A graphics processor and a method of scaling user interface (UI) elements for smaller displays. One embodiment of the graphics processor includes: (1) a scene renderer configured to render a scene from scene data generated by a graphics application, (2) a user interface (UI) renderer configured to render a UI from UI data generated by the graphics application, (3) a UI scaler configured to scale the UI based on properties of a remote display, and (4) a compositor operable to combine the scene and the UI into a composite image.