Intel DG2 dGPU is caught with 512 EU and a 16-core Alder Lake-S CPU

The codename of this dGPU of Intel is DG2-512EU, referring to the execution units equipping. It has been seen on Geekbench alongside a 16-core 24-thread Alder Lake-S processor that will represent Intel's gaming platform between 2021 and 2022.

Intel plays the distraction with its next graphics cards, and it is that Raja Koduri makes it clear on Twitter how difficult it is to create graphics cards; tell AMD, right? The news focuses on a computer that has been seen on Geekbench, consisting of a discrete DG2 GPU and a 12th generation Intel processor. For now, we await more reliable tests to make a firm statement on its performance.

Intel DG2 greets us from Geekbench with Alder Lake-S

It is based on the architecture Xe-HPG of Intel, the DG2 of 512 CU (EU) is positioned as a dGPU aimed at tackling low-end graphics cards. The news also focuses on its gala companion, an Alder Lake-S processor with a 10nm process, 16 cores and 24 threads running at 4.6 GHz.

Focusing on the Intel GPU, the DG2 is almost a mystery because it is not known when it will be released. What we do know is that we will see 3 different models differentiated by the number of cores that they will equip. This DG2 would be the most powerful model in the range with 512 execution units (EU), being below the variants with 384 and 128 EU.

In this case, the input of this Intel DG2 has been filtered with a maximum frequency of 1.8 GHz and 12.6 GB of VRAM memory, GDDR6? According to previous information, this model would be limited to 16 GB and not 12 GB, but it may be that there are other resources that the system shares.

Regarding the Intel Alder Lake-S processor, it will be the flagship of the desktop family with 16 cores and 24 threads. We bet it is a Core i9, which will be able to compete with the Ryzen 9 5950X in terms of cores and threads. Remember that the architecture of Alder Lake-S is characterized by incorporating small (efficient) and large (high performance) cores. The former are called Gracemont and the latter Golden Cove.

Its base frequency is 2.19 GHz and turbo of 4.59 GHz, but provisional figures will increase with each passing month. Also, it is clear that the socket used will be LGA 1700 and that the L3 cache will be 30 MB. We do not want to be blunt with the values ​​because it will be an engineering sample, so let's wait a few more months.

Let's go to the OpenCL performance of the Intel DG2 GPU, which leaves a lot to be desired. We believe that because they are simply testing the hardware and it is not working to its full potential (trial and error). So, we simply advance your score of 7943 points.

That said, we find that the GPU and CPU frequencies are pretty good to be early samples. Finally, say that the chip would follow a process DG2 7 nm manufactured by TSMC, the reports that have been published.

Do you think this GPU will be a good product?