Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) vs HD Graphics 12EU Mobile

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated426
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Xe LPG
GPU code nameBraswell GT1Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores964
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speed800 MHz1950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.000no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 12EU Mobile and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceRing Busno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12_2
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 12EU Mobile and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc). We've got no test results to judge.


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