SNA issues
From man 4 intel:
There are a couple of backends available for accelerating the DDX.
"UXA" (Unified Acceleration Architecture) is the mature backend that was introduced to support the GEM driver model.
It is in the process of being superseded by "SNA" (Sandybridge's New Acceleration).
Until that process is complete, the ability to choose which backend to use remains for backwards compatibility.
SNA is the default acceleration method in xf86-video-intel. If you are experience issues with SNA (e.g. pixelated graphics, corrupt text, etc.), try using UXA instead, which can be done by adding the following line to your configuration file:
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"