Intel Graphics Technology

Intel Graphics Technology
	Logo since 2023
Manufactured by	Intel and TSMC
Designed by	Intel
Marketed by	Intel
API support
DirectX	Direct3D 10.1+ (see capabilities); Shader Model 4.1+ (see capabilities);
OpenCL	Depending on version (see capabilities)
OpenGL	OpenGL 2.1+ (see capabilities)
Vulkan	Depending on version
History
Predecessor	Intel GMA
Support status
	Supported

Intel Graphics Technology^[4] (GT)^[a] is the collective name for a series of integrated graphics processors (IGPs) produced by Intel that are manufactured on the same package or die as the central processing unit (CPU). It was first introduced in 2010 as Intel HD Graphics and renamed in 2017 as Intel UHD Graphics.

Intel Iris Graphics and Intel Iris Pro Graphics are the IGP series introduced in 2013 with some models of Haswell processors as the high-performance versions of HD Graphics. Iris Pro Graphics was the first in the series to incorporate embedded DRAM.^[5] Since 2016 Intel refers to the technology as Intel Iris Plus Graphics with the release of Kaby Lake.

In the fourth quarter of 2013, Intel integrated graphics represented, in units, 65% of all PC graphics processor shipments.^[6] However, this percentage does not represent actual adoption as a number of these shipped units end up in systems with discrete graphics cards.

History

Before the introduction of Intel HD Graphics, Intel integrated graphics were built into the motherboard's northbridge, as part of the Intel's Hub Architecture. They were known as Intel Extreme Graphics and Intel GMA. As part of the Platform Controller Hub (PCH) design, the northbridge was eliminated and graphics processing was moved to the same die as the central processing unit (CPU).

The previous Intel integrated graphics solution, Intel GMA, had a reputation of lacking performance and features, and therefore was not considered to be a good choice for more demanding graphics applications, such as 3D gaming. The performance increases brought by Intel's HD Graphics made the products competitive with integrated graphics adapters made by its rivals, Nvidia and ATI/AMD.^[7] Intel HD Graphics, featuring minimal power consumption that is important in laptops, was capable enough that PC manufacturers often stopped offering discrete graphics options in both low-end and high-end laptop lines, where reduced dimensions and low power consumption are important.

Generations

Intel HD and Iris Graphics are divided into generations, and within each generation are divided into 'tiers' of increasing performance, denominated by the 'GTx' label. Each generation corresponds to the implementation of a Gen^[8] graphics microarchitecture with a corresponding GEN instruction set architecture^[9]^[10]^[11] since Gen4.^[12]

Gen5 architecture

Westmere

In January 2010, Clarkdale and Arrandale processors with Ironlake graphics were released, and branded as Celeron, Pentium, or Core with HD Graphics. There was only one specification:^[13] 12 execution units, up to 43.2 GFLOPS at 900 MHz. It can decode a H264 1080p video at up to 40 fps.

Its direct predecessor, the GMA X4500, featured 10 EUs at 800 MHz, but it lacked some capabilities.^[14]

Model number	Execution units	Shading units	Base clock (MHz)	Boost clock (MHz)	GFLOPS (FP32)
HD Graphics	12	24	500	900	24.0–43.2

Gen6 architecture

Sandy Bridge

In January 2011, the Sandy Bridge processors were released, introducing the "second generation" HD Graphics:

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS
Model number	Tier	Execution units	Boost clock (MHz)	FP16	FP32	FP64
HD Graphics	GT1	6	1000	192	96	24
HD Graphics 2000	GT1	6	1350	259	129.6	32
HD Graphics 3000	GT2	12	1350	518	259.2	65

Sandy Bridge Celeron and Pentium have Intel HD, while Core i3 and above have either HD 2000 or HD 3000. HD Graphics 2000 and 3000 include hardware video encoding and HD postprocessing effects.

Gen7 architecture

Ivy Bridge

On 24 April 2012, Ivy Bridge was released, introducing the "third generation" of Intel's HD graphics:^[15]

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS (FP32)
HD Graphics [Mobile]	GT1	6	48	1050	100.8
HD Graphics 2500	GT1	6	48	1150	110.4
HD Graphics 4000	GT2	16	128	1300	332.8
HD Graphics P4000	GT2	16	128	1300	332.8

Ivy Bridge Celeron and Pentium have Intel HD, while Core i3 and above have either HD 2500 or HD 4000. HD Graphics 2500 and 4000 include hardware video encoding and HD postprocessing effects.

