Staring with the new Core “i” series in 2010, the company has been steadily improving their integrated graphics solutions. Over time, the performance has gotten to the point where they are quite usable for basic tasks. Intel is also planning to enter the discrete GPU market, inviting more analysis for their graphics architecture. Ahead of the possible launch next year, we now have more details about the new Gen 11 graphics architecture.

Perhaps due to the delays with 14nm and 10nm, Intel is working with a somewhat aging graphics solution. The current Gen 10 graphics Intel uses are largely based on Gen 9 graphics from Skylake in 2015. Furthermore, the changes made since then are relatively minor. Gen 9.5 and Gen 10 simply just add more display output options. For the new Gen 11, it looks like it will be much of the same for now. The new graphics will add support for DisplayPort 1.4a and DSC, allowing 5K and 8K output.