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Intel Arc 8-Core iGPU

Intel Arc 8-Core

The Intel Arc iGPU with 8 cores (ID 7D55) is an integrated graphics adapter in Meteor Lake SoCs based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). It offers all 8 Xe cores (128 Xe vector engines), 8 ray tracing units, 8 samplers and 4 pixel backends.

The Arc name may only be used if at least 16 GB RAM is used in dual channel mode. Otherwise, the only iGPU is called "Intel Graphics" and is also significantly slower.

According to Intel, performance has been doubled compared to the previous generation (probably still in Alder Lake).

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 on 5nm (5N process).

Arc LPG Series

Arc 8-Core 8 @ 2.3 GHz
Arc 7-Core compare 7 @ 2.2 GHz
Graphics 4-Core compare 4 @ 1.95 GHz
CodenameMeteor Lake iGPU
ArchitectureXe LPG
Pipelines8 - unified
Raytracing Cores8
Core Speed2300 (Boost) MHz
CacheL1: 1.5 MB
Shared Memoryyes
APIDirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3
technology5 nm
DisplaysHDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.0 20G
Date of Announcement14.12.2023
CPU in Arc 8-CoreGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H16 x 3800 MHz, 45 W? MHz2350 MHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H16 x 3800 MHz, 28 W? MHz2300 MHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H16 x 3800 MHz, 28 W? MHz2250 MHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 135H14 x 3600 MHz, 28 W? MHz2200 MHz
min. - max.? MHz2200 - 2350 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
3.2 pt (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 2178     avg: 3546     median: 3621 (10%)     max: 4176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 2018     avg: 3224     median: 3271 (7%)     max: 3770 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 78589     avg: 142909     median: 159691 (19%)     max: 163878 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 18794     avg: 31105     median: 31746.5 (30%)     max: 37020 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 31876     avg: 43103     median: 44101 (11%)     max: 52200 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 5203     avg: 7597     median: 7876.5 (12%)     max: 9084 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 5568     avg: 8275     median: 8537 (8%)     max: 9692 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 88046     avg: 177853     median: 190075 (21%)     max: 215292 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 4294     avg: 6018     median: 6363 (7%)     max: 6686 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
min: 13461     avg: 25851     median: 27400 (26%)     max: 29487 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
min: 25821     avg: 33139     median: 34198.5 (13%)     max: 36983 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 7756     avg: 11958     median: 12398 (15%)     max: 13943 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 8064     avg: 11932     median: 12348 (9%)     max: 13716 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 38739     avg: 41084     median: 41223 (12%)     max: 43259 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 33028     avg: 36137     median: 36546 (20%)     max: 39184 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 34184     avg: 36714     median: 36636.5 (48%)     max: 38214 Points
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
min: 17.1     avg: 19     median: 19.5 (6%)     max: 20.1 fps
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 22.7     avg: 22.9     median: 22.9 (9%)     max: 23.1 fps