Intel ARC

IPEX and Intel GPUs

GPU Support with IPEX and SD.Next

• Intel ARC Series
• Intel Flex Series
• Intel Max Series

Note

iGPUs are not supported with IPEX, use OpenVINO if you want to use an iGPU.
Having an Intel iGPU can cause conflicts and random errors if you want to use a dedicated Intel GPU with IPEX.
Disable your iGPU (if any, e.g. UHD or Iris Xe) in the device manager.

Windows Installation

Preparations

• Install Intel ARC Drivers
• Install Intel OneAPI Deep Learning Essentials
• Install Git and Python
• Open CMD in a folder you want to install SD.Next

Using SD.Next

Open a CMD Windows and install SD.Next from Github:

git clone https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic
cd automatic

Then run SD.Next:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\compiler\2025.0\env\vars.bat"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\ocloc\2024.2\env\vars.bat"
.\webui.bat --use-ipex

Note

It will install the necessary libraries at the first run so it will take a while depending on your internet.

Linux and WSL Installation

Install Intel Compute Runtime

Ubuntu

Use Ubuntu 23.04 or newer.

Note

Don't use Linux Kernel 6.8 or 6.9!

https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/issues/726
Update your kernel to at least 6.10 or update to the latest available kernel.

Updating kernel is not necessary for WSL.

Then add the package lists for Intel Level Zero Drivers:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ca-certificates wget gpg
wget -qO - https://repositories.intel.com/gpu/intel-graphics.key | sudo gpg --dearmor --output /usr/share/keyrings/intel-graphics.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/intel-graphics.gpg] https://repositories.intel.com/gpu/ubuntu jammy client" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-gpu-jammy.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Then install the necessary packages:

sudo apt-get install intel-opencl-icd intel-level-zero-gpu level-zero git python3-pip python3-venv libgl1 libglib2.0-0 libgomp1

Arch Linux

Install the necessary packages for Arch Linux:

pacman -S intel-compute-runtime level-zero-headers level-zero-loader git python-pip python-virtualenv

Using SD.Next

Install SD.Next from Github:

git clone https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic
cd automatic
./webui.sh --use-ipex

Note

It will install the necessary libraries at the first run so it will take a while depending on your internet.