Lunar Lake’s Intel Arc 140V iGPU is 16% faster than the Radeon 890M

Intel’s new generation of mobile processors, Core Ultra 200V (Lunar Lake), focuses on efficiency with its new cores. Another new feature is the integration of Xe-based graphics cores.²new generation of Intel Arc architecture. Company tests show that the generational leap in games is 31%.

In dozens of games tested by Intel, the second generation iGPU present in Lunar Lake, more specifically the Arc 140V, present in the top-of-the-line SKU Core Ultra 9 288V, delivers up to 31% more performance compared to the Core Ultra 7 155H and its first-generation iGPU.

In the games selected by Intel, which have heavy titles such as Ghost of Tsushima, Cyberpunk 2077, among others, the best implementation of the iGPU in Lunar Lake manages to deliver more than 30 FPS in 1080p, although the presets have not been revealed.

Intel Lunar Lake iGPU vs AMD and Qualcomm

Against the Qualcomm X1E-84-100 and its integrated graphics, Intel takes a jab by stating that of the 45 games tested, the Snapdragon could not even open 23 of them. Among those that ran, the iGPU Arc 140V is up to 68% faster.

Compared to its main rival, AMD, the difference is quite small. Compared to the Ryzen AI HX 370 with its Radeon 890M, the Arc 140V is 16% faster, according to Intel’s tests.

With Intel Lunar Lake Arc iGPUs, it is also possible to use XeSS upscaling technology, which is present in more than 120 games, according to the company. With the new XMX cores, the top-of-the-line iGPU Arc 140V delivers up to 61% more performance with the technology.

In Cyberpunk 2077, for example, the Core Ultra 9 288V’s integrated graphics deliver an average of 39 FPS. With the use of XeSS in performance mode, the performance increase is around 61%, causing the average frame rate to be above 60 FPS.

Side by side with the Ryzen AI HX 370, using FSR also in performance mode, the iGPU Arc 140V can deliver between 5 and 23 FPS more. Intel also guarantees that its integrated graphics are around 30% faster in ray tracing processing and maintains averages above 30 FPS.

Intel Lunar Lake mobile processors are already available in notebooks from ASUS, MSI, Samsung, Acer, LG and Dell in select models. Availability in more models will be expanded in the future.