For some low-power mobile CPUs there is limited video decoding support, while none of the desktop CPUs have this limitation. HD P4000 is featured on the Ivy Bridge E3 Xeon processors with the 12X5 v2 descriptor, and supports unbuffered ECC RAM.

Gen7.5 architecture

Haswell

In June 2013, Haswell CPUs were announced, with four tiers of integrated GPUs:

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	eDRAM (MB)	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS
Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	eDRAM (MB)	Boost clock (MHz)	FP16	FP32	FP64
Consumer
HD Graphics	GT1	10	80	N/A	1150	384	192	48
HD Graphics 4200	GT2	20	160		850	544	272	68
HD Graphics 4400					950–1150	608-736	304–368	76-92
HD Graphics 4600					900–1350	576-864	288–432	72-108
HD Graphics 5000	GT3	40	320		1000–1100	1280-1408	640–704	160-176
Iris Graphics 5100	GT3				1100–1200	1408-1536	704–768	176-192
Iris Pro Graphics 5200	GT3e			128	1300	1280-1728	640-864	160-216
Professional
HD Graphics P4600	GT2	20	160	N/A	1200–1250	768-800	384–400	96-100
HD Graphics P4700	GT2	20	160	N/A	1250–1300	800-832	400–416	100-104

The 128 MB of eDRAM in the Iris Pro GT3e is in the same package as the CPU, but on a separate die manufactured in a different process. Intel refers to this as a Level 4 cache, available to both CPU and GPU, naming it Crystalwell. The Linux drm/i915 driver is aware and capable of using this eDRAM since kernel version 3.12.^[16]^[17]^[18]

Gen8 architecture

Broadwell

In November 2013, it was announced that Broadwell-K desktop processors (aimed at enthusiasts) would also carry Iris Pro Graphics.^[19]

The following models of integrated GPU are announced for Broadwell processors:^[20]^{[better source needed]}

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	eDRAM (MB)	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS (FP32)
Consumer
HD Graphics	GT1	12	96	—	850	163.2
HD Graphics 5300	GT2	24	192		900	345.6
HD Graphics 5500					950	364.8
HD Graphics 5600					1050	403.2
HD Graphics 6000	GT3	48	384		1000	768
Iris Graphics 6100	GT3				1100	844.8
Iris Pro Graphics 6200	GT3e			128	1150	883.2
Professional
HD Graphics P5700	GT2	24	192	–	1000	384
Iris Pro Graphics P6300	GT3e	48	384	128	1150	883.2

Braswell

Model number	CPU model	Tier	Execution units	Clock speed (MHz)
HD Graphics 400	E8000	GT1	12	320
	N30xx			320–600
	N31xx			320–640
	J3xxx			320–700
HD Graphics 405	N37xx		16	400–700
HD Graphics 405	J37xx		18	400–740

Gen9 architecture

Skylake

The Skylake line of processors, launched in August 2015, retires VGA support, while supporting multi-monitor setups of up to three monitors connected via HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2 or Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.3 interfaces.^[21]^[22]

The following models of integrated GPU are available or announced for the Skylake processors:^[23]^[24]^{[better source needed]}

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	eDRAM (MB)	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS (FP32)
Consumer
HD Graphics 510	GT1	12	96	—	1050	201.6
HD Graphics 515	GT2	24	192		1000	384
HD Graphics 520					1050	403.2
HD Graphics 530					1150^[21]	441.6
Iris Graphics 540	GT3e	48	384	64	1050	806.4
Iris Graphics 550	GT3e	48	384	64	1100	844.8
Iris Pro Graphics 580	GT4e	72	576	128	1000	1152
Professional
HD Graphics P530	GT2	24	192	–	1150	441.6
Iris Pro Graphics P555	GT3e	48	384	128	1000^[25]	768
Iris Pro Graphics P580	GT4e	72	576	128	1000	1152

Apollo Lake

The Apollo Lake line of processors was launched in August 2016.

Model number	CPU model	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	Clock speed (MHz)
HD Graphics 500	E3930	GT1	12	96	400 – 550
	E3940				400–600
	N3350				200–650
	N3450				200–700
	J3355				250–700
	J3455				250–750
HD Graphics 505	E3950		18	144	500–650
	N4200				200–750
	J4205				250–800

Gen9.5 architecture

Kaby Lake

The Kaby Lake line of processors was introduced in August 2016. New features: speed increases, support for 4K UHD "premium" (DRM encoded) streaming services, media engine with full hardware acceleration of 8- and 10-bit HEVC and VP9 decode.^[26]^[27]

