Alleged Intel Battlemage GPUs have been spotted online

Intel's upcoming discrete graphics architecture, Battlemage, remains shrouded in secrecy. However, that might start changing soon. Recently, two unknown GPUs believed to be based on the Battlemage architecture were spotted on the SiSoftware Sandra website.

According to posts on the SiSoftware Sandra website (via @miktdt), Intel is currently working on two Xe2 processors with 20 Xe-Cores (160 EU) and 24 Xe-Cores (192 EU), respectively. Both processors would have 11.6GB or 12GB of memory (most likely the latter). Considering the VRAM they pack, something like a 192-bit memory bus is very likely. Clock speeds also look relatively low at just 1.8GHz, but that could be explained by the fact that they are engineering samples.

Some smaller versions are on Sisoft…I guess they are coming. Single-float GP Compute looks quite good for just 160VE/192VE. Doesn't tell much about the release though, I guess anything between Q4 2024 and Q2 2025 is a possibility.

— Michael (@miktdt) March 24, 2024

Regarding GPU performance, the purported Intel Battlemage Xe2-LPG GPUs scored 7,231 Mpix/s (192-CU) and 6,030.66 Mpix/s (160-CU). In contrast, the Arc A770 achieves an average of 11,058 Mpix/s, while the Arc A750 achieves 9,927 Mpix/s. Given that these are early figures, their performance at launch should be much better.

Unofficial claims suggest the Battlemage GPU series will have a next-generation memory subsystem, possibly GDDR7, and better ray tracing capabilities. Moreover, it's expected that the architecture may have twice the number of shader units per Xe-Core, which should provide higher performance.

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