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 Encode

Gen12 implements a low-power low-latency fixed function encoder and a high-quality customizable encoder with hardware assisted motion estimation engine which supports AVC, MPEG-2, HEVC, and VP9.

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

  • Intel® Media SDK
  • MFT (Media Foundation Transform) filters

Xe supports full HW accelerated video encoding for AVC/HEVC/VP9/JPEG.

Hardware Accelerated Video Encode 

Codec Profile Level Maximum Resolution
MPEG2 Main

High

20 Mbps 1080p@30 fps
AVC/H264 High

Main

L5.1 2160p(4K) @ 30
JPEG Baseline - 16Kx16K
HEVC/H265 Main

Main10 8/10 bit

Main 4:2:2 10 bit (VME)

Main 4:4:4 10 bit (VDEnc)

SCC Main 4:2:0 4:4:4 8/10 bit

L6 -main tier and high tier 2160p(4K)
VP9 0 (4:2:0 Chroma 8 bit)

1 (partial: 4:4:4 8 bit)

2 (partial: 4:2:0 10 bit)

3 (partial: 4:4:4 10 bit)

- 2160p(4K)
Note:Hardware encode for H264 SVC is not supported.