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	eDRAM (MB)	Base clock (MHz)	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS (FP32)	Used in
Consumer
HD Graphics 610	GT1	12	96	—	300−350	900−1100	172.8–211.2	Desktop Celeron, Desktop Pentium G4560, i3-7101
HD Graphics 615	GT2	24	192		300	900 – 1050	345.6 – 403.2	m3-7Y30/32, i5-7Y54/57, i7-7Y75, Pentium 4415Y
HD Graphics 620					300	1000–1050	384–403.2	i3-7100U, i5-7200U, i5-7300U, i7-7500U, i7-7600U
HD Graphics 630					350	1000–1150	384−441.6	Desktop Pentium G46**, i3, i5 and i7, and Laptop H-series i3, i5 and i7
Iris Plus Graphics 640	GT3e	48	384	64	300	950–1050	729.6−806.4	i5-7260U, i5-7360U, i7-7560U, i7-7660U
Iris Plus Graphics 650	GT3e	48	384	64	300	1050–1150	806.4−883.2	i3-7167U, i5-7267U, i5-7287U, i7-7567U
Professional
HD Graphics P630	GT2	24	192	–	350	1000–1150	384−441.6	Xeon E3-**** v6

Kaby Lake Refresh / Amber Lake / Coffee Lake / Coffee Lake Refresh / Whiskey Lake / Comet Lake

The Kaby Lake Refresh line of processors was introduced in October 2017. New features: HDCP 2.2 support^[28]

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	eDRAM (MB)	Base clock (MHz)	Boost clock (MHz)	Max GFLOPS (FP32)	Used in
Consumer
UHD Graphics 610	GT1	12	96	–	350	1050	201.6	Pentium Gold G54, Celeron G49 i5-10200H
UHD Graphics 615	GT2	24	192		300	900–1050	345.6–403.2	i7-8500Y, i5-8200Y, m3-8100Y
UHD Graphics 617						1050	403.2	i7-8510Y, i5-8310Y, i5-8210Y
UHD Graphics 620						1000–1150	422.4–441.6	i3-8130U, i5-8250U, i5-8350U, i7-8550U, i7-8650U, i3-8145U, i5-8265U, i5-8365U, i7-8565U, i7-8665U i3-10110U, i5-10210U, i5-10310U, i7-10510U i7-10610U i7-10810U
UHD Graphics 630		23^[29]	184		350	1100–1150	404.8–423.2	i3-8350K, i3-8100 with stepping B0
UHD Graphics 630		24	192		350	1050–1250	403.2–480	i9, i7, i5, i3, Pentium Gold G56, G55 i5-10300H, i5-10400H, i5-10500H, i7-10750H, i7-10850H, i7-10870H, i7-10875H, i9-10885H, i9-10980HK
Iris Plus Graphics 645	GT3e	48	384	128	300	1050–1150	806.4-883.2	i7-8557U, i5-8257U
Iris Plus Graphics 655	GT3e	48	384	128	300	1050–1200	806.4–921.6	i7-8559U, i5-8269U, i5-8259U, i3-8109U
Professional
UHD Graphics P630	GT2	24	192	–	350	1100–1200	422.4–460.8	Xeon E 21G, 21M, 22G, 22M, Xeon W-108**M

Gemini Lake/Gemini Lake Refresh

New features: HDMI 2.0 support, VP9 10-bit Profile2 hardware decoder^[30]

Model number	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	CPU model	Clock speed (MHz)	GFLOPS (FP32)
UHD Graphics 600	GT1	12	96	N4000	200–650	38.4–124.8
				N4100	200–700	38.4–134.4
				J4005	250–700	48.0–134.4
				J4105	250–750	48.0–144.0
				J4125	250–750	48.0–144.0
UHD Graphics 605	GT1.5	18		N5000	200–750	57.6–216
UHD Graphics 605	GT1.5	18		J5005	250–800	72.0–230.4

Gen11 architecture

Ice Lake

New features: 10 nm Gen 11 GPU microarchitecture, two HEVC 10-bit encode pipelines, three 4K display pipelines (or 2× 5K60, 1× 4K120), variable rate shading (VRS),^[31]^[32]^[33] and integer scaling.^[34]

While the microarchitecture continues to support double-precision floating-point as previous versions did, the mobile configurations of it do not include the feature and therefore on these it is supported only through emulation.^[35]

