels/sec | 0.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 0.76 Gpixels/sec | 1.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 0.37 Gpixels/sec | 1.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.14 Gpixels/sec | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 33 Gpixels/sec | 115.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 2055.2 FPS | 5380.5 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) | 1170 | 2092 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 1951 | 5680 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 1359 | 3418 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 2991 | 7436 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 5311 | 11114 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 984 | 732 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 1138 | 1896 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 1273 | 2158 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 3655 | 6898 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 19706 | 39845 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) and Arc iGPU (7-Cores)General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | December 14, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Xe architecture (Gen12) | Xe LPG |
| GPU Codename | Alder Lake GT1 | - |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon 660M | - Radeon 760M |
| Successor | - | - Intel Arc 130V |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i3 1215U or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 125H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - 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 |
- Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
Laptop GPU ranking (132nd and 85th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 850-1500 MHz (configurable) | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 896 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 56 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 112 |
| Tensor Cores | No | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | No | 7 |
| L1 Cache | - | 1344KB shared |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 14-24 GPixel/s | 53 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 27-48 GTexel/s | 123 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | Ring Bus | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| Manufacturing | Intel | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | - |
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | No | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 2.1 |
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