Intel Xe GPUs For Gamers Said to Arrive in 2021
Aug. 14, 2020One of the key highlights of the event was the nomenclature of Xe GPUs based on its use-case. The Tiger Lake CPUs will make their public debut next month withXe-LP integrated graphics. It sports 96 execution units (EUs), a 50 percent increase in comparison to 64 on Ice Lake processors. It will also bring performance and power consumption improvements in tow.
We are really excited to check out Intel’s GPU as the company promises quite a stellar performance. It showed off Xe-LP running recent AAA titles such asBattlefield VandPUBGat 1080p graphics rather smoothly. It also supports up to 8K UHD displays with 360Hz refresh rates. So, one can only imagine how Intel’s Xe-HPG architecture will be optimized for gamers.
The Xe-LP and Xe-HPG are only a part of the chipmaker’s GPU hardware strategy. It’s already working to scale its Xe GPU architecture beyond built-in and external GPU for laptops and PCs respectively. The Xe-HP chip, as Intel describes in its blog post, is the industry’s first multi-tiled, highly scalable, and high-performance GPU architecture.
If you haven’t been keeping track, Intel alreadyannouncedthe first-ever discrete GPU ‘DG1’ for developers and a custom server GPU based on the Xe-LP architecture earlier this year. The American chipmaker is planning to take on Nvidia and AMD GPUs but only time will tell whether it’s Xe architecture GPUs can match up to its competitors in terms of power consumption, thermals, and overall performance.