Name	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	Base clock (MHz)	Boost clock (MHz)	GFLOPS			Used in
Name	Tier	Execution units	Shading units	Base clock (MHz)	Boost clock (MHz)	FP16	FP32	FP64	Used in
Consumer
UHD Graphics	G1	32	256	300	900–1050	921.6–1075.2 ^[36]	460.8–537.6	115.2	Core i3-10G1, i5-10G1
Iris Plus Graphics	G4	48	384	300	900–1050	1382.4–1612.8^[36]	691.2–806.4	96-202	Core i3-10G4, i5-10G4
Iris Plus Graphics	G7	64	512	300	1050–1100	2150.4–2252.8^[36]	1075.2–1126.4	128-282	Core i5-10G7, i7-10G7

Xe-LP architecture (Gen12)

Model	Process	Execution units	Shading units	Max boost clock (MHz)	Processing power (GFLOPS)				Notes
Model	Process	Execution units	Shading units	Max boost clock (MHz)	FP16	FP32	FP64	INT8	Notes
Intel UHD Graphics 730	Intel 14++ nm	24	192	1200–1300	922–998	461–499	—	1843–1997	Used in Rocket Lake-S
Intel UHD Graphics 750		32	256	1200–1300	1228–1332	614–666		2457–2662	Used in Rocket Lake-S
Intel UHD Graphics P750		32	256	1300	1332	666		2662	Used in Xeon W-1300 series
Intel UHD Graphics 710	Intel 7 (previously 10ESF)	16	128	1300–1350	666–692	333–346		1331–1382	Used in Alder Lake-S/HX & Raptor Lake-S/HX/S-R/HX-R
Intel UHD Graphics 730		24	192	1400–1450	1076–1114	538–557		2150–2227
Intel UHD Graphics 770		32	256	1450–1550	1484–1588	742–794		2970–3174
Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors	Intel 10SF	32	256	1400–1450	1434–1484	717–742		2867–2970	Used in Tiger Lake-H
Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors G4		48	384	1100–1250	1690–1920	845–960		3379–3840	Used in Tiger Lake-U
Iris Xe Graphics G7		80	640	1100–1300	2816–3328	1408–1664		5632–6656
Iris Xe Graphics G7		96	768	1050–1450	3379–4454	1690–2227		6758–8909
Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors	Intel 7 (previously 10ESF)	48	384	700–1200	1075–1843	538–922		2151–3686	Used in Alder Lake-H/P/U & Raptor Lake-H/P/U
Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors Intel Graphics^[37]		64	512	850–1400	1741–2867	870–1434		3482–5734
Iris Xe Graphics Intel Graphics^[38]		80	640	900–1400	2304–3584	1152–1792		4608–7168
Iris Xe Graphics Intel Graphics^[39]		96	768	900–1450	2765–4454	1382–2227		5530–8909

These are based on the Intel Xe-LP microarchitecture, the low power variant of the Intel Xe GPU architecture^[40] also known as Gen 12.^[41]^[42] New features include Sampler Feedback,^[43] Dual Queue Support,^[43] DirectX12 View Instancing Tier2,^[43] and AV1 8-bit and 10-bit fixed-function hardware decoding.^[44] Support for FP64 was removed.^[45]

Arc Alchemist Tile GPU

Intel Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake^[46] will use Intel Arc Alchemist Tile GPU microarchitecture.^[47]^[48]

New features: DirectX 12 Ultimate Feature Level 12_2 support, 8K 10-bit AV1 hardware encoder, HDMI 2.1 48Gbps native support^[49]

Arc Battlemage Tile GPU

Intel Lunar Lake^[46] will use Intel Arc Battlemage Tile GPU microarchitecture.^[50]

Features

Intel Insider

Beginning with Sandy Bridge, the graphics processors include a form of digital copy protection and digital rights management (DRM) called Intel Insider, which allows decryption of protected media within the processor.^[51]^[52] Previously there was a similar technology called Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP).

HDCP

Intel Graphics Technology supports the HDCP technology, but the actual HDCP support depends on the computer's motherboard.^{[citation needed]}

Intel Quick Sync Video

Intel Quick Sync Video is Intel's hardware video encoding and decoding technology, which is integrated into some of the Intel CPUs. The name "Quick Sync" refers to the use case of quickly transcoding ("syncing") a video from, for example, a DVD or Blu-ray Disc to a format appropriate to, for example, a smartphone. Quick Sync was introduced with the Gen 6 in Sandy Bridge microprocessors on 9 January 2011.

