Intel HD and Iris Graphics

Intel HD and Iris Graphics
Rendering support
Direct3D Direct3D 10+ (see capabilities)[1]
Shader Model 4+ (see capabilities)[1]
OpenCL Depending on version (see capabilities)[1]
OpenGL OpenGL 2.1+ (see capabilities)[1][2][3]
History
Predecessor Intel GMA
Core i5 processor with integrated HD Graphics 2000

Intel HD Graphics is a series of Intel's integrated graphics processors (IGPs) introduced in 2010 that are manufactured on the same package or die as the central processing unit (CPU).

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.[4]

In the fourth quarter of 2013, Intel integrated graphics represented, in units, 65% of all PC graphics processor shipments.[5] However, this percentage does not represent actual adoption as a number of these shipped units end up in systems outfitted with discrete graphics cards.

History

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. This included Intel Extreme Graphics and the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator. As part of the Platform Controller Hub (PCH) design, the northbridge was eliminated and graphics processing was moved to the same die with 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.[6] 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 their low-end and mid-range laptop lines.

With the introduction of "Iris Graphics" and "Iris Pro Graphics" lines, the "HD Graphics" name has been relegated to denoting Intel's lower-end and mid-range integrated graphics products.

Generations

Westmere

In January 2010, Clarkdale and Arrandale processors with Ironlake graphics were released, and branded as Celeron, Pentium, or Core with HD Graphics:[7]

Sandy Bridge

In January 2011, the Sandy Bridge processors were released, introducing the "second generation" HD Graphics:

Ivy Bridge

On 24 April 2012, Ivy Bridge was released, introducing the "third generation" of Intel's HD graphics:[8]

For some low-power mobile CPUs there is limited video decoding support, while none of the desktop CPUs have this limitation.

Haswell

Intel Haswell i7-4771 CPU, which contains integrated HD Graphics 4600 (GT2)

On 12 September 2012, Haswell CPUs were announced, with four models of integrated GPUs:

The 128 MB of eDRAM is on the same package as the CPU, but in a separate die manufactured in a different process. Intel refers to this as a Level 4 cache that is available to both CPU and GPU, naming it Crystalwell. Linux support for this eDRAM is expected in kernel version 3.12, by making the drm/i915 driver aware and capable of using it.[9][10][11]

Integrated Iris Pro Graphics was adopted by Apple for their late-2013 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops (with Retina Display), which for the first time in the history of the series did not have discrete graphics, although only for the low-end model.[12] It was also included on the late-2013 21.5-inch iMac.[13]

Broadwell

In November 2013, it was announced that Broadwell-K desktop processors (aimed at enthusiasts) will also carry Iris Pro Graphics.[14]

The following models of integrated GPU are announced for Broadwell processors:[15]

The following integrated GPUs are found in Intel Xeon E3 v4 processors:

Skylake

The Skylake line of processors 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.[16][17]

The following models of integrated GPU are available or announced for the Skylake processors:[18][19]

The following integrated GPUs are found in Intel Xeon E3 v5 processors:

Features

Intel Insider

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.[20][21] Previously there was a similar technology called Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP).

Intel Quick Sync Video

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 Sandy Bridge CPU microarchitecture on 9 January 2011.

Graphics Virtualization Technology

Graphics Virtualization Technology was announced 1 January 2014 and is supported by Iris Pro GPUs.[22]

Multiple monitors

Ivy Bridge

HD 2500 and HD 4000 GPUs in Ivy Bridge CPUs are advertised as supporting three active monitors, but many users have found that this does not work for them due to the chipsets only supporting two active monitors in many common configurations. The reason for this is that the chipsets only include two phase-locked loops (PLLs); a PLL generates a pixel clock at a certain frequency which is used to sync the timings of data being transferred between the GPU and displays.[23]

Therefore, three simultaneously active monitors can only be achieved by a hardware configuration that requires only two unique pixel clocks, such as:

Haswell

ASRock Z87- and H87-based motherboards support three displays simultaneously.[26] Asus H87-based motherboards are also advertised to support three independent monitors at once.[27]

Capabilities

Intel microarchitecture Pentium model Celeron model Graphics generation Models Vulkan version OpenGL version DirectX version HLSL shader model OpenCL version
Westmere (G/P)6000 and U5000 P4000 and U3000 5th[28] HD N/A 2.1 10.0 4.0 N/A
Sandy Bridge (B)900, (G)800 and (G)600 (B)800, (B)700, G500 and G400 6th[29] HD 3000 and 2000 3.1/3.3[30][31] 10.1 4.1 N/A
Ivy Bridge (G)2000 and A1018 G1600, 1000 and 900 7th[32] HD 4000 and 2500 1.0 4.0[33] 11.0 5.0 1.2
Silvermont J2000, N3500 and A1020 J1000 and N2000 7th[34] HD Graphics (Bay Trail)[35] 4.0[30] 11.0 5.0 1.2[36]
Haswell (G)3000 G1800 and 2000 7.5th[37] HD 5000, 4600, 4400 and 4200; Iris 5200 and 5100 4.3[38] 11.1 5.0 1.2
Broadwell 3800 3700 and 3200 8th[39] Iris Pro 6200[40] and P6300, Iris 6100[41] and HD 6000,[42] P5700, 5600,[43] 5500,[44] 5300[45] and HD Graphics (Broadwell)[46] 4.4 11.2 5.0 2.0
Airmont N3700 N3000, N3050, N3150 8th HD Graphics (Braswell),[47] based on Broadwell graphics 4.4 11.2 5.0 2.0
(J/N)3710 (J/N)3010, 3060, 3160 (rebranded)
HD Graphics 400, 405
Skylake (G)4000 3900 and 3800 9th HD 510, 515, 520, 530 and 535; Iris 540 and 550; Iris Pro 580 4.4[48] 12 5.1 2.0
Goldmont TBA TBA 9th HD Graphics 4.4 12 5.1 2.0
Kaby Lake Unknown Unknown 9.5th[49] Unknown 4.4 12 5.1 2.0

