Intel Job Listings Hints at GDDR7 adoption for Xe3 “Celestial” GPUs
Intel may be planning to move to GDDR7 with its next generation of ARC GPUs
With their latest GPU generations, both AMD and Intel have opted to stick with the GDDR6 memory standard. So far, only Intel has made the shift to GDDR7, though it looks like Intel plans to move in that direction.
An Intel Job listing, spotted by @haze2K1 on Twitter/X, has revealed that Intel is testing GDDR7 memory with future ARC products. This could mean that Intel plans to use GDDR7 memory with its next-generation Xe3 “Celestial” series graphics cards. These GPUs will replace Intel’s Xe2-based ARC “Battlemage” discrete graphics products.
Moving to GDDR7 memory makes sense for future GPUs. By the time these GPUs launch, GDDR7 memory will be more readily available than it is today. Furthermore, the move to GDDR7 will deliver tremendous bandwidth increases over GDDR6. Compared to the fastest GDDR6 memory used on a consumer GPU (20 Gbps), standard 32 Gbps GDDR7 memory modules provide 60% more bandwidth. Note that Intel’s ARC B580 GPU uses slower 19 Gbps GDDR6 memory.
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— Haze (@Haze2K1) April 20, 2025
Intel plans to launch its first Xe3-based graphics cards this year as part of its upcoming “Panther Lake” series CPUs. Currently, we expect to see Intel ARC Celestial discrete GPUs sometime in 2026. That said, Intel has not revealed a firm release timeframe for its next-generation discrete GPUs.
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