Graphics Virtualization Technology

Graphics Virtualization Technology (GVT) was announced 1 January 2014 and introduced at the same time as Intel Iris Pro. Intel integrated GPUs support the following sharing methods:^[53]^[54]

Direct passthrough (GVT-d): the GPU is available for a single virtual machine without sharing with other machines
Paravirtualized API forwarding (GVT-s): the GPU is shared by multiple virtual machines using a virtual graphics driver; few supported graphics APIs (OpenGL, DirectX), no support for GPGPU
Full GPU virtualization (GVT-g): the GPU is shared by multiple virtual machines (and by the host machine) on a time-sharing basis using a native graphics driver; similar to AMD's MxGPU and Nvidia's vGPU, which are available only on professional line cards (Radeon Pro and Nvidia Quadro)
Full GPU virtualization in hardware (SR-IOV): The gpu can be partitioned and used/shared by multiple virtual machines and the host with support built-in hardware, unlike GVT-g that does this in software(driver).^[55]

Gen9 (i.e. Graphics powering 6th through 9th generation Intel processors) is the last generation of the software-based vGPU solution GVT-G (Intel® Graphics Virtualization Technology –g).SR-IOV (Single Root IO Virtualization) is supported only on platforms with 11th Generation Intel® Core™ "G" Processors (products formerly known as Tiger Lake) or newer. This leaves Rocket Lake (11th Gen Intel Processors) without support for GVT-g and/or SR-IOV. This means Rocket Lake has no full virtualization support.^[56] Started from 12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, both desktop and laptop Intel CPUs have GVT-g and SR-IOV support.

Multiple monitors

Ivy Bridge

HD 2500 and HD 4000 GPUs in Ivy Bridge CPUs are advertised as supporting three active monitors, but this only works if two of the monitors are configured identically, which covers many^[57] but not all three-monitor configurations. The reason for this is that the chipsets only include two phase-locked loops (PLLs) for generating the pixel clocks timing the data being transferred to the displays.^[58]

Therefore, three simultaneously active monitors can only be achieved when at least two of them share the same pixel clock, such as:

Using two or three DisplayPort connections, as they require only a single pixel clock for all connections.^[59] Passive adapters from DisplayPort to some other connector do not count as a DisplayPort connection, as they rely on the chipset being able to emit a non-DisplayPort signal through the DisplayPort connector. Active adapters that contain additional logic to convert the DisplayPort signal to some other format count as a DisplayPort connection.
Using two non-DisplayPort connections of the same connection type (for example, two HDMI connections) and the same clock frequency (like when connected to two identical monitors at the same resolution), so that a single unique pixel clock can be shared between both connections.^[57]

Another possible three-monitor solution uses the Embedded DisplayPort on a mobile CPU (which does not use a chipset PLL at all) along with any two chipset outputs.^[59]

Haswell

ASRock Z87- and H87-based motherboards support three displays simultaneously.^[60] Asus H87-based motherboards are also advertised to support three independent monitors at once.^[61]

Capabilities (GPU hardware)

