Intel could be working on its own MFG “Multi-Frame Generation” technology for XeSS, as hinted by the latest Arc GPU drivers.
Could Intel Beat AMD In Offering Multi-Frame Generation “MFG” Support For Its XeSS Upscaling Technology?
Last year, Intel announced XeSS 2 alongside its Battlemage Arc B-Series graphics cards. XeSS 2 went on to level the playing field versus NVIDIA and AMD, who already offered frame-generation support. Both AMD & NVIDIA would further release updates in 2025, such as DLSS 4 with MFG support and FSR 4, which went full-on AI.
While Intel’s XeSS technology already leverages AI XMX cores featured on Arc GPUs, ahead of AMD’s FSR 4, which also utilizes AI cores on RDNA 4 GPUs, both companies currently lack MFG (Multi-Frame Generation) support, which is currently only available on NVIDIA’s RTX 50 series GPUs. Intel did offer its XeSS 2.1 SDK with better upscaling, frame-generation, and low-latency support, but NVIDIA is currently leading the innovations within the upscaling and frame-gen tech space.
However, despite Intel being relatively new to the GPU industry, they have been able to catch up very quickly with the competition. Like I said, XeSS 2 is on par with FSR 4 and even comes close to DLSS 4, & while NVIDIA always stays one step ahead with upgrades to its DLSS algorithm, it looks like Intel might come even closer to the big Green giant.
A Redditor on the Intel Arc subreddit discovered something interesting within the Arc GPU driver code. As per the discovery, Intel seems to have MFG “Multi-Frame Generation” listed for XeSS. This would be super interesting if it turns out to be true. The code highlights the specific UI for XeSS MFG within the Arc Control Panel, but it currently doesn’t mention how many modes of MFG would be offered. NVIDIA offers 2x, 3x, and up to 4x MFG modes with its DLSS 4 technology. NVIDIA might also offer up to 16x MFG modes in future DLSS versions.
Now, before we saw that XeSS 2 MFG is indeed coming, we should state that Intel has so far not made any comments officially about MFG coming to XeSS. We should also remember that Intel was looking at unique methods to do XeSS 2, such as selecting Frame Extrapolation over Frame Interpolation, but that never saw the light of day. Intel went for a more standard Frame Interpolation method with XeSS 2. It does make sense to go with a known and tested method rather than trying uncharted waters, as that might bite you back.