Intel started Arc 8-Core iGPU sales 14 December 2023. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Xe LPG architecture and made with 5 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Arc 8-Core iGPU: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	293
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Xe LPG (2023)
GPU code name	Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Arc 8-Core iGPU's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Arc 8-Core iGPU's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Boost clock speed	2300 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Arc 8-Core iGPU: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Shared memory

API compatibility

APIs supported by Arc 8-Core iGPU, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX

12_2

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Arc 8-Core iGPU. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 18.69

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 12321

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 38877

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 8561

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 43978

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 397122

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Arc 8-Core iGPU 3266

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Arc 8-Core iGPU is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	36
1440p	19
4K	14

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	60−65
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95
Metro Exodus	60−65
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	60−65
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95
Metro Exodus	60−65
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	58
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Far Cry 5	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	41
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	46
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22
Far Cry 5	21−24
Forza Horizon 4	100−110
Hitman 3	21−24
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40
Metro Exodus	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	34
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16
Hitman 3	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100
Metro Exodus	18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11
Far Cry 5	10−11
Forza Horizon 4	24−27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9