<i>> Xe2, Intel is looking to use the same graphics architecture across their product stack.. integrated GPUs as a springboard into the discrete GPU market.</i><p>Linux support for Xe2 and power management will take time to mature, <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/intel-linux/1494926-intel-xe2-lunar-lake-graphics-performance-disappoints-on-linux/" rel="nofollow">https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-d...</a><p>Xe SR-IOV improves VM graphics performance. Intel dropped Xe1 SR-IOV graphics virtualization in the upstream i915 driver, but the OSS community has continued improvement in an LTS fork, making steady progress, <a href="https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/commits/master/">https://github.com/strongtz/i915-sriov-dkms/commits/master/</a> & <a href="https://github.com/Upinel/PVE-Intel-vGPU?tab=readme-ov-file">https://github.com/Upinel/PVE-Intel-vGPU?tab=readme-ov-file</a>.
That's a big hit in performance compared to the AMD chip. Just to save $100 on a $1700 notebook? Sadly the article didn't get into power draw too much. That might've been much more interesting.
Lunar Lake gaming performance is <i>incredible</i> on Windows. It makes me want the Steam Deck 2 to be based on the next Intel platform. That said, the Linux graphics drivers are terrible (<a href="https://www.phoronix.com/review/lunar-lake-xe2" rel="nofollow">https://www.phoronix.com/review/lunar-lake-xe2</a>) and the Phoronix benchmarks for Lunar Lake overall (outside of gaming: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/review/core-ultra-7-lunar-lake-linux" rel="nofollow">https://www.phoronix.com/review/core-ultra-7-lunar-lake-linu...</a>) showed terrible performance in all sorts of aspects, jesus. Xe2 is a huge win, the rest not so much.
Here's hoping ARM on the desktop/laptop finally takes off and we see Nvidia returning to these market segments.<p>Their Tegra chips could do a lot in these laptop / handheld gaming devices.