Something to await forward to: Hot off the heels of Intel's modest DG1 discrete graphics carte du jour getting performance tested in the wild, trusted leaker TUM_APISAK has suggested the introduction of a new addition to Intel'southward incoming DG2 line, a card slotting into a 2nd-from-meridian tier that's capable of duking it out with Nvidia's RTX 3070 and AMD's RX 6700 XT.

While the tweet is rather short, it points to the existence of another SKU within Intel's DG2 lineup, which was previously thought to simply consist of five models, and helps clear up the motion-picture show of how Intel's upcoming graphics production stack is going to shape up. This new GPU comes toting 448 execution units, joining a previously-established 384-EU SKU that is as well cut downward from the top model's 512 EUs.

TUM_APISAK's tweet puts the 448 EU model up against AMD's RX 6700 XT and Nvidia'due south RTX 3070, and claims that it comes out only 8% behind the former and 5% backside the latter. This roughly matches up with previous data that the 512-European union SKU was ready to be targeting the RTX 3070 Ti (which itself claims only limited gains over the 3070), both DG2 GPUs bracketing the Nvidia card with the difference of 64 EUs either mode.

As the 384-European union model is getting 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, the new SKU should have that same configuration at a minimum, which already matches the RX 6700 XT and beats both the RTX 3070 and 3070 Ti on that front -- although it's also worth noting that the RTX 3070 still maintains the best VRAM bandwidth out of the three unless the new SKU uses the same 256-bit memory motorcoach of the highest DG2 model.

The alleged one.8 GHz heave clock speeds also line up with previous leaks about the height SKU, while at the bottom end of the product stack the 128 European union model is claimed to boost all the way upwardly to 1.9 GHz -- a great deal higher than clock speeds claimed for the higher 256-European union model, but that's to be expected as those covered mobile versions of the GPUs.

Information technology too claims a 12% lead over Nvidia's GTX 1650, although with the incoming RTX 3050 Ti claiming operation akin to the incumbent GTX 1660 Ti, it might have problem establishing itself in the entry-level market unless it'southward aggressively priced.

Rumored Intel Xe DG2 mobile specifications

SKU 1 SKU 2 SKU 3 SKU 4 SKU 5 SKU 6
EUs 512 448 384 256 196 128
Boost Clock (Mobile) 1100 MHz ? 600 MHz 450 MHz ?
Turbo Clock (Mobile) 1800 MHz ? 1800 MHz ? 1400 MHz ?
Turbo Clock (Desktop) ? 1800 MHz ? 1900 MHz
Memory Chapters 16 GB 12 GB+ 12 GB 8 GB four GB
Retentiveness Speed 16 Gbps
Memory Type GDDR6
Omnibus Type 256-bit ? 192-bit 128-bit 64-bit
Mobile TDP (exc. memory) 100w ? 100 W ?

It'due south worth noting that no metric, benchmark or testing suite was given for these performance numbers -- and drivers tin can exist just every bit important to existent-globe GPU operation as the silicon itself, and then they should still best be taken with the usual pinch of common salt.

Plus, all of the GPUs are rumored to exist produced on TSMC's half-dozen nm process, meaning that ongoing high need for the foundry's silicon could become a clogging for availability no thing how aggressively Intel prices its GPUs on release.