Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc) vs Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc)
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The Intel Graphics iGPU with 4 cores is an integrated graphics card based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). It offers 4 Xe cores (64 Xe vector engines), 4 ray tracing units, 4 samplers and 2 pixel backends.
In contrast to the more powerful variant with 8 cores in the H Meteor Lake CPUs, the small variant is not allowed to use the Arc name.
The iGPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (probably DX 12_2 like the desktop Arc GPUs). The graphics unit also supports XeSS AI Super Sampling.
The media engine of Meteor Lake is in the SOC tile and supports up to 8k60 10-bit HDR encode and decode of MPEG2, AVC, VP9, HEVC and AV1. The display engine is also in the SoC tile and supports HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1 20G with up to 8K60 HDR.
The GPU Tile of the Meteor Lake chip is manufactured at TSMC in 5nm (5N process).
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
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The Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) is an integrated graphics card in the Cherry-Trail SoCs (e.g. Atom x7-Z8700). Based on a Broadwell GPU (Intel Gen8) and supports DirectX 11.2. Depending on the SoC offers 12 or 16 EUs.
Atom x7-Z8700: 16 EUs @ 200 - 600 MHz, dual-channel memory
Atom x5-Z8500: 12 EUs @ 200 - 600 MHz, dual-channel memory
Atom x5-Z8300: 12 EUs @ 200 - 500 MHz, single-channel memory
In Windows, gaming is limited to less demanding or quite old games. Using Android, even high end 3D games should run fluently. For example Team Fortress 2 was running on the Surface 3 (x7-Z8700) only in lowest settings and 1280x720 fluently (11 - 69 fps range).
The integrated video decoder is able to display even 4K videos (H.264 tested) fluently.
The Intel HD Graphics GPU in our review sample of the MS Surface 3 (Atom x7-Z8700) only supported DisplayPort 1.1 as it seems, as 4K (3840x2160) with 30 Hz was the maximum Refresh Rate we could achieve (no 60 Hz selectable with the pre-installed drivers).
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Codename | Meteor Lake iGPU | Cherry Trail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Xe LPG | Gen. 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 64 - unified | 16 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TMUs | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROPs | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raytracing Cores | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 300 - 1950 (Boost) MHz | 200 - 600 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AI GPU | 8 TOPS INT8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cache | L1: 768 KB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.8, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3 | DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 5 nm | 14 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Displays | HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1 20G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 06.01.2025 | 02.03.2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc)
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc)
Average Benchmarks Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc) → 100% n=17
Average Benchmarks Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) → 13% n=17

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Stalker 2
2024
Until Dawn
2024
Final Fantasy XVI
2024
Space Marine 2
2024
Star Wars Outlaws
2024
F1 24
2024
Ghost of Tsushima
2024
Dragon's Dogma 2
2024
Helldivers 2
2024
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
F1 23
2023
F1 22
2022
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Team Fortress 2
2017
Rocket League
2017
Farming Simulator 17
2016
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Anno 2205
2015
World of Warships
2015
Metal Gear Solid V
2015
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
Dirt Rally
2015
GTA V
2015
F1 2014
2014
Sims 4
2014
GRID: Autosport
2014
Battlefield 4
2013
BioShock Infinite
2013
Tomb Raider
2013
Dishonored
2012
Borderlands 2
2012
Counter-Strike: GO
2012
Diablo III
2012
Anno 2070
2011
Dirt 3
2011
StarCraft 2
2010Average Gaming Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arc) → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) → 18%
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low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 7.09 | |||||||||||||
Stalker 2 | 6.8 | 5.99 | 5.33 | |||||||||||
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 15 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||
Until Dawn | 17.3 | 11.5 | 7.44 | |||||||||||
Final Fantasy XVI | 7.97 | 7.96 | 6.71 | |||||||||||
Space Marine 2 | 10.2 | 8.12 | 7.41 | |||||||||||
Star Wars Outlaws | ||||||||||||||
F1 24 | 38 | 34 | 26 | 8 | ||||||||||
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 6.43 | 5.37 | 4.14 | |||||||||||
Ghost of Tsushima | 11.5 | 9.75 | 8.89 | |||||||||||
Horizon Forbidden West | 13.8 | 12.3 | 8 | |||||||||||
Dragon's Dogma 2 | 9.13 | 6.81 | ||||||||||||
Helldivers 2 | 16 | 12.2 | 11 | |||||||||||
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 96.4 | 48.4 | 45.7 | |||||||||||
Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||
Baldur's Gate 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
F1 23 | 42 | 39 | 25 | 7.14 | ||||||||||
F1 22 | 43 | 40 | 29 | 8 | ||||||||||
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 29 | 23 | 16 | 13 | ||||||||||
Strange Brigade | 100 | 44 | 35 | 28 | ||||||||||
Far Cry 5 | 43 | 24 | 22 | 20 | ||||||||||
X-Plane 11.11 | 36 | 28 | 24 | |||||||||||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 40 | 23 | 17 | |||||||||||
Dota 2 Reborn | 88 | 58 | 55 | 52 | 20 | 15.2 | 7.2 | |||||||
The Witcher 3 | 86 | 53 | 29 | 16 | ||||||||||
GTA V | 113 | 100 | 22 | 9 | 10.8 | |||||||||
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low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 14 6 4 | 15 6 2 | 21 3 | 10 2 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | |
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