Intel Integrated Graphics Performance From Gen9 To Meteor Lake Arc Graphics

Here is a look at the CPU SoC power consumption across the entire span of graphics benchmarks conducted for this Intel generational comparison. On average the Core Ultra 7 155H was at around a 24 Watt average and 43 Watt peak compared to the Core i7 1280P Alder Lake consuming much more power at 36 Watts with a 67 Watt peak... The Meteor Lake Core Ultra 7 155H power numbers ended up being quite similar to the Tiger Lake Core i7 1185G7 performance while delivering much higher graphics performance.

Lastly is the geometric mean of all the different raw graphics benchmarks carried out from this article. The Core Ultra 7 155H Meteor Lake graphics were at around 1.33x the performance of the Core i7 1280P (Alder Lake) or 1.76x the performance of the good-for-its-time Core i7 1185G7 (Tiger Lake). If going back to the Gen9/Skylake era graphics with the Core i7 8565U Whiskey Lake chip, the new Meteor Lake graphics were at 5.27x the performance! For a late 2018 Whiskey Lake chip to Meteor Lake that debuted later this month... And while the CPU SoC power consumption with Meteor Lake was just 14% higher on average than that Whiskey Lake part.

The Meteor Lake integrated graphics performance continues looking quite good under Linux assuming you are on the 6.6 kernel or newer and a recent Mesa version for this fully open-source driver stack.

A similar comparison with the same hardware but focusing on a more extensive collection of CPU performance benchmarks will be published tomorrow for showcasing the generational processor gains to performance and power.