Friday, June 18th 2021
Intel DG2 Graphics Card Leakers Suggest Performance Similar to NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti, AMD RX 6700
Intel's foray into the discrete GPU market is inching ever closer, and with that diminishing time to market, leaks are getting more common. Renowned leaker TUM_APISAK has shared some performance numbers for Intel's upcoming DG2 graphics card, part of the company's Xe HPG (High Performance Gaming) architecture. In the leak, he also confirmed that Intel is working on a cut-down version of their top offering (which features 4,096 shading units spread across 512 EUs) in the form of a new SKU that offers 448 EUs and 3584 shading units running at 1.8 GHz. That is the actual chip whose relative performance was shared.
According to TUM_APISAK, users should expect the Intel DG2 448 EU graphics card to offer performance that's around the NVIDIA RTX 3070 (5% lower performance for the Intel part) and AMD's RX 6700 XT (8% lower performance for the Intel part). As for the performance of the full-fat 512 EU chip, another leaker, Moore's Law is Dead, expects its performance to fall very slightly lower than the performance offered by NVIDIA's RTX 3080 and AMD's RX 6800/6800 XT. The 512-EU DG2 should also feature higher Boost clocks up to 2.2 GHz. Intel's launch of their Xe HPG graphics architecture is expected to occur before the end of the year, likely starting with the highest performance/highest margin parts, trickling down the product stack through the beginning of 2022. Intel's launch should help in alleviating the lack of available graphics cards, whilst simultaneously breaking a duopoly market.
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According to TUM_APISAK, users should expect the Intel DG2 448 EU graphics card to offer performance that's around the NVIDIA RTX 3070 (5% lower performance for the Intel part) and AMD's RX 6700 XT (8% lower performance for the Intel part). As for the performance of the full-fat 512 EU chip, another leaker, Moore's Law is Dead, expects its performance to fall very slightly lower than the performance offered by NVIDIA's RTX 3080 and AMD's RX 6800/6800 XT. The 512-EU DG2 should also feature higher Boost clocks up to 2.2 GHz. Intel's launch of their Xe HPG graphics architecture is expected to occur before the end of the year, likely starting with the highest performance/highest margin parts, trickling down the product stack through the beginning of 2022. Intel's launch should help in alleviating the lack of available graphics cards, whilst simultaneously breaking a duopoly market.
75 Comments on Intel DG2 Graphics Card Leakers Suggest Performance Similar to NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti, AMD RX 6700
- Power
- Price
- Software
- Die size
Unless those are in top notch condition, all this chip really is, is a lot of shaders with theoretical performance. IF we take the optimistic figure of 3070ti perf for granted, this gaming chip must also...
- Use below 300W
- Have temps below 80C with fan noise under 44-42dB ; and thats already more than competition has by quite a bit, but given the market, it would sell.
- Have a software suite that enhances streaming, photography and other creator functions; handles settings and tweaks well... not something current Intel drivers possess.
- Have some semblance of RT performance.
- Maintain 3070ti equivalent perf and frame pacing / times across numerous engines, (emulated) platforms and older APIs. DX9 must be flawless as well as DX11 and OGL.. etc
- Be competitive given die size and MSRP, so priced at/under 750~800 which again is being very generous to even motivate early adopters.
Good luck.
There is demand for high performance graphics cards, there is also demand for slightly lower perfomance cards as well (think 3060/6600xt range). If the DG2 is on par with those AND can be released soon then they should be able to get into the market very quickly as currently AMD/Nvidia have no tools to make it hard for them in the market. Intel are manufacturing their own cards and I think they could quite easily shift their lines over to DG2 production AND because of that they can undercut AMD/Nvidia prices with no way of them countering it as they dont have the stock to give.
What are you going to buy. A non existent AMD/Nvidia card? Or an Intel card thats 95% of the performance for near RRP?
The pandemic is also nearly over. Intel isn't releasing today or tomorrow. And on top of thát, Nvidia has yet to release something on 7nm or smaller, which will naturally be much more competitive in power and die size than their current Ampere stack.
Those 'compromises' effectively turn Intel's GPU into unsellable when it is finally their time to market it. 3070ti perf will be midrange. 300W? :roll: That's AMD 2015-2019 all over again, and would solidly make Raja the salesman he is - no product you want to get anywhere close to unless its sold at heavy discount with no alternatives around.
They definitely need to tick those boxes - all of them.Stop thinking about what is the mood of the day or past months. Like many - its a natural way to think, but its not the time frame in which Intel is releasing this product.
You need to be thinking about what competition will do in the upcoming gen or refresh, as you can rest assured they will have one and quite soon too, given the usual release cadence. Intel isn't going to have the competition of 2020 to fight against, that was never available to begin with, right? Doesn't make sense.
If you don't trust sneaky Ukrainians, check out Amazon, Newegg, or whatever. What I've learned over the past year of excessive fearmongering, is that nowadays any "shortage" in news only means that it's going to be more expensive, not less available.
TGL-H barely got an official announcement in May, and there are barely half-a-dozen laptop models that were released on this platform since then. Why such a surprise?
Exascale Processing Capability of Intel Xe-series GPUs ( VTR-121 )
www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-founders-edition/28.html
Scroll all the way to the right on the table 2/3rds down the article.
Similarly Intel already presents us a cut down version for the gaming flagship (or supposed). And the node defines how far they can take it, as it evidently did for all those frankensteined Amperes with low VRAM.