Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) vs Arc iGPU (8-Cores)

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 (8-Cores) that utilizes 128 pipelines and 1024 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc iGPU (8-Cores) over UHD Graphics (64 EU)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
  • 3.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (4.8 vs 1.5 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • Ray-tracing support with 8 dedicated RT cores
  • Achieves 2.4x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (30K vs 12K)
  • Has 2x more shading units (1024 vs 512)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
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
-
-
-
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 12 -
1080p Ultra - -
1440p Ultra - -
4K Ultra - -
Margin of Error Low High

Benchmarks

Graphics cardsโ€™ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 1016 -
Fire Strike 3342 -
Wild Life Extreme 2378 -
Night Raid 13315 -
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 27.6 img/sec 66.6 img/sec
Face Detection 19.2 img/sec 28.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 0.52 Gpixels/sec 0.87 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 0.76 Gpixels/sec 1.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 0.37 Gpixels/sec 1.82 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 33 Gpixels/sec 102.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 2055.2 FPS 6543.8 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU)
No benchmark results yet
Intel Arc iGPU (8-Cores)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-22 (Catt)Steel Nomad Light2669
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-01-15 (Ak-Dev)Geekbench 6 OpenCL64108
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-08 (Anuj)Geekbench 6 OpenCL35379

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 1170 2540
Image Segmentation (HP) 1951 7387
Image Super Resolution (Q) 1359 4047
Face Detection (HP) 2991 8563
Pose Estimation (Q) 5311 11171
Text Classification (SP) 984 819
Machine Translation (HP) 1138 2228
Object Detection (SP) 1273 2725
Depth Estimation (Q) 3655 7794
Style Transfer (SP) 19706 34572
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) and Arc iGPU (8-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 140V
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i3 1215U or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 135H 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 135H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
- Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
Laptop GPU ranking (132nd and 86th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
Boost Clock 850-1500 MHz (configurable) 2200-2350 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 512 1024
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 32 64
Render Output Units (ROPs) 16 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 128
Tensor Cores No -
Ray-tracing Cores No 8
L1 Cache - 1536KB shared
L2 Cache 1024KB shared -
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 14-24 GPixel/s 70-75 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 27-48 GTexel/s 141-150 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
0.9-1.5 TFLOPS
4.5-4.8 TFLOPS

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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