Intel® Core™ Ultra Processor

Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2
Supporting Intel® Core™ Ultra Processor for U/H/U-Type4-series Platforms, formerly known as Meteor Lake

ID Date Version Classification
792044 05/09/2025 Public
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Hardware Accelerated Video Decode

Xe implements a high-performance and low-power HW acceleration for video decoding operations for multiple video codecs.

The HW decode is exposed by the graphics driver using the following APIs:

  • Direct3D11 Video API
  • Direct3D12 Video API
  • Intel Media SDK
  • MFT (Media Foundation Transform) filters1
  • Intel VA API 2
  • Intel one VPL

Notes:
  1. Only for JPEG Decoder
  2. Only for Linux*

Xe supports full HW accelerated video decoding for MPEG2/AVC/HEVC/VP9/JPEG/AV1.

Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding 

Codec

Profile

Level

Maximum Resolution

MPEG2

Main

Main - 15Mbps

High - 40Mbps

FHD

AVC/H264

High

Main

Constrained Baseline

L5.2

4K

4:2:0 8bit

4K @ 60

JPEG/MJPEG

Baseline

Unified level

16K x16K

HEVC/H265

Main12 420, 422, 444 - 8b/10b/12b

SCC 420, 444 - 8b/10b

L6.1

8K @ 60(Decode Only)

8K@30(Decode Playback)

VP9

0 (420 8b)

1 (444 8b)

2 (420 10b/12b)

3 (444 10b/12b)

Unified level

8K @ 60(Decode only)

8K@30 (Decode Playback)

16Kx4K

AV1

Main (420 8-bit/10b)

L6.1

8K @ 60 (Video, Decode only)

8K@30 (Decode Playback)

16K x 16K (still picture)

Expected Performance: More than 16 simultaneous decode streams @ 1080p.

Note:Actual performance depends on the processor SKU, content bit rate, and memory frequency. Hardware decode for H264 SVC is not supported.