Intel Xe graphics card spotted in benchmark database (no benchmarks though).
By 2020 Intel's first graphics cards based on the Xe architecture will be released. The first test phase has already been completed, as Intels Robert "Bob" H. Swan mentioned in a statement after the announcement of the quarterly results in late October - it was an "important milestone ."
Now all of the sudden an entry in the benchmark database of GFXBench is spotted. There, a device named "Graphics gfx-driver-user-feature_dg1_poweron-27723 DCH ReleaseInternal" listed. The abbreviation "dg1" stands for Discrete Graphics 1 and has long been associated with Intel's Xe architecture. The latest discovery was made by the @KOMACHI.
No real benchmark was performed or the results have been restricted from viewing neither will; you be able to read out specs, but only a so-called power-on test - the card was put into operation. Instead of detailed results you will find only "N/A" (not available). But this at least proves the functionality of the GPU and the device drivers. Rumors assume up to 512 EUs (execution units) for Xe, which should be about the same as the performance of a Geforce RTX 2080. Xe graphics cards are expected somehwere in the middle of 2020 at the earliest.
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More like lack of a team. RTG didn't have the time or resources to work on Vega, because the team was set to help with the GPUs in next-gen consoles. Raja had a plan for a better GPU and it was foiled.
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At least they have someone now.
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I'm pretty sure Intels 2nd or 3rd gen cards will be put into the mix of Mid to high-end cards.
Hopefully all GFX card prices will be a third cheaper once we have 3 gfx card producers.
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Intel joining the party will only reduce graphics card pricing if NVidia feels threatened. From the information currently available, NVidia has no reason to worry about Intel. We're only guessing at what the performance will be and what market will be targeted first. Also, there's still plenty of time for Intel to repeat Larrabee and make it an HPC accelerator card again...
Hopefully Intel won't use some ridiculous naming scheme....
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indeed, team effort.