Micro- architecture – Socket	Brand				Graphics		Vulkan		OpenGL		Direct3D		HLSL shader model	OpenCL
Micro- architecture – Socket	Core	Xeon	Pentium	Celeron	Gen	Graphics brand	Linux	Windows	Linux	Windows	Linux	Windows	HLSL shader model	Linux	Windows
Westmere – 1156	i3/5/7-xxx	—	(G/P)6000 and U5000	P4000 and U3000	5.5th^[62]	HD	—		2.1		—	10.1^[1]	4.1	—
Sandy Bridge – 1155	i3/5/7-2000	E3-1200	(B)900, (G)800 and (G)600	(B)800, (B)700, G500 and G400	6th^[63]	HD 3000 and 2000	—		3.3^[64]	3.1^[1]		10.1^[1]	4.1	—
Ivy Bridge - 1155	i3/5/7-3000	E3-1200 v2	(G)2000 and A1018	G1600, 1000 and 900	7th^[65]^[66]	HD 4000 and 2500	1.0	—	4.2^[67]	4.0^[1]^[68]		11.0	5.0	1.2 (Beignet)	1.2^[69]
Bay Trail – SoCs	—	—	J2000, N3500 and A1020	J1000 and N2000	7th^[65]^[66]	HD Graphics (Bay Trail)^[70]			4.2^[67]	4.0^[1]^[68]		11.0
Haswell – 1150	i3/5/7-4000	E3-1200 v3	(G)3000	G1800 and 2000	7.5th^[71]	HD 5000, 4600, 4400 and 4200; Iris Pro 5200, Iris 5000 and 5100			4.6^[72]	4.3^[73]		12 (fl 11_1)^[74]
Broadwell - 1150	i3/5/7-5000	E3-1200 v4	3800	3700 and 3200	8th^[75]	Iris Pro 6200^[76] and P6300, Iris 6100^[77] and HD 6000,^[78] P5700, 5600,^[79] 5500,^[80] 5300^[81] and HD Graphics (Broadwell)^[82]			4.6^[83]	4.4^[1]	11^[84]			1.2 (Beignet) / 2.1 (Neo)^[85]	2.0
Braswell – SoCs	—	—	N3700	N3000, N3050, N3150		HD Graphics (Braswell),^[86] based on Broadwell graphics								1.2 (Beignet)
Braswell – SoCs	—	—	(J/N)3710	(J/N)3010, 3060, 3160		(rebranded) HD Graphics 400, 405								1.2 (Beignet)
Skylake - 1151	i3/5/7-6000	E3-1200 v5 E3-1500 v5	(G)4000	3900 and 3800	9th	HD 510, 515, 520, 530 and 535; Iris 540 and 550; Iris Pro 580	1.3 Mesa 22.1^[87]	1.3^[88]		4.6^[89]		12 (fl 12_1)	6.0	2.0 (Beignet)^[90] / 3.0 (Neo)^[85]
Apollo Lake - SoCs	—	—	(J/N)4xxx	(J/N)3xxx	9th	HD Graphics 500, 505
Gemini Lake – SoCs	—	—	Silver (J/N)5xxx	(J/N)4xxx	9.5th^[91]	UHD 600, 605
Kaby Lake - 1151	m3/i3/5/7-7000	E3-1200 v6 E3-1500 v6	(G)4000	(G)3900 and 3800		HD 610, 615, 620, 630, Iris Plus 640, Iris Plus 650								2.0 (Beignet)^[90] / 3.0 (Neo)^[85]	2.1^[88]
Kaby Lake Refresh – 1151	i5/7-8000U	—	—	—		UHD 620
Whiskey Lake - 1151	i3/5/7-8000U	—	—	—		UHD 620
Coffee Lake - 1151	i3/5/7/9-8000 i3/5/7/9-9000	E-2100 E-2200	Gold (G)5xxx	(G)49xx		UHD 630, Iris Plus 655
Ice Lake – 1526	i3/5/7-10xx(N)Gx	—	—	—	11th	UHD, Iris Plus								3.0 (Neo)^[85]
Tiger Lake	i3/5/7-11xx(N)Gx	W-11xxxM	Gold (G)7xxx	(G)6xxx	12th	Iris Xe, UHD				4.6^[92]				3.0 (Neo)^[85]	3.0 (Neo)

OpenCL 2.1 and 2.2 possible with software update on OpenCL 2.0 hardware (Broadwell+) with future software updates.^[93]

Support in Mesa is provided by two Gallium3D-style drivers, with the Iris driver supporting Broadwell hardware and later,^[94] while the Crocus driver supports Haswell and earlier.^[95] The classic Mesa i965 driver was removed in Mesa 22.0, although it would continue to see further maintenance as part of the Amber branch.^[96]

New OpenCL driver is Mesa RustiCL and this driver written in new language Rust is OpenCL 3.0 conformant for Intel XE Graphics with Mesa 22.3. Intel Broadwell and higher will be also conformant to 3.0 with many 2.x features. For Intel Ivy Bridge and Haswell target is OpenCL 1.2. Actual development state is available in mesamatrix.

NEO compute runtime driver supports openCL 3.0 with 1.2, 2.0 and 2.1 included for Broadwell and higher and Level Zero API 1.3 for Skylake and higher.^[97]

All GVT virtualization methods are supported since the Broadwell processor family with KVM^[98] and Xen.^[99]

Capabilities (GPU video acceleration)

Intel developed a dedicated SIP core which implements multiple video decompression and compression algorithms branded Intel Quick Sync Video. Some are implemented completely, some only partially.

