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Intel Core 3 N355 | Intel UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake) | 465 g
The Intel Xe Graphics 32 EUS (Alder Lake) is an integrated graphics card in Alder Lake CPUs that was introduced at the beginning of 2023. It is based on the Xe architecture (Gen12) and offers only 32 of the 96 installed execution units (EUs) . The GPU is manufactured at Intel using the improved 10nm process (Intel 7). The raw performance is comparable to the Radeon RX Vega 6 (in Ryzen 5000 CPUs), but the gaming performance is lower due to the weaker driver support (in 2022). Only low demanding games such as Dota 2 Reborn can be played smoothly at the lowest settings (see below).
Gen. 12 / Xe Series
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| Codename | Alder Lake Xe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 32 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1250 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.















| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 37 | 26.7 | 24 | |||
| The Finals | 16.9 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 7.74 | ||
| Total War Pharaoh | 27.1 | 19.9 | 13 | 11.4 | ||
| Counter-Strike 2 | 11.3 | 6.38 | 5.29 | |||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Diablo 4 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 11.7 | 11.1 | ||
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 14.1 | 11.2 | ||||
| GRID Legends | 27.3 | 21.1 | 15.9 | |||
| F1 2021 | 46 | 18.3 | 16.5 | 10.5 | ||
| F1 2020 | 35.4 | 18.8 | 14 | 8.7 | ||
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21 | 11 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 21 | 9.2 | 8.6 | |||
| Strange Brigade | 39 | 15 | 13 | 14.5 | ||
| Far Cry 5 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||
| X-Plane 11.11 | 23 | 18 | 16 | |||
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 19 | 10 | 7 | |||
| F1 2017 | 42 | |||||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 64 | 44 | 29 | 27 | ||
| The Witcher 3 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 6 | ||
| GTA V | 55 | 47 | 10 | 4 | ||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 12 6 1 | 16 3 | 17 | 12 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List





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