Intel is taking a sluggish and staggered roll out for its Arc collection of discrete GPUs, having already launched a couple of SKUs in cellular and the A380 on the desktop (in China). Extra first-generation Arc releases are coming. Amongst them will probably be Intel’s first workstation graphics playing cards primarily based on Arc, two of which have seemingly appeared in SiSoftware’s SANDRA database.
Clearly in relation to leak of this nature now we have to keep up a degree of skepticism. Even when the designations are actual (which we suspect they’re on this case), it does not essentially imply the specs and any efficiency figures are consultant of the ultimate product. That is simply the character of early silicon (engineering samples) and leaks normally.
That little disclaimer out of the best way, what now we have listed here are numerous particulars surrounding Intel’s Arc Professional A50 and Arc Professional A40 graphics playing cards (hat tip to @momomo_us on Twitter for recognizing the itemizing). At a look, the benchmark leak suggests the Arc Professional A50 will function the complete
Arc ACM-G11 GPU, an Xe-HPG half with 8 Xe cores, 128 execution items, and 1,024 FP32 cores.
Supply: SiSoftware SANDRA
The itemizing additionally signifies a 2.45GHz GPU clock, 6GB of GDDR6 reminiscence linked to a 96-bit reminiscence bus, and 1MB of L2 cache.
These leaked specs are practically the identical because the
Arc A380 (8 Xe cores, 128 EUs, 2 render slices, 6GB GDDR6, 96-bit bus, 186GB/s reminiscence bandwidth, 2GHz base GPU clock, 2.45GHz enhance clock, 75W). So the Arc A50 Professional is trying like an expert model of the A380, or shenanigans are at play. It is also attainable that SANDRA is misreading issues.
The database entry clumps the Arc Professional A50/A40 collectively, so if we assume the itemizing is correct, the Arc Professional A40 mannequin will probably be a tamer configuration ultimately. Or we may very well be trying on the tamer Arc Professional A40 config already, and the Arc Professional 50 will function increased finish specs. There’s simply no means of understanding for certain proper now.
Trying on the efficiency metric within the
Arc Professional A50/A40 benchmark leak, the cardboard(s) posted an anemic end result that’s increased than solely 2.69 p.c of ranked outcomes. We would warning in opposition to studying an excessive amount of into that, as we don’t know what the circumstances are behind this leak. Until one thing is extremely mistaken, we might count on a markedly higher end result when the workstation playing cards really ship.
As for timing, Intel said earlier this 12 months that its desktop playing cards would ship within the second quarter (and it technically hit that time-frame with the A380 launch abroad), adopted by skilled fashions for workstations within the third quarter. Throw in its cellular SKUs, and Intel anticipates
delivery 4 million discrete Arc GPUs by the tip of this 12 months.
