Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) vs UHD Graphics 730
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Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
Panther Lake
Intel UHD Graphics 730
Rocket Lake GT1
We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) with 4 pipelines and 512 shaders against the 5 years and 1 month older UHD Graphics 730 that utilizes 24 pipelines and 192 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
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts 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
- 4.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (2.6 vs 0.6 TFLOPS)
- Ray-tracing support with 4 dedicated RT cores
- Achieves 3.5x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (23K vs 6K)
- Has 2.7x more shading units (512 vs 192)
- 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 | - | 11 - - - |
| The Witcher 3 | - | 9 - - - |
| Counter-Strike 2 | - | 13 9 - - |
| Far Cry 6 | - | - - - - |
| 1080p High | - | - |
| 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 | - | 608 |
| Fire Strike | - | 2250 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 1516 |
| Night Raid | - | 8988 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 57.6 img/sec | 13.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 29.1 img/sec | 8.19 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.79 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.38 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.09 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 61.2 Gpixels/sec | 19.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3352.7 FPS | 887.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | - | 426 |
| DirectX 11 | - | 10 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | - | 7 FPS |
| GPU Compute | - | 628 Ops/s |
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 Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) and UHD Graphics 730General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | January 1, 2021 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Celestial | Generation 12.1 |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | Rocket Lake GT1 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 386H or above | - Intel Core i5 11400 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 Processor N250 - Intel Processor N150 - Intel Core i5 14400 - Intel Core i3 14100 - Intel Core i3 13100 - Intel Core i5 13400 - Intel Core i3 12100 - Intel Core i5 12400 - and 1 more |
Laptop GPU ranking (76th and 140th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 900-1550 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 512 | 192 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 32 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 16 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 4 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 32 | No |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 4 | No |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | - |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | - |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 40 GPixel/s | 22-37 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 80 GTexel/s | 43-74 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Max. Temperature | 100°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| ECC | No | No |
API
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | No |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | - |
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