The cut-down version of the high-end DG2-512 is clocked at 1.8 GHz max and is only 5% slower than the RTX 3070 or 8% slower than the RX 6700 XT. This means that the 512 EU variant could indeed compete with the RTX 3080 and RX 6800, as posited in previous leaks. Additionally, the leak reveals that the 128 EU variant is 12% faster than the Nvidia GTX 1650, although it is unclear what testing suite was used.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Leak-reveals-a-cut-down-lntel-DG2-512-GPU-with-448-EUs-that-is-almost-as-fast-as-the-RTX-3070-or-the-RX-6700-XT.546606.0.html
Makes sense. If they're making 3 dies, might as well have 3 cut down models.
I am looking forward to that 512 EU card for simracing in WMR. I think it will offer everything I need to get that job done.
That's not an encouraging showing for performance per area, but then the same is true for the Xe iGPU so that wasn't entirely unexpected. It does make me wonder whether there will be any meaningful attempt to introduce price competition back into the gaming GPU market, though. It will be difficult for Intel to aim for a significantly lower cost when the die is so large.