Intel's next-generation Arc Battlemage "G21" GPU has been tested at Geekbench, showcasing similar performance as the Arc A770 in early tests.
Intel Arc Battlemage "G21" GPU Spotted At Geekbench: 20 Xe2 Cores, 12 GB Memory & 2850 MHz Clocks
Intel's Xe2 graphics architecture has made its formal debut in the Lunar Lake SOCs, powering its iGPU portion. While we have got an early taste of what Xe2 brings to the table, everyone is looking forward to the discrete lineup which will launch under the Arc "Battlemage" series. We have seen some Arc Battlemage leaks in the past but this new one gives us the early performance figures and specifications for one of the configurations.
The Arc Battlemage GPU appears as the "8086:E20B" PCI ID in the Geekbench benchmark and has been listed under the "Intel Xe Graphics RI" device name. The GPU features 160 compute units that are dual array and form up to 20 Xe2 cores. The GPU clock speed is set to 2850 MHz which is much higher than what we have seen on any consumer-level discrete graphics card & this particular SKU is configured with 12 GB of memory.
We know that this is an Intel Arc Battlemage GPU because the particular device ID has already appeared within Linux Kernel drivers and patches. The particular GPU being used here is called "G21" and is one of the many Battlemage GPUs that we will see in the lineup. Following is the full list of Battlemage GPUs (via DRM_Xe):
- vendor: 8086, device: e202 ("Battlemage G21 [Intel Graphics]"), class: 03 ("Display controller")
- vendor: 8086, device: e20b ("Battlemage G21 [Intel Graphics]"), class: 03 ("Display controller")
- vendor: 8086, device: e20c ("Battlemage G21 [Intel Graphics]"), class: 03 ("Display controller")
- vendor: 8086, device: e20d ("Battlemage G21 [Intel Graphics]"), class: 03 ("Display controller")
- vendor: 8086, device: e212 ("Battlemage G21 [Intel Graphics]"), class: 03 ("Display controller")
The Intel Arc Battlemage GPU was tested in the OpenCL test at Geekbench 6, running on an Intel Core i5-13600K CPU with 32 GB of DDR5-4800 memory. In terms of performance, the card scored 97,943 points which is around as much as the Arc A770 "Alchemist" which offered 32 Xe2 cores & the GeForce RTX 4060.
Geekbench 6 OpenCL Benchmark (Higher is Better)
Considering that there's still a long road ahead in terms of optimizations & driver support, we can expect even better performance but for a mid-tier solution, the graphics performance displayed here is decent. We can expect the higher-end SKUs to offer even better performance and the scores will improve as we approach the launch season which is expected to be later this year according to rumors.
News Source: Benchleaks