Capabilities (GPU video acceleration)

Intel Core microarchitecture GPU video acceleration
VED
(Video Encode / Decode) 		H.265/HEVC H.264/MPEG-4 AVC MPEG-2 VC-1 WMV9 JPEG
/
MJPEG 		VP8 VP9
Westmere
Sandy Bridge
Ivy Bridge Decode Profiles - ConstrainedBaseline, Main, High, StereoHighSimple, MainSimple, Main, Advanced - Baseline - -
Levels
Max Resolution
EncodeProfiles - ConstrainedBaseline, Main, HighSimple, Main - - - - -
Levels
Max Resolution
Haswell Decode Profiles Main, High, SHP, MHPMainSimple, Main, AdvancedSimple, Main, AdvancedBaseline
Levels 4.1Main, HighHigh, 3High, 3
Max Resolution1080/60p1080/60p 16k×16k
EncodeProfiles Main, HighMain--Baseline
Levels 4.1High--- -
Max Resolution1080/60p1080/60p 16k×16k-
Broadwell[50][51] Decode Profiles Partial 8-bit &10-bit[52] MainSimple, Main, Advanced0Partial[52]
LevelsMain, HighHigh, 3Unified
Max Resolution1080/60p1080p
EncodeProfilesMain--
LevelsMain, High----
Max Resolution1080/60p---
Skylake[53] Decode Profiles MainMain, High, SHP, MHPMainSimple, Main, AdvancedSimple, Main, AdvancedBaseline00
Levels5.15.1Main, HighHigh, 3High, 3UnifiedUnifiedUnified
Max Resolution2160/60p2160/60p1080/60p3840×38403840×384016k×16k1080p4k/24p@15Mbit/s
EncodeProfilesMainMain, HighMain--BaselineUnified
Levels5.15.1High---Unified-
Max Resolution2160/60p2160/60p1080/60p--16k×16k--
Kaby Lake
Intel Pentium & Celeron family GPU video acceleration
VED
(Video Encode / Decode) 		H.265/HEVC H.264/MPEG-4 AVC MPEG-4 Visual H.263 MPEG-2 VC-1 WMV9 JPEG/MJPEG VP8 VP9
Braswell[54][lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] DecodeProfile Main CBP, Main, High Main, HighAdvancedMain 850 MP/s 4:2:0
640 MP/s 4:2:2
420 MP/s 4:4:4
Level55.2 High4High
Max Resolution4k×2k/30p4k×2k/60p 1080/60p1080/60p1080/30p4k×2k/60p1080/30p
Encode Profile N/A CBP, Main, High Main, High N/A N/A 850 MP/s 4:2:0
640 MP/s 4:2:2
420 MP/s 4:4:4 		Up to 720p30
Level5.1 High
Max Resolution4k×2k/30p 1080/30p4k×2k/30p
Apollo Lake
Intel Atom family GPU video acceleration
VED
(Video Encode / Decode) 		H.265/HEVC H.264/MPEG-4 AVC MPEG-4 Visual H.263 MPEG-2 VC-1 WMV9 JPEG/MJPEG VP8 VP9
Bay Trail-T Decode[55] Profile -Main, High Main 0-
Level-5.1 High Unified-
Max Resolution-4k×2k/30p 1080/60p4k×2k/30p4k×2k/30p4k×2k/30p1080p/60p-
Encode[55] Profile -Main, High Main-----
Level-5.1 High-----
Max Resolution-4k×2k/30p 1080/60p1080/30p 1080/30p -1080/30p -
Cherry Trail-T[56] Decode Profile Main CBP, Main, High 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 480/30p 1080/60p 1080/60p 4k×2k/30p 1080/30p
Encode Profile N/A CBP, Main, High Simple 1067 Mbit/s - 4:2:0

800 Mbit/s - 4:2:2

 N/A
Level 5.1
Max Resolution 4k×2k/30p 480/30p 480/30p 4k×2k/30p
Willow Trail-T

Documentation

Intel releases programming manuals for most of Intel HD Graphics devices via its Open Source Technology Center.[57] 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.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Celeron and Pentium have Intel HD, while Core i3 and above have either HD 2000 or HD 3000.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Those include hardware video encoding and HD postprocessing effects.
  3. ↑ Celeron and Pentium have Intel HD, while Core i3 and above have either HD 2500 or HD 4000.
  4. ↑ VP9 media codec GPU Accelerator to be supported post TTM, for non-Windows operating systems only.
  5. ↑ Resolution details for media codec on open source Linux OS depends on platform features and drivers used. Decode/Encode features may not align to Table 8-4 that is specific to Win8.1 and Win7 operating systems.
  6. ↑ All capabilities is depended on OS. Here is mentioned HW support. To be able use HW acceleration see PDF at Table 8-4 on 78 page
  7. ↑ Windows 10 capabilities not mentioned

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