Intel® Processor and Intel® Core™ i3 N-Series

Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2

ID 759603
Date 01/04/2023
Version 001
Document Table of Contents

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.

Note:

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.

Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding 

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.

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