Intel claims Arc Xe2 Lunar Lake iGPU is faster than AMD Strix Point and Qualcomm X Elite

[DragonSlayer101]

What just happened? Intel claims that its Arc Xe2 integrated graphics in Lunar Lake processors are faster than the competing iGPUs found in AMD and Qualcomm chips. Xe2 is Intel's latest integrated graphics technology, derived from the company's next-gen "Battlemage" Arc discrete graphics platform, which is expected to launch in early 2025.

According to Intel, Xe2 will provide Lunar Lake Core Ultra 9 288V laptops with a 31 percent performance boost compared to the Core Ultra 7 155H Meteor Lake processor, and a 68 percent uplift over the Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 SoC. Intel also claimed that the new graphics chip will be approximately 16 percent faster than the iGPU in AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point processor, and deliver up to 30 perfect faster ray tracing performance.

Team Blue also released real-world gaming benchmarks, demonstrating nearly 100 FPS at 1080p medium settings in F1 2024 and more than 200 frames per second in Roblox. The company noted that gamers will benefit from XeSS support in select titles, which is expected to provide a performance boost ranging from 25 percent to 61 percent.

However, Intel acknowledged that Xe2 may not outperform its competitors in all real-world scenarios. According to data from Team Blue, AMD's Strix Point laptop achieved higher frame rates than the Lunar Lake PC in popular games like Rocket League, Grand Theft Auto V, and DOTA 2. The company also included benchmarks from titles such as Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Civilization VI to highlight Lunar Lake's purported advantages over AMD's Strix Point and the Snapdragon X Elite.

So far, gaming handhelds have been dominated by AMD, with companies such as Nintendo, Asus, and Ayaneo using Ryzen CPUs in devices like the Switch, ROG Ally, and Air, respectively. However, this landscape is about to change with the introduction of the Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake CPU, which will power the upcoming MSI Claw 8 AI+ gaming handheld.

In the meantime, the latest leaked CPU-Z benchmarks indicate that the upcoming Core Ultra 7 265K Arrow Lake processor delivers strong performance in both single-core and multi-core workloads. The chip scored 919 points in the single-core test, surpassing the 902 points achieved by the Core i9-14900K and the 914 points scored by the Ryzen 9 9950X. However, in multi-core tests, the Core Ultra 7 265K's score of 16,274 points slightly trailed behind those of the Core i9-14900K and Ryzen 9 9950X.

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Intel claims Arc Xe2 Lunar Lake iGPU is faster than AMD Strix Point and Qualcomm X Elite

 

[Eldrach]

It’s going to be a poor launch year for high end desktop cpu’s it seems. They’re struggling to beat their own last gen cpu’s

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Intel really needs to hammer their drivers out this time around, if xe2 is as unstable as claimed it won't make much impact vs AMD strix point, let alone that juicy strix halo.

 

[Dreadcthulhu]

I will believe that performance when I see benchmarks done by independent reviewers. After all, last time around Intel claimed Meteor Lake's iGPU would beat AMDs, and well that just didn't turn out to be true - to quote:

"The company also asserts that its new integrated chips compare favorably to AMD's Ryzen 7 7840U. Averaged out across 18 titles, including Apex Legends, DOTA 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, and Overwatch 2, the Core Ultra 7 165H in an MSI Prestige 16 supposedly edges out a Lenovo Thinkpad T16 equipped with the Zen 4 processor."

https://www.techspot.com/news/101215-meteor-lake-integrated-graphics-performance-50-100-faster.html

 

[Lew Zealand]

No mention of how much power these will take to beat Strix Halo. If LL iGPU needs 25W to match what Strix Point does with 15W then it'ill be DOA for handhelds. Could be OK for Mini PCs however.

 

[Argely]

[q]So far, gaming handhelds have been dominated by AMD, with companies such as Nintendo, Asus, and Ayaneo using Ryzen CPUs in devices like the Switch, ROG Ally, and Air, respectively.[/q]
The nintendo switch has a nvidia chip, right?

 

[Burty117]

[q]So far, gaming handhelds have been dominated by AMD, with companies such as Nintendo, Asus, and Ayaneo using Ryzen CPUs in devices like the Switch, ROG Ally, and Air, respectively.[/q]
The nintendo switch has a nvidia chip, right?

Yeah Nintendo went with Nvidia Tegra chips.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

It’s going to be a poor launch year for high end desktop cpu’s it seems. They’re struggling to beat their own last gen cpu’s

cRaptor Lake is plenty fast enough, they need to address power usage. Arrow Lake is still going to be faster and use 30%+ less power doing so. Even if it's the same speed as cRaptor Lake, I'll take one if it slashes power. AMD has delivered a bit more performance but at a lot lower power too with Zen 5. If you use Linux Zen 5 is much stronger than on Windoze.

 

[Eldrach]

cRaptor Lake is plenty fast enough, they need to address power usage. Arrow Lake is still going to be faster and use 30%+ less power doing so. Even if it's the same speed as cRaptor Lake, I'll take one if it slashes power. AMD has delivered a bit more performance but at a lot lower power too with Zen 5. If you use Linux Zen 5 is much stronger than on Windoze.

Absolutely a valid point, powerdraw is important. Unfortunately I think the more efficient cpu’s combined with the new rumored insanely powerhungry Nvidia cards will still end up drawing more total power than current high end systems.

 

[WhiteLeaff]

Yeah, intel said... I've never seen a manufacturer's slides showing their product as slower.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

Absolutely a valid point, powerdraw is important. Unfortunately I think the more efficient cpu’s combined with the new rumored insanely powerhungry Nvidia cards will still end up drawing more total power than current high end systems.

You don't have to run a game at 400fps. I'll guarantee if you lock a 4090 and 5090 at say 120fps, the 5090 will use less power. It'll only use stupid amount of power if you let it rip and try to get as many fps as possible. Most people I know with 4090 tune them to use way less than the stated max power. 5090 will be more efficient. It's like 14900K and 9950X if you undervolt them and tune them they can use way less power for the same performance, and even lowering PL1/2 or TDP will often get you 95%+ performance for 30%+ less power. For example just buy a 14900 rather than 14900K.

 

[systemBuilder22]

This is like Trump winning the debates. He first claimed he won then there were a ton of invisible polls where he won then it was 3-on-1 and an unfair debate and there was no fact checking on Kamala and then Kamala got the questions in advance. By all this shouting that he won and all this whining, he was advertising that he lost. I hear a lot of this same shouting from Xe2 right now ....