Intel Xe3 Graphics vs Intel UHD Graphics G1
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Intel Xe3 Graphics and Intel UHD Graphics G1
Reasons to consider the Intel Xe3 Graphics
- + Celestial architecture
- + Panther Lake codename
- + System Shared memory
- + PCIe 5.0 interface
Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics G1
- + Generation 11 architecture
- + Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11 codename
- + System Shared memory
- + Ring Bus interface
Pros & Cons
- Great energy efficiency
- Hardware ray tracing support
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A budget Intel Xe3 Graphics integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Great energy efficiency
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No hardware ray tracing
- Older generation architecture
"A budget Intel UHD Graphics G1 integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Intel Xe3 Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Intel Xe3 Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | — | — |
| 1080p Ultra | — | — |
| 1440p Ultra | — | — |
| 4K Ultra | — | — |
| Margin of Error | — | — |
Benchmarks
| Intel Xe3 Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | — | 386 |
| Solar Bay | — | — |
| Port Royal | — | — |
| Fire Strike | — | 1175 |
| Wild Life Extreme | — | 819 |
| Night Raid | — | 5442 |
| Intel Xe3 Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics G1 | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | — | 324 |
| DirectX 11 | — | 11 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | — | 6 FPS |
| GPU Compute | — | 813 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 23211 | 4800 |
| Background Blur | 57.6 img/sec | 9.94 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 29.1 img/sec | 5.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 0.79 Gpixels/sec | 0.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 1.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 61.2 Gpixels/sec | 14 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 3352.7 FPS | 852 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 6638 | 842 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 12952 | 916 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 4473 | 637 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 4265 | 325 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11549 | 598 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 4466 | 884 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 16012 | 821 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 8425 | 2386 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1380 | 274 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4037 | 333 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4026 | 369 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 10708 | 1290 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 35823 | 6941 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Integrated |
| Released | 5-Jan-26 | 28-May-19 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Generic |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Celestial | Generation 11 |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core Ultra 9 386Hor above | -Intel Core i3 1005G1or above |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 900-1050 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 256 | |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 16 | |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 8 | |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 4 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| Ray-tracing Cores | ||
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 7-8 GPixel/s | |
| Texture Fill Rate | 14-17 GTexel/s | |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 0.5 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | Ring Bus |
| TGP | 15 W | |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Intel |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Die Size | ||
| Transistor Count | ||
| Transistor Density | ||
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Specification | Intel Xe3 Graphics ↗ | Intel UHD Graphics G1 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 3 | 2.2 |
| CUDA | ||
| Ray Tracing | Yes | |
| DLSS | No | |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 |
