Intel is already testing new graphics cards. There is one problem
Much to the dissatisfaction of desktop computer enthusiasts, we are not talking about a dedicated card here, but an integrated graphics system for laptops.
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In 2022, a new player appeared on the graphics chip market. Since then, there have been three main producers – AMD, NVIDIA and Intel. Blue started from the low-medium price segment, and their beginnings were quite bumpy. Both when it came to drivers and card availability.
Intel has no intention of giving up on efficient iGPUs
However, the Americans listened to the comments of reviewers and consumers and quickly made corrections. And although the next generation based on the architecture has recently debuted Intel Xe2which is currently only available as iGPU in mobile processors Lunar Lakethe Blues are already testing its successor.
In the base SiSoftware there was an entry about the processor Intel Panther Lakewhich uses an integrated graphics chip based on the architecture Intel Xe3. It is equipped with 32 execution unitswhat it should mean 4 Xe cores3. This is probably the first test to see the light of day.
The described iGPU worked with a clock 1600MHz and was located in the CPU z TDP 25 Wso it’s quite a weak unit. However, it is difficult to say anything more about performance. It is almost identical to the iGPU in the Arrow Lake-S series (4 Xe-LPG cores), but half as powerful as Arrow Lake-H (8 Xe-LPG+ cores). However, it may be a matter of power consumption limits, cooling system or very early and unoptimized controllers.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that a mention of a mysterious architecture was found on the LinkedIn profile of one of Intel’s employees.Xe3P“. This is probably a variant Intel Xe3+. Unfortunately, there is no specific information here. What is surprising is the short time spent working on this solution – 1 year and 10 months.
