Intel ‘unlaunches’ DataCenter Max GPU 1350 with Ponte Vecchio processor

Published: Apr 11th 2023, 08:46 GMT   Comments

Intel shifts Data Center Max GPU series around

The company has confirmed to Tom’s Hardware that it will not release one of the already announced Ponte Vecchio SKUs.

Intel has been through some important changes recently. The most important one was the restructuring of the AXG unit responsible for data center accelerators like Ponte Vecchio, and later the departure of Raja Koduri from the company. Earlier this year, Intel also confirmed it will cancel Rialto Bridge, a successor to Ponte Vecchio, and move its product launch to a 2-year cadence.

Meanwhile, it was discovered that the Max 1350 GPU, which was already announced and ‘launched’ according to Intel, has now been canceled. The Max 1350 specs are still displayed on cached website, but the live product link now leads to an empty page. The company has decided to remove this product from its lineup in favor of a more powerful Max 1450 GPU which is to come out later this year.

Data Center GPU Max 1350 Specs (before cancellation), Source: Intel

As explained, the company was able to deploy an air-cooled Data Center GPU Max 1550 GPU, which was initially planned only for liquid-cooled systems. As a result, the Max 1350, which was primarily targeted at air-cooled systems did was no longer a good fit for this product lineup. Instead, Intel has come up with a new SKU called Max 1450, which is now expected to launch later in 2023.

“We launched the Intel Data Center Max GPU 1550 (600W), which was initially targeted for liquid-cooled solutions only. We have since expanded our support by offering Intel Data Center Max GPU 1550 (600W) to include air-cooled solutions. […] As a result, we are streamlining our product offerings by removing the Intel Data Center Max GPU 1350 (450W), which was geared for air-cooled solutions. We will introduce the Data Center GPU Max 1450 SKU later in 2023, which has lower IO bandwidth for different markets and will be able to use air- and liquid-cooling solutions. Rounding out our product portfolio, we will introduce the Data Center GPU Max 1100 SKU, which is a 300W PCIe card (Gen5) for broad market deployments,”

— Intel spokesperson to Tom’s Hardware.

Intel has not confirmed the specs of Max 1450, but since 1350 was not using a full Ponte Vecchio silicon, the 1450 is likely to follow suit. The GPU was cut-down to 112 Xe-Cores and had TDP limited to 450W. It is possible that the Max 1450 will use similar TDP specs.

Intel Data Center Max GPU 1000 Series (Ponte Vecchio)
VideoCardz.comMax 1550Max 1450 🆕Max 1350Max 1100
GPUPonte VecchioPonte VecchioPonte VecchioPonte Vecchio
Xe-Cores
 
128
TBC
 
112
 
56
Xe Vector Engines
 
1024
TBC
 
896
 
448
GPU Base Clock
 
900 MHz
TBC
 
750 MHz
 
1000 MHz
GPU Dynamic Clock
 
1600 MHz
TBC
 
1550 MHz
 
1550 MHz
Memory
 
128GB HBM2e
TBC
 
96GB HBM2e
 
48GB HBM2e
Memory Bus
 
1024-bit
TBC
 
1024-bit
 
1024-bit
Memory Bandwidth
 
3276.8 GB/s
TBC
 
2457.6 GB/s
 
1228.8 GB/s
InterfacePCIe Gen5 x16TBCPCIe Gen5 x16PCIe Gen5 x16
TDP
 
600W
TBC
 
450W
 
300W
CoolingLiquid or Air-CooledLiquid or Air-CooledAir-CooledAir-Cooled

Source: Tom’s Hardware




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