Intel Gen12 Xe GPU with 96 Execution Units Shows Up on SiSoft Database

[btarunr]

An Intel Gen12 Xe GPU, possibly a discrete- DG1 prototype, showed up on the SiSoft SANDRA online database. The GPU is detailed by SANDRA as having 768 unified shaders across 96 execution units (EUs), a 1.50 GHz GPU clock speed, 1 MB of on-die L2 cache, and 3 GB of dedicated video memory of an unknown type (likely GDDR6). This is probably a different chip from the DG1-SDV, which caps out at 900 MHz GPU clock, although its SIMD muscle is identical.

At a clock-speed of 1.50 GHz, the chip would feature an FP32 throughput of 2,303 GFLOPs (we know this from the DG1-SDV offering 1382 GFLOPs at 900 MHz). If the software-side optimization backs this hardware, the resulting product could end up with performance in the league of the 8 CU Radeon "Vega" solution found in the AMD "Renoir" APU, or the Radeon RX 560 discrete GPU, which are just about enough for PUBG at 1080p with medium settings.



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[watzupken]

While this is the first big attempt for Intel in bringing a discrete graphic to the mass market, I think the specs sounds very feeble in this case. While it can be a low end card, but 3GB of VRAM in 2020 don't sound appropriate. With Nvidia and AMD moving up to 4GB as a base, 3GB of VRAM will likely not perform favorably.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

3GB? Maybe a cut down version of another chip that can normally handle 4GB?

 

[Caring1]

If I had to speculate this will be on die and similar to an APU.

 

[Ferrum Master]

Whatever... great platform for writing drivers. Real silicon, not an emulator.

 

[londiste]

While this is the first big attempt for Intel in bringing a discrete graphic to the mass market

It is not. DG1 is a development prototype. AFAIK Intel has even said this is a preview of the potentially highest core configuration Gen12 iGPU in Tiger Lake.