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Low-end Intel GPUs filter out: 2 for laptops and 1 for PC

NVIDIA presented its bets for the lower-end laptops and therefore cheaper with its RTX 2050 and MX550, MX570, AMD has not yet revealed too much and Intel has had to see how more details leak about their bets ARC DG2-128 and DG2-96. The novelty is precisely its consumption, something basic that indicates a first point of view of the performance that we can expect. It will be enough?

Without a doubt the one that is going to hit the hardest is AMD with its low-end RX 6000 GPUs and its Rembrandt APUs with RDNA 2 iGPUs, but its rivals will not be quiet. NVIDIA has been the first, Intel could be the last and not for that reason the worst, because its strategic diversification is just as interesting as that of the green team.

Intel ARC DG2-128: Two Different Models

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Intel’s bet is diversified into two GPUs for laptops and only one for PC, all will be manufactured by TSMC at 6 nm and with this we hope that they will be competitive to obtain a very advanced node. For this reason, the leaked data on the consumption of the variants is especially interesting, since there are curiosities that must be considered.

We could divide the segments into laptops and PCs, but we are going to do it by model, although as we are going to see, all three have their peculiarities:

  • Intel DG2-128 EU (1024 Shaders): 6GB 16Gbps 96-bit 75W (Desktop)
  • Intel DG2-128 EU (1024 Shaders): 4GB 16Gbps 64-bit 35-50W (Notebooks)
  • DG2-96 EU (768 Shaders): 4GB 16Gbps 64-bit ~ 35W (notebooks)

Logically, the 128 EU version is the complete low-end chip and it is quite surprising that it is shared for PCs and laptops with such an overwhelming TDP difference and with different configurations. It is not new, but we can find the same number of Shaders on the two platforms, with different VRAM, data bus for GDDR6 memory and above all more than double the consumption compared to the laptop version.

For this reason, the performance must be extremely uneven, at least on paper, which will be interesting for PCs and not so much for laptops, where it seems that Intel could have more trouble competing.

ARC DG2-96

It is the most economical option and therefore it is more cut in benefits. The funny thing here is that it again shares consumption with the 128 EU version despite having 25% less Shaders, which could be due to a higher frequency to alleviate the performance deficit and not lose so much camber.

Likewise, and despite only having the difference in cores to its credit, the ARC DG2-128 EU version will have a curious power management system that Intel has carried from its CPUs and that we all know as PL2. Now it seems that it will also be in the GPUs of the brand and could be one of the reasons why Intel is now referring to PL1 = PL2 and has had to launch the call Maximum Turbo Power and the denomination on the other hand of Processor Base Power or PBP.

Due to this and as it has been leaked we will have a TGP on the DG2-128 EU 64-bit GPU of 50 watts in PL2. And what about prices and definitive names? In price there is neither nor will there be in the laptop versions because that data is left for the OEMs, as for the desktop version it is rumored with an MSRP of $ 299. Regarding commercial nomenclatures, we know that version DG2-128 will be referred to as ARC A350, while its desktop version is named ARC A380. About the 96 EU version there is nothing revealed so far.

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