Hardware-accelerated algorithms

Hardware-accelerated video compression and decompression algorithms present in Intel Quick Sync Video
CPU's microarchitecture	Steps		video compression and decompression algorithms
CPU's microarchitecture	Steps		H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC)	H.262 (MPEG-2)	VC-1/WMV9	JPEG / MJPEG	VP8	VP9	AV1
Westmere^[100]	Decode		✘	✓	✓	✓	✘	✘	✘	✘
Westmere^[100]	Encode		✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
Sandy Bridge	Decode	Profiles	✘	ConstrainedBaseline, Main, High, StereoHigh	Simple, Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	✘	✘	✘	✘
		Levels
		Max. resolution		2048x2048
	Encode	Profiles		ConstrainedBaseline, Main, High	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
		Levels
		Max. resolution
Ivy Bridge	Decode	Profiles	✘	ConstrainedBaseline, Main, High, StereoHigh	Simple, Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	Baseline	✘	✘	✘
		Levels
		Max. resolution
	Encode	Profiles		ConstrainedBaseline, Main, High	Simple, Main	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
		Levels
		Max. resolution
Haswell	Decode	Profiles	Partial 8-bit^[101]	Main, High, SHP, MHP	Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	Baseline	✘	✘	✘
		Levels		4.1	Main, High	High, 3
		Max. resolution		1080/60p	1080/60p		16k×16k
	Encode	Profiles	✘	Main, High	Main	✘	Baseline	✘	✘	✘
		Levels		4.1	High		-
		Max. resolution		1080/60p	1080/60p		16k×16k
Broadwell^[102]^[103]	Decode	Profiles	Partial 8-bit & 10-bit^[101]		Main	Simple, Main, Advanced		0	Partial^[101]	✘
		Levels			Main, High	High, 3		Unified
		Max. resolution			1080/60p			1080p
	Encode	Profiles	✘	Main	-	✘		✘	✘	✘
		Levels			Main, High
		Max. resolution			1080/60p
Skylake^[104]	Decode	Profiles	Main	Main, High, SHP, MHP	Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	Baseline	0	0	✘
		Levels	5.2	5.2	Main, High	High, 3	Unified	Unified	Unified
		Max. resolution	2160/60p	2160/60p	1080/60p	3840×3840	16k×16k	1080p	4k/24p@15Mbit/s
	Encode	Profiles	Main	Main, High	Main	✘	Baseline	Unified	✘	✘
		Levels	5.2	5.2	High		-	Unified
		Max. resolution	2160/60p	2160/60p	1080/60p		16k×16k	-
Kaby Lake^[105] Coffee Lake^[106] Coffee Lake Refresh^[106] Whiskey Lake^[107] Ice Lake^[108] Comet Lake^[109]	Decode	Profiles	Main, Main 10	Main, High, MVC, Stereo	Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	Baseline	0	0, 1, 2	✘
		Levels	5.2	5.2	Main, High	Simple, High, 3	Unified	Unified	Unified
		Max. resolution		2160/60p	1080/60p	3840×3840	16k×16k	1080p
	Encode	Profiles	Main	Main, High	Main	✘	Baseline	Unified	Support 8 bits 4:2:0 BT.2020 may be obtained the pre/post processing	✘
		Levels	5.2	5.2	High		-	Unified
		Max. resolution	2160/60p	2160/60p	1080/60p		16k×16k	-
Tiger Lake^[110] Rocket Lake	Decode	Profiles	up to Main 4:4:4 12	Main, High	Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	Baseline	✘	0, 1, 2, partially 3	0
		Levels	6.2	5.2	Main, High	Simple, High, 3	Unified		Unified	3
		Max. resolution	4320/60p	2160/60p	1080/60p	3840×3840	16k×16k		4320/60p	4K×2K 16K×16K (still picture)
	Encode	Profiles	up to Main 4:4:4 10	Main, High	Main	✘	Baseline	✘	0, 1, 2, 3	✘
		Levels	5.1	5.1	High		-		-
		Max. resolution	4320p	2160/60p	1080/60p		16k×16k		4320p
Alder Lake^[111] Raptor Lake^[112]	Decode	Profiles	up to Main 4:4:4 12	Main, High	Main	Simple, Main, Advanced	Baseline	✘ \|	0, 1, 2, 3	0
		Levels	6.1	5.2	Main, High	Simple, High, 3	Unified		6.1	3
		Max. resolution	4320/60p	2160/60p	1080/60p	3840×3840	16k×16k		4320/60p	4320/60p 16K×16K (still picture)
	Encode	Profiles	up to Main 4:4:4 10	Main, High	Main	✘ \|	Baseline	✘ \|	0, 1, 2, 3	✘ \|
		Levels	5.1	5.1	High		-		-
		Max. resolution	4320p	2160/60p	1080/60p		16k×16k		4320p

