Installing this Intel generic graphics driver will overwrite your computer manufacturer (OEM) customized driver. OEM drivers are handpicked and include customized features and solutions to platform-specific issues. The generic Intel driver provides users the latest and greatest feature enhancements and bug fixes that OEMs may not have customized yet to address platform-specific needs. Users can check for matching OEM versions at OEM websites.

Any graphics issues found using Intel generic graphics drivers should be reported directly to Intel. Corporate customers should always use OEM drivers and report all issues through the vendor they purchased the platforms and support through.

Platform OS Support:

  • 11th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Tiger Lake, Rocket Lake, Tiger Lake-H)
  • 12th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Alder Lake-S, Alder Lake-H, Alder Lake-P, Alder Lake-U, Alder Lake-HX, Alder Lake-N, Twin Lake)
  • 13th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Raptor Lake-S, Raptor Lake-HX, Raptor Lake-H, Raptor Lake-P, Raptor Lake-U)
  • 14th Gen Intel Core processor family (Codename Raptor Lake Refresh)
  • Intel Core Ultra processor family (Codename Meteor Lake, Lunar Lake, Arrow Lake)
  • Intel Iris Xe Dedicated Graphics family (Codename DG1)
  • Intel Arc Graphics family (Codename Alchemist, Battlemage)

What's New:

Gaming Tech

Introducing Intel Graphics Shader Distribution Service which will help improve first load times up to 2x on Intel Arc B-series GPUs, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 and Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs for the following games:

  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Borderlands 4
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • God of War Ragnarök
  • Gotham Knights
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • NBA 2K26
  • Starfield
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
  • The Outer Worlds 2
  • Game Ready
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Everwind
    • Performance Improvements
  • Nioh 3 (DX12)
    • Up to 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings

Fixed Issues:

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

  • Naraka Bladepoint (DX12) may experience an application crash with Ray Tracing settings enabled.
  • Hogwarts Legacy (DX12) may exhibit corruption during cinematics.
  • Davinci Resolve Studio may exhibit visual corruption in the viewport while resizing the window with HDR enabled.

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

  • Naraka Bladepoint (DX12) may experience an application crash with Ray Tracing settings enabled.

Known Issues:

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

  • The Finals (DX12) may experience an intermittent application crash.
  • No Man's Sky (VK) may exhibit corruptions on certain terrains during gameplay.
  • Star Citizen (VK) may experience an application crash on game launch.
  • Mafia: The Old Country (DX12) may experience an application crash during gameplay.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro may experience an application crash when exporting HEVC codec based media on Microsoft Windows OS 26200.7840 or later

Intel Arc B-Series Graphics Products:

  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain water surfaces during gameplay.
  • Dune: Awakening (DX12) may exhibit flickering corruptions during gameplay.
  • Star Citizen (VK) may experience an application crash on game launch.
  • PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.

Intel Arc A-Series Graphics Products:

  • PugetBench for Davinci Resolve Studio may experience an intermittent application crash while running the benchmark. Recommendation is to change the timeout slider to 1500 seconds or higher, to wait for each test to complete, in PugetBench benchmark settings.

Intel Core Ultra Series 1 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

  • Battlefield 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain maps during gameplay.

Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs:

  • Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain water surfaces during gameplay.
  • Battlefield 6 (DX12) may exhibit intermittent corruptions on certain maps during gameplay on some notebooks with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 with built-in Intel Arc GPUs.
  • No Man's Sky (VK) may exhibit corruptions on certain terrains during gameplay.

Intel Graphics Software Fixed Issues:

  • Intel Graphics Software may sometimes experience an application crash while navigating between pages using keyboard.
  • Performance metrics on Intel Graphics Software may not show actual values on certain configurations when both Integrated and Discrete adapters are enabled.

Intel Graphics Software Known Issues:

  • When using the settings, preferences, reset all settings option in Windows 10 the application may experience an intermittent crash. Settings can be reset from individual pages without issue.
  • Intel Graphics Software may sometimes experience a single application crash on the first re-arrange of metrics within the select metrics window. Subsequent usage will not be affected by this crash again.
  • Performance page in Intel Graphics Software may not hide the graphs when using the hide graphs button.
  • Performance page in Intel Graphics Software may not function as expected when adding new metrics.