Over the coming months, PC enthusiasts are going to be keeping a watchful eye on Intel, given that the company has recently announced its range of upcoming graphics cards. With the CEO believing its GPUs based on its Xe architecture can take on the likes of Nvidia, many are probably quietly impressed at these claims, especially given that this is the first time Intel has made graphics cards, outside of mobile products, such as laptops. However, there may be a bit to go before it can make a bold statement, as benchmark tests are showing the "Alchemist" card may not be quite up to speed yet.

According to a user on Twitter, a Geekbench test on the current state of the upcoming Intel product reveals a score that doesn't put it on par with what the company's CEO is currently claiming. According to the test, the Alchemist GPU has an OpenCL score of 34,816. According to reports, this means Intel's first graphics card out the door does not match the claims being made about besting some of Nvidia's up-to-date models. Instead, it puts the GPU closer to the last generation of Nvidia cards, namely the GTX series.

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Given that Intel has been hoping to rival the likes of AMD and Nvidia, it seems the tech company still has some work to do. However, these are only early benchmarks of a product that's not due out until 2022, so there is still time to bring it up to what the CEO has been saying. In its current state, however, it's less likely to best the likes of the Nvidia RTX 3070, and more akin to the GTX 1650 Max-Q, a laptop chip that came out in 2019.

Intel originally made mention of a DG2 graphics card it was looking to introduce to the world back in February this year. Since then, more information has come to light, with the company dropping the "DG2" name in favor of ones that sound like something from an RPG. The first is the aforementioned Alchemist, due out next year. Additional GPUs will be called Battlemage, Celestial, and Druid.

It is still early days for the Silicon Valley manufacturer. These early benchmark tests are certainly shining a little light onto the Alchemist GPU for now, but the company is still working on it. What will be an additional concern is whether or not anyone will be able to get hold of any of them when they get released. With Nvidia's CEO believing shortages could go on for the majority of next year, Intel may need another strategy for how they are going to cope with the deficit.

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Source: Techspot