Manufactured by | Intel and TSMC |
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Designed by | Intel |
Marketed by | Intel |
API support | |
DirectX |
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OpenCL | Depending on version (see capabilities) [1] |
OpenGL | OpenGL 2.1+ (see capabilities) [1] [2] [3] |
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.
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.
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]
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 H.264 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 |
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 | ||
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FP16 | FP32 | FP64 | ||||
HD Graphics | GT1 | 6 | 1000 | 192 | 96 | 24 |
HD Graphics 2000 | 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.
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) |
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HD Graphics [Mobile] | GT1 | 6 | 48 | 1050 | 100.8 |
HD Graphics 2500 | 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.
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 | ||
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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 | 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 | 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]
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) |
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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 | 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 |
Model number | CPU model | Tier | Execution units | Clock speed (MHz) |
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HD Graphics 400 | E8000 | GT1 | 12 | 320 |
N30xx | 320–600 | |||
N31xx | 320–640 | |||
J3xxx | 320–700 | |||
HD Graphics 405 | N37xx | 16 | 400–700 | |
J37xx | 18 | 400–740 |
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) |
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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 | 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 | 1000 | 1152 |
The Apollo Lake line of processors was launched in August 2016.
Model number | CPU model | Tier | Execution units | Shading units | Clock speed (MHz) |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
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 |
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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 | ||
24 | 192 | 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 | 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 21**G, 21**M, 22**G, 22**M, Xeon W-108**M |
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) |
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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 | |
J5005 | 250–800 | 72.0–230.4 |
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 | ||
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FP16 | FP32 | FP64 | |||||||
Consumer | |||||||||
UHD Graphics | G1 | 32 | 256 | 300 | 900–1050 | 921.6–1075.2 | 460.8–537.6 | 115.2 | Core i3-10**G1, i5-10**G1 |
Iris Plus Graphics | G4 | 48 | 384 | 300 | 900–1050 | 1382.4–1612.8 [36] | 691.2–806.4 | 96-202 | Core i3-10**G4, i5-10**G4 |
G7 | 64 | 512 | 300 | 1050–1100 | 2150.4–2252.8 [36] | 1075.2–1126.4 | 128-282 | Core i5-10**G7, i7-10**G7 |
Model | Process | Execution units | Shading units | Max boost clock (MHz) | Processing power (GFLOPS) | Notes | |||
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FP16 | FP32 | FP64 | INT8 | ||||||
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 | |||
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]
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]
Model | Execution units | Shading units | Max boost clock (MHz) | GFLOPS (FP32) |
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Arc Graphics 48EU Mobile | 48 | 384 | 1800 | 1382 |
Arc Graphics 64EU Mobile | 64 | 512 | 1750–2000 | 1792 |
Arc Graphics 112EU Mobile | 112 | 896 | 2200 | 3942 |
Arc Graphics 128EU Mobile | 128 | 1024 | 2200-2350 | 4608 |
Intel Lunar Lake [46] will use Intel Arc Battlemage Tile GPU microarchitecture. [50]
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).
Intel Graphics Technology supports the HDCP technology, but the actual HDCP support depends on the computer's motherboard.[ citation needed ]
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 (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]
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.
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:
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]
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]
Micro- architecture – Socket | Brand | Graphics | Vulkan | OpenGL | Direct3D | HLSL shader model | OpenCL | ||||||||
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Core | Xeon | Pentium | Celeron | Gen | Graphics brand | Linux | Windows | Linux | Windows | Linux | Windows | 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] | |||||||
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 | 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 | HD Graphics (Bay Trail) [70] | ||||||||||
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] | 1.1 | — | 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) | |||||||||
— | — | (J/N)3710 | (J/N)3010, 3060, 3160 | (rebranded) HD Graphics 400, 405 | |||||||||||
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 | 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 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
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]
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.
CPU's microarchitecture | Steps | Video compression and decompression algorithms | ||||||||
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H.265 (HEVC) | H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) | H.262 (MPEG-2) | VC-1/WMV9 | JPEG / MJPEG | VP8 | VP9 | AV1 | |||
Westmere [100] | Decode | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | |
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 & Celeron family | GPU video acceleration | ||||||||
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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 | GPU video acceleration | ||||||||||
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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 |
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.
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Mesa, also called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates these specifications to vendor-specific graphics hardware drivers.
A free and open-source graphics device driver is a software stack which controls computer-graphics hardware and supports graphics-rendering application programming interfaces (APIs) and is released under a free and open-source software license. Graphics device drivers are written for specific hardware to work within a specific operating system kernel and to support a range of APIs used by applications to access the graphics hardware. They may also control output to the display if the display driver is part of the graphics hardware. Most free and open-source graphics device drivers are developed by the Mesa project. The driver is made up of a compiler, a rendering API, and software which manages access to the graphics hardware.
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Skylake is Intel's codename for its sixth generation Core microprocessor family that was launched on August 5, 2015, succeeding the Broadwell microarchitecture. Skylake is a microarchitecture redesign using the same 14 nm manufacturing process technology as its predecessor, serving as a tock in Intel's tick–tock manufacturing and design model. According to Intel, the redesign brings greater CPU and GPU performance and reduced power consumption. Skylake CPUs share their microarchitecture with Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Whiskey Lake, and Comet Lake CPUs.
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Vulkan is a low-level, low-overhead cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and allow developers more control over the GPU. It is designed to support a wide variety of GPUs, CPUs and operating systems, and it is also designed to work with modern multi-core CPUs.
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A limitation of this triple monitor support for Ivy Bridge is that two of the pipes need to share a PLL. Ivy Bridge has three planes, three pipes, three transcoders, and three FDI (Flexible Display Interface) interfaces for this triple monitor support, but there's only two pipe PLLs. This means that two of the three outputs need to have the same connection type and same timings. However, most people in a triple monitor environment will have at least two — if not all three — of the monitors be identical and configured the same, so this shouldn't be a terribly huge issue.
Despite the fact that Intel has been banging its drums about support for up to three displays on the upcoming 7-series motherboards in combination with a shiny new Ivy Bridge based CPU, this isn't likely to be the case. The simple reason behind this is that very few, if any motherboards will sport a pair of DisplayPort connectors.
The Intel 7 Series Chipset based platform allows for the support of up to three concurrent displays with independent or replicated content. However, this comes with the requirement that either one of the displays is eDP running off the CPU or two DP interfaces are being used off the PCH. When configuring the 2 DP interfaces from the PCH, one may be an eDP if using Port D. This limitation exists because the 7 Series Intel PCH contains only two display PLLs (the CPU has one display PLL also) which will control the clocking for the respective displays. All display types other than DP have an external variable clock frequency associated with the display resolution that is being used. The DP interface has an embedded clocking scheme that is semi- variable, either at 162 or 270 MHz depending on the bandwidth required. Therefore, Intel only allows sharing of a display PLL with DP related interfaces.Alt URL
This motherboard supports Triple Monitor. You may choose up to three display interfaces to connect monitors and use them simultaneously.
Connect up to three independent monitors at once using video outputs such as DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI, or VGA. Choose your outputs and set displays to either mirror mode or collage mode.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Crocus does allow for OpenGL 4.6 on Haswell compared to OpenGL 4.5 being exposed on the i965 driver. Additionally, Crocus allows for OpenGL ES 3.2 rather than OpenGL ES 3.1 on Haswell. Aside from that the drivers are in similar shape for the most part.