Intel Battlemage “BMG-G21” GPU With Xe2 Graphics Architecture Spotted, Lunar Lake Xe2-LPG Receives Further Support

Intel Battlemage "BMG-G21" GPU With Xe2 Graphics Architecture Spotted, Lunar Lake Xe2-LPG Receives Further Support 1

Intel's Battlemage "Xe2" GPUs continue to receive new support and patches with the latest one exposing the BMG-G21 graphics chip.

The Intel Battlemage "Xe2" GPU family which is all set to replace the Alchemist "Xe" architecture, isn't far away from its official debut. While Intel has come a long way since its initial discrete GPU launch, Battlemage seems like it will be the "pivot" point for Team Blue. Now, we have got our first glimpse of the BMG-G21 GPU based on the Battlemage architecture which not only confirms its existence but also points out a potential reveal very soon!

The Intel Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU has been making rounds over the internet for quite some time now, and we first heard about it back in a roadmap leak. In the leak, it was disclosed that the BMG-G21 was going to be a mid-tier offering, with a TDP reported to be under 150W, compared to its higher-end alternative, the BMG-G10, which is rumored to be under 225W.

Moreover, in a previous leak, it was reported that the Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU might feature 20 Xe cores, a 192-bit bus, and 12 GB of GDDR6 memory onboard, with PCIe Gen 5 x8 support. Both of the GPUs, the BMG-G10 and BMG-G21, have also been spotted within shipping manifestos so we can tell that early samples are already doing the rounds.

Regarding market competition, the cut-down Intel Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU should go head-on against the RTX 4060 series. Earlier, we have also reported some rumored features for Battlemage "Xe2" gaming GPUs which include:

Next-Gen Memory Subsystem & Compression

Improved Ray Tracing

Micro-Architecture improvements

Next-gen ML-based rendering tech

Latest DeepLink capabilities

Targeting Performance/Enthusiast Gaming

In addition to the LLVM leak, Intel's Lunar Lake iGPU based on the same Battlemage "Xe2" graphics architecture has added new support for the display & audio side of things as reported by Phoronix.

With the newest leak, it might be that Intel will try to test its Battlemage "Xe2" magic with mid-range markets, and the BMG-G21 could prove to be a success, but it's ahead of time to conclude this for now. In terms of release date, we aren't aware of a specific figure, but the expected timeline is somewhere in H2 2024, hence maybe we could see them drop by either at Computex 2024 or close to Black Friday.

News Source: @miktdt