Intel Pentium and Celeron family

Intel Pentium & Celeron family	GPU video acceleration
Intel Pentium & Celeron family	VED (Video Encode / Decode)		H.265/HEVC	H.264/MPEG-4 AVC	H.262 (MPEG-2)	VC-1/WMV9	JPEG/MJPEG	VP8	VP9
Braswell^[113]^[b]^[c]^[d]	Decode	Profile	Main	CBP, Main, High	Main, High	Advanced	850 MP/s 4:2:0 640 MP/s 4:2:2 420 MP/s 4:4:4
		Level	5	5.2	High	4
		Max. resolution	4k×2k/30p	4k×2k/60p	1080/60p	1080/60p		4k×2k/60p	1080/30p
	Encode	Profile	✘	CBP, Main, High	Main, High	✘	850 MP/s 4:2:0 640 MP/s 4:2:2 420 MP/s 4:4:4		Up to 720p30
		Level		5.1	High
		Max. resolution		4k×2k/30p	1080/30p			4k×2k/30p
Apollo Lake^[114]	Decode	Profile	Main, Main 10	CBP, Main, High	Main, High	Advanced	1067 MP/s 4:2:0 800 MP/s 4:2:2 533 MP/s 4:4:4		0
		Level	5.1	5.2	High	4
		Max. resolution		1080p240, 4k×2k/60p	1080/60p	1080/60p
	Encode	Profile	Main	CBP, Main, High	✘	✘	1067 MP/s 4:2:0 800 MP/s 4:2:2 533 MP/s 4:4:4
		Level	4	5.2
		Max. resolution	4kx2k/30p	1080p240, 4k×2k/60p				4k×2k/30p	480p30 (SW only)
Gemini Lake^[115]	Decode	Profile	Main, Main 10	CBP, Main, High	Main, High	Advanced	1067 MP/s 4:2:0 800 MP/s 4:2:2 533 MP/s 4:4:4		0, 2
		Level	5.1	5.2	High	4
		Max. resolution		1080p240, 4k×2k/60p	1080/60p	1080/60p
	Encode	Profile	Main	CBP, Main, High	Main, High	✘	1067 MP/s 4:2:0 800 MP/s 4:2:2 533 MP/s 4:4:4		0
		Level	4	5.2	High
		Max. resolution	4kx2k/30p	1080p240, 4k×2k/60p	1080/60p			4k×2k/30p

Intel Atom family

Intel Atom family	GPU video acceleration
Intel Atom family	VED (Video Encode / Decode)		H.265/HEVC	H.264/MPEG-4 AVC	MPEG-4 Visual	H.263	H.262 (MPEG-2)	VC-1/WMV9	JPEG/MJPEG	VP8	VP9
Bay Trail-T	Decode^[116]	Profile	✘	Main, High			Main			0	✘
		Level		5.1			High
		Max. resolution		4k×2k/30p			1080/60p	4k×2k/30p	4k×2k/30p
	Encode^[116]	Profile		Main, High			Main	-	-
		Level		5.1			High	-	-
		Max. resolution		4k×2k/30p			1080/60p	1080/30p	-	1080/30p
Cherry Trail-T^[117]	Decode	Profile	Main	CBP, Main, High	Simple		Main	Advanced	1067 Mbit/s – 4:2:0 800 Mbit/s – 4:2:2
		Level	5	5.2			High	4
		Max. resolution	4k×2k/30p	4k×2k/60p, 1080@240p	480/30p	480/30p	1080/60p	1080/60p		4k×2k/30p	1080/30p
	Encode	Profile	✘	Constrained Baseline, Main, High (MVC)					1067 Mbit/s – 4:2:0 800 Mbit/s – 4:2:2		✘
		Level		5.1 (4.2)
		Max. resolution		4k×2k/30p, 1080@120p		480/30p				4k×2k/30p

Documentation

Intel releases programming manuals for most of Intel HD Graphics devices via its Open Source Technology Center.^[118] This allows various open source enthusiasts and hackers to contribute to driver development, and port drivers to various operating systems, without the need for reverse engineering.

Notes

References

External links

Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers 2024.1
Intel's Embedded DRAM
Intel Open Source Technology Center: Linux graphics documentation (includes the GPU manuals)

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Intel Graphics Technology

History

Generations

Gen5 architecture

Westmere

Gen6 architecture

Sandy Bridge

Gen7 architecture

Ivy Bridge

Gen7.5 architecture

Haswell

Gen8 architecture

Broadwell

Braswell

Gen9 architecture

Skylake

Apollo Lake

Gen9.5 architecture

Kaby Lake

Kaby Lake Refresh / Amber Lake / Coffee Lake / Coffee Lake Refresh / Whiskey Lake / Comet Lake

Gemini Lake/Gemini Lake Refresh

Gen11 architecture

Ice Lake

Xe-LP architecture (Gen12)

Arc Alchemist Tile GPU

Arc Battlemage Tile GPU

Features

Intel Insider

HDCP

Intel Quick Sync Video

Graphics Virtualization Technology

Multiple monitors

Ivy Bridge

Haswell

Capabilities (GPU hardware)

Capabilities (GPU video acceleration)

Hardware-accelerated algorithms

Intel Pentium and Celeron family

Intel Atom family

Documentation

See also

Notes

References

External links