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Create the Ultimate Visual Experience with Intel® Iris™ Graphics

Intel® Iris™ Graphics Powers Built-in Beautiful

Intel Iris graphics brings you a built-in, eye-popping visual experience—no extra graphics card required

Intel® Iris™ graphics, together with the 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor, delivers amazing and vibrant multimedia experiences. Get immersed in high-speed, stunning, 3D gaming. Do advanced photo and video editing quickly and easily. Sit back and enjoy the best in movies with gorgeous HD and brilliant 4K Ultra HD display.

Intel Iris graphics is Intel’s newest and most powerful graphics product, built right in to the processors. With double the performance of the previous generation of Intel® graphics (see performance data below), Intel Iris graphics lets you enjoy heightened immersive experiences when playing games optimized specifically for Intel Iris graphics.1 From the newly released GRID 2 to the world renowned StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Intel Iris graphics provides you with an immersive gaming experience with faster 3D rendering, more complex shading, and fluid character motion.

At home or on the go, Intel Iris graphics powers built-in beautiful.

2x better 3d Graphic performance

Intel® HD Graphics Helps You Do Everyday Tasks With More Clarity

Intel HD Graphics brings you a vibrant visual experience—no extra card required

Intel® HD graphics, together with the Intel Core processor, powers great visual experiences. Watch your favorite HD videos with exceptional clarity. Easily view and edit your photos. Enjoy playing today’s popular games.

Games get better with Intel

Game better with Intel

PC games optimized for Intel® graphics technologies are more responsive and realistic. Battles look more epic. Race action roars at breakneck speeds. And combat feels pulse-poundingly real.

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Versions of HD graphics

Edit, convert, and watch HD videos

Edit videos seamlessly with high processing power delivered by Intel® Quick Sync Video and OpenCL 1.2. Convert your videos in a flash for portable players and tablets or for online sharing with Intel Quick Sync Video. Enjoy sharper, smoother, richer images and HD video with Intel® Clear Video HD Technology.

Huge leaps in performance

Super-size your HD display

View movies or presentations in ultra-high definition on Ultra HDTV or 4K resolution displays. With Intel Iris and Intel HD graphics, you can even daisy-chain up to three displays—or use collage mode to combine displays into a single unified higher resolution for larger screen sizes.

Intel® Graphics Technology: Drivers and Support

Intel® Developer Zone

Find community forums, developer tools, and other resources for gaming and visual computing developers.

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Graphics drivers and support

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Helpful videos

Watch the Intel® HD Graphics demo >

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Built-in Visuals

Intel® Quick Sync Video

Intel® Quick Sync Video

Intel® Quick Sync Video makes creating, editing, synchronizing, and sharing videos at home and online easy without additional hardware, saving customers both time and money.

Learn more about Intel Quick Sync Video >

Intel® Wireless Display

Stream Laptop Content over HDTV

Use Intel® Wireless Display to stream laptop content, such as movies, personal videos, games, photos, and other media, over a big-screen HDTV for a more dynamic, interactive experience that offers maximum entertainment value.

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Intel® Insider™

Unlock the World of UltraViolet* with Intel® Insider™

With Intel® Insider™ you can unlock the world of UltraViolet* to watch movies anywhere, anytime from a PC powered by the latest Intel® Core™ processors with built-in visuals.

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InTru™ 3D Technology

Built-in Visuals

Built-in visuals enables realistic graphics and a stunning visual experience with the suite of technologies built right into the newest generation Intel® Core™ processors.

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Intel® Clear Video HD Technology

Intel® Clear Video HD Technology

Improve video quality with Intel® Clear Video HD Technology (Intel® CVT HD), delivering seamless video that brings imagery to life with vivid, rich colors on the Web and in HD programs.

Learn more about Intel CVT HD >

Performance Data

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  • Chart: 3rd Generation Intel®...

    Compares performance speeds between the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i5-3570K processor and the Intel® Core™ i5-2500K...

  • Chart: 3rd Generation Intel®...

    Compares performance speeds between the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor and the Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor.

  • Intel® Core™ i5-3470...

    Compares media and performance speeds between Intel® Core™ i5-3470 processor and Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8400-based...

  • Benchmark: Intel® Core™...

    Compares the 4th gen Intel® Core™ i7-4930MX/4950HQ processors to the Intel® Core™ i7-3920XM/3820QM processors software and...

  • Benchmark: Intel® Core™...

    Compares the 4th generation Intel® Core™ i5-4570 processor to the Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 processor video conversion and...

  • Intel® Core™ i5-3320M...

    Compares media performance speeds between Intel® Core™ i5-3320M processor and Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8600-based...

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Product and Performance Information

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1. 4th generation Intel® Core™ i5-4558U processor (28W, 2.4 GHz (turbo up to 2.9 GHz), 2C/4T, Intel® Iris™ graphics 5100 1.10 GHz, graphics driver 15.31.3063) compared to 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i3-3687U processor (17W, 1.9 GHz, 2C/4T, Intel® HD Graphics 4000 1.10 GHz, graphics driver 15.28.2875, 15.31.3063).