Jan 27, 2021 12:25:00

Graphic card equipped with Intel's desktop GPU 'Iris Xe' is finally here

Intel announced the

graphics architecture 'Xe' in August 2020, and in October 2020 announced the discrete GPU ' Iris Xe MAX ' for mobile PCs equipped with 'Xe', but newly for desktop We announced the GPU ' Iris Xe ' and two types of graphics cards.

Intel Releases Iris Xe Desktop Graphics Cards | Intel Newsroom
https://newsroom.intel.com/articles/intel-releases-iris-xe-desktop-graphics-cards/

Intel Iris Xe Video Cards Now Shipping To OEMs: DG1 Lands In Desktops
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16450/intel-iris-xe-video-cards-now-shipping-to-oems-dg1-lands-in-desktops

The performance of 'Iris Xe' known at the time of writing the article is like this. It has almost the same performance as the 'Iris Xe Max' shipped for mobile PCs, but you can see that the 'Iris Xe' has fewer execution units. Regarding the reason why the number of execution units of 'Iris Xe' is small, AnandTech predicts that 'Iris Xe uses chips that cannot be installed in' Iris Xe Max '.'

	Iris Xe	Iris Xe Max
platform	Desktop PC	Mobile PC
Manufacturing process	Intel 10nm SuperFin	Intel 10nm SuperFin
Number of execution units	80	96
VRAM	4 GB	4 GB
Memory interface	128 bit	128 bit
Memory bandwidth	68 GB / s	68 GB / s

'Iris Xe' will not be sold to individuals, but will be supplied mainly to OEM manufacturers. At the time of writing the article, the appearance of the two types of graphic boards has been released. The graphic board equipped with 'Iris Xe' that appears from ASUS is a fanless specification, and it is said that it is equipped with three types of 4K compatible output ports: HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI-DL .

In addition, a graphic board that looks like a desktop with two big fans is also open to the public.

'Iris Xe has three display outputs and supports

hardware decoding of the AV1 codec , improving the quality of video editing and video calls,' Intel said.

IT news site The Verge said, 'Iris Xe isn't designed for gaming environments and isn't a competitor to graphics boards like NVIDIA's Geforece and AMD's Radeon , but Intel is in the high-end gaming market. to have expressed interest, and the second half is likely to announce a high-performance desktop GPU 'this year says .

In an interview conducted in November 2020, Lisa Pierce , vice president of architecture, graphics and software at Intel, said, 'Intel is investing heavily in VR. GPU performance VR will be the target in 2021 if it becomes more popular, 'he said, raising expectations for Intel to announce a high-performance GPU.

Intel's graphics division manager talks about Intel's next-generation GPU 'Xe graphics' --GIGAZINE