Monday, January 24th 2022
Intel Arc Alchemist DG2 GPU Memory Configurations Leak
Intel's upcoming Arc Alchemist lineup of discrete graphics cards generates a lot of attention from consumers. Leaks of these cards' performance and detailed specifications appear more and more as we enter the countdown to the launch day, which is sometime in Q1 of this year. Today, we managed to see a slide from @9950pro on Twitter that shows the laptop memory configuration of Intel's DG2 GPU. As the picture suggests, we can see that the top-end SKU1 with 512 EUs supports a 16 GB capacity of GDDR6 memory that runs at 16 Gbps speeds. The memory runs on a 256-bit bus and generates 512 GB/s bandwidth while having eight VRAM modules present.
When it comes to SKU2, which is a variant with 384 EUs, this configuration supports six VRAM modules on a 192-bit bus, running at 16 Gbps speeds. They generate a total capacity of 12 GBs and a bandwidth of 384 GB/s. We have SKU3 DG2 GPU going down the stack, featuring 256 EUs, four VRAM modules on a 128-bit bus, 8 GB capacity, and a 256 GB/s bandwidth. And last but not least, the smallest DG2 variants come in the form of SKU4 and SKU5, feating 128 EUs and 96 EUs, respectively. Intel envisions these lower-end SKUs with two VRAM modules on a 64-bit bus, and this time slower GDDR6 memory running at 14 Gbps. They are paired with 4 GB of total capacity, and the total bandwidth comes down to 112 GB/s.
Source:
@9550pro (Twitter)
When it comes to SKU2, which is a variant with 384 EUs, this configuration supports six VRAM modules on a 192-bit bus, running at 16 Gbps speeds. They generate a total capacity of 12 GBs and a bandwidth of 384 GB/s. We have SKU3 DG2 GPU going down the stack, featuring 256 EUs, four VRAM modules on a 128-bit bus, 8 GB capacity, and a 256 GB/s bandwidth. And last but not least, the smallest DG2 variants come in the form of SKU4 and SKU5, feating 128 EUs and 96 EUs, respectively. Intel envisions these lower-end SKUs with two VRAM modules on a 64-bit bus, and this time slower GDDR6 memory running at 14 Gbps. They are paired with 4 GB of total capacity, and the total bandwidth comes down to 112 GB/s.
29 Comments on Intel Arc Alchemist DG2 GPU Memory Configurations Leak
Ah excellent, which hemisphere?
Or when they call it fall, where the release date is whenever Linus or Jayz2cents drops their review sample
videocardz.com/newz/intel-website-no-longer-mentions-q1-2022-as-arc-release-date
Most likely we will just see laptop Arc chips and maybe a few desktop cards released in China and obscure OEMs this year.
@Fouquin see the point now?Not bad? That's 100 Gbps short of a 3070ti and about equal to a 3070.
So the bestest, most optimistic outlook if Intel has near-perfect drivers is that their most expensive chip with 16GB (!) will end up somewhere along 3070 but likely a good 10% under it because its just not quite as refined.
I hope Intel is not looking for any more than 600 bucks for that, because if they do, and they also postpone beyond Q1 2022, its a DOA and you can easily wait until 2023 for something better. And by then, 500Gbps is lower midrange territory. So... Intel gonna scale up to 384 ~ 512 bit then? Hey Raja... did you think of using HBM? Or still didn't make up your mind? :rolleyes::rockout::toast::oops:
I'm not even half kidding. DG2 looks like old news already, its like Raja still has no grasp of time to market and pre empting that delay.
I mean.. this is just in:
Honestly, I want the DG2 to be good. I want one not because I need one, but because my curiosity is killing me. Also, I've already got Xe in my CPU, how good would an all-Intel system look with an Xe dGPU? :D
I want DG2 to be good too, but all I see here is Vega on repeat. Too little, too late, and availability + price is going to be a thing.
Remember, Vega was initially supposed to command an inflated price because 'it was actually a pro GPU' and 'OMG it has HBM'.
Now look at how DG is Intel's first, very special GPU already. Its being marketed on a featureset, not on real perf/price metrics ever since the first announcement. Also, consider the fact that this is Intel's first venture of scaling an architecture to high performance gaming GPU, not very different from Vega being the odd one out in terms of support due to different memory. We're now looking at the first GDDR6 based GPU here. We know the basis of this design is not gaming but rather enterprise.
I smell smoke, and usually that means fire.
:rolleyes:
I plan on buying one anyway, same as someone else in the thread not even to replace what I have. I just need to KNOW.
Sorry forgot his name and too lazy to duckduck it.
Why?
Because intel will force them into hundreds of thousands of prebuilt systems and force them upon users with their usual shady business practises
(I look forward to finding out they only work on intel systems with 11th and 12th gen CPU's or some other such nonsense)