Intel Knights Corner

Knights Corner

Intel's Knights Corner GPU uses the Knights architecture and is made using a 22 nm production process at Intel. With a die size of 720 mm² and a transistor count of 5,000 million it is a very big chip. Knights Corner does not support DirectX. For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 1.2 can be used. It features 976 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 0 ROPs.

Graphics Processor

Released: Nov 12th, 2012

GPU Name: Knights Corner

Architecture: Knights

Foundry: Intel

Process Size: 22 nm

Transistors: 5,000 million

Density: 6.9M / mm²

Die Size: 720 mm²

Graphics Features

DirectX: N/A

OpenGL: N/A

OpenCL: 1.2

Vulkan: N/A

Shader Model: 5.0

Render Config

Shading Units: 976

TMUs: 32

ROPs: 0

Execution Units: 61

Max. TDP: 300 W

All Knights GPUs

Intel Knights Corner
Intel Knights Ferry

Intel GPU Architecture History

2023 Xe-LPG
2022-2023 Generation 12.7
2021-2024 Generation 12.5
2021-2023 Generation 12.2
2020-2021 Generation 12.1
2019-2021 Generation 11.0
2016-2020 Generation 9.5
2015-2016 Generation 9.0
2014-2015 Generation 8.0
2013 Generation 7.5
2012-2013 Generation 7.0
2011 Generation 6.0
2010-2013 Knights
2010 Generation 5.75
2008-2010 PowerVR SGX545
2008 Generation 5.0
2008-2010 PowerVR SGX535
2006-2007 Generation 4.0
2005-2006 Generation 3.5
2004-2005 Generation 3.0
2002-2003 Generation 2.0
1998 i740
1998-2002 Generation 1.0

Graphics cards using the Intel Knights Corner GPU

Name	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	Base Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock
Intel Xeon Phi 7120P	16 GB	976	32	1238 MHz	1333 MHz	1375 MHz
Intel Xeon Phi 3120A	6 GB	912	32	1100 MHz		1250 MHz
Intel Xeon Phi SE10X	8 GB	976	32	1100 MHz		1375 MHz
Intel Xeon Phi 5110P	8 GB	960	32	1053 MHz		1250 MHz
Intel Xeon Phi 7120X	16 GB	976	32	1238 MHz	1333 MHz	1375 MHz
Intel Xeon Phi 5120D	8 GB	960	32	1053 MHz		1250 MHz