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Cale Hunt

Intel’s new XeSS 3 driver finally brings multi‑frame generation to Arc GPUs — early results suggest smoother performance, smarter frame pacing, and a more competitive alternative to DLSS and FSR

Image from Intel Tech Tour 2025.

Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" chips made their official debut at CES 2026, and laptops featuring the chips have now launched. Coinciding with the release, Intel has delivered a new Intel Graphics Driver (32.0.101.8425/32.0.101.8362) for its Arc A-series and B-series discrete GPUs, as well as Core Ultra CPUs featuring integrated Arc graphics.

The biggest news coming out of this driver update is the addition of Intel XeSS 3 Multi Frame Generation (MFG) support. While XeSS Frame Generation has been around for a while with a 1:1 framing setup, XeSS 3's MFG can insert up to three AI-generated frames between two "real" frames. It's the same type of technology available with NVIDIA's DLSS 4; AMD's FSR 4 so far does not offer MFG.

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