Intel Xe-HPG DG2 GPU Engineering Sample Photos (updated)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/06/2021 03:21 PM | source: | 59 comment(s)

Updated: Intel's Senior Vice President of Graphics Products Division Raja Koduri posted a photo his Twitter account working at the Intels labs in Folsom, California. In it, you can see that they are testing a GPU in 3DMark benchmarking software, and it is most likely the upcoming Intel Xe-HPG (DG2).

If you zoom in a little you can see that it is clearly an engineering sample far from production stabes. It shows a large heatsink and fan similar to that used in CPUs. This is because early-stage chips are assembled this way for quick evaluation. According to rumors, the flagship model will feature 4,096 cores (512 EU), and will be offered in 8GB / 16GB configurations of GDDR6 VRAM memory, alongside a 256-bit memory interface. You can see the detail of the rest of the Intel Xe-HPG family below:

Intel Xe-HPG (DG2) GPUs
Model	GPU	Shading Units	Memory	Memory interface
Xe-HPG 512EU	DG2-512EUs	4096	16 / 8GB GDDR6	256 bits
Xe-HPG 384EU	DG2-384EUs	3072	12 / 6GB GDDR6	192 bits
Xe-HPG 256EU	DG2-384EUs	2048	8 / 4GB GDDR6	128 bit
Xe-HPG 192EU	DG2-384EUs	1536	4GB GDDR6	128 bit
Xe-HPG 128EU	DG2-128EUs	1024	4GB GDDR6	64 bit
Xe-HPG 96EU	DG2-128EUs	768	4GB GDDR6	64 bit

Update: Moore's Law is Dead has obtained pictures of any early engineering sample of Intel's upcoming DG2 GPU. 512 Execution Units. Intel is still deciding between cooler designs and also would be working on a NVIDIA DLSS/AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution competitor codenamed XeSS. The GPU would be able to reach a clock speed of 2.2 GHz while gaming, the memory configuration consists of 16 GB gddr6 with a 256-bit memory bus. Offering slightly better than the RTX 3070; the power consumption is estimated at 275 watts, the engineering sample shown is equipped with an 8-pin power plug and another 6-pin connector.

Who knows, a release in q4?

Update May 6th:

Intel is starting to tease Xe GD2 now. On Twitter they posted '"Come work with us at Intel! DG2 is right around the corner, it's about to get exciting.'

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schmidtbag
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#5903503 Posted on: 04/09/2021 03:43 PM

A surprise announcement ahead of schedule would be nice.
Imagine how it would feel if Intel...at the end of May...suddenly had these for sale.
I don't see the doom and gloom scenario for this card others tend to believe will plague Intel.
I think they'll get it right.
Yeah I think it'll be fine. Xe has already proved to be competitive in laptops, despite the lack of optimization and driver issues. Intel maybe didn't put much focus on 3D performance but they do make very functionally capable GPUs and despite what others think, that has been the case since Sandy Bridge. They just never had a focus on gaming (not much point for an iGPU) so they lost a lot of interest.

As long as prices are reasonable and they're not all sold-out, I honestly wouldn't mind getting one. I would be very wary for Windows users though - Intel has a tendency to prematurely drop support for outdated products on Windows. As a Linux user, this is no concern to me - Intel is still updating stuff going back to 2012.

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#5903520 Posted on: 04/09/2021 05:09 PM

Intel’s First High-End Xe-HPG DG2 Gaming Graphics Pictured – Rumored Specifications Detailed Too, 512 EUs on TSMC 6nm Node, Will Compete With NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 & AMD’s RX 6800 XT

https://wccftech.com/intel-first-high-end-xe-hpg-dg2-gaming-graphics-pictured-rumored-specs-performance-rtx-3080-performance/amp/

Fwiw...

DannyD
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