Sunday, June 27th 2021
Intel DG2 GPU with 256 Execution Units Offers GTX 1050 Performance
We have been receiving several leaks for Intel's upcoming DG2 GPUs with a 256 Execution Unit model recently appearing on Geekbench paired with a 14-core Alder Lake mobile CPU. The Alder Lake mobile processor featured an integrated Xe GPU with 96 Execution Units which were also benchmarked. The 256 Execution Unit graphics card tested is likely derived from the mid-range DG2-384 GPU. The 96 EU DG2 iGPU featured a maximum frequency of 1.2 GHz while the 256 EU variant increased that to 1.4 GHz. The DG2-256 scored an OpenCL score of 18,450 points in the Geekbench 5 benchmark which places it at GTX 1050 performance level. The DG2-96 integrated GPU scored 6,500 points which is comparable to a GTX 460. While these performance numbers are low it is important to keep in mind that these are just early results from a mid-range mobile offering and Intel is planning to release cards with 512 Execution Units which should compete with the RTX 3070 Ti and 6700 XT.
Sources:
Geekbench (DG2-256), Geekbench (DG2-96), VideoCardz
33 Comments on Intel DG2 GPU with 256 Execution Units Offers GTX 1050 Performance
We don't know if this chip have it's own memory, or use the system RAM, if it have it's own memory, what type, what speed, etc.
We don't know what is the TDP but since it's a laptop part, it can be quite low.
So way to few information to really know what is going on. But let's say this chip is a IGP that use dedicated memory and run at 30w, it's impressive. If it's a decidated GPU using 64 bit GDDR6 at 100w, still somehow good. If the memory bus is 128 bit +, i would say the performance become to be bothersome altought it would still depend on how much power it can use. if it have 128 bit GDDR6 but run at 50w, that is good performance. Not amazing, but reasonably good.
So i recommend we wait for more detail before jumping on bandwagon or trashing the product.
The real reason these cards are dead in the water, is that they only work on very specific CPU and mobo combinations... they're really an add in booster for the IGP, until they work on everything