Intel® Processor and Intel® Core™ i3 N-Series
Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2
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:
- Direct3D* 9 Video API (DXVA2)
- Direct3D11 Video API
- Intel Media SDK
- MFT (Media Foundation Transform) filters.
- Intel VA API
Xe supports full HW accelerated video decoding for AVC/HEVC/VP9/JPEG/AV1.
DX9 is removed in the graphics driver, D3D9 will be supported with the translation layer called 9on12 which is implemented by Microsoft* in Windows* OS.
Codec | Profile | Level | Maximum Resolution |
---|---|---|---|
MPEG2 | Main | Main - 15 Mbps High - 40 Mbps | FHD |
WMV9 (VC1) | Advanced Main Simple | L3 - 40 Mbps High - 20 Mbps Simple | 3840x3840 |
AVC/H264 | High | ||
Main | 4K | ||
4:2:0 8bit | L5.2 - 250 Mbps | 4K @ 60 | |
JPEG/MJPEG | Baseline | Unified level | 16K x16K |
HEVC/H265 | Main 444 (4:2:0 4:2:2 4:4:4) 8 bit Main 444 10 (4:2:0 4:2:2 4:4:4) 10 bit | L6.2 - Main tier and high tier | - |
4K @ 60 (4:4:4) | |||
Main 444 12 (4:2:0 4:2:2 4:4:4) 12 bit | 4K @ 60 | ||
SCC main SCC main 10 SCC main 444 SCC main 444 10 | 4K @ 60 | ||
VP9 | 1 (4:2:0 4:4:4 8 bit) | 4K @ 60 | |
3 (4:2:0 4:4:4 10/12bit) | Unified level | 4K @ 60 | |
AV1 | 0 (4:2:0 8-bit) 0 (4:2:0 10-bit) | L3 | 4K x 2K (video) 16K x 16K (still picture) |
Expected performance: More than 16 simultaneous decode streams @ 1080p.