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Lisuan Tech Unveils 7G106—China's First 6 Nanometer Gaming GPU

Presenting the new 7G106 gaming GPU. Its creator, Lisuan Tech, is a Chinese deep-tech startup that set out to develop their own gaming chip with the potential to grab a large slice of the PC gaming graphics market, beginning with China. The Chinese gaming industry is built on the philosophy of...

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Presenting the new 7G106 gaming GPU. Its creator, Lisuan Tech, is a Chinese deep-tech startup that set out to develop their own gaming chip with the potential to grab a large slice of the PC gaming graphics market, beginning with China. The Chinese gaming industry is built on the philosophy of interesting and engaging gameplay without trying to wow the audience with cutting-edge visual effects; which means it's trying to target the largest possible install-base with mainstream GPUs. The new Lisuan Tech 7G106 is designed to be a locally designed and familiar GPU that gamers can reach out to, without getting entangled in the pricing mess of established brands.

The Lisuan Tech 7G106 is based on the company's own TrueGPU graphics architecture. "7G"—pronounced similarly to "miracle" in Chinese—reflects the team's ambition behind the GPU and the challenges they had to overcome. The 7G106 graphics processor is based on a monolithic die that's built using the TSMC N6 (6 nm DUV) foundry node. It is a contemporary gaming GPU designed to accelerate games and 3D applications with wide API support: DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3, and OpenGL 4.6. While DirectX 12 is included, ray tracing is not available, meaning there is no DirectX 12 Ultimate. The 7G106 comes with a feature-packed SIMD engine that is able to run calculations with FP32, and the new INT8 data type. The GPU has a maximum throughput of 24 TFLOP/s (FP32). The main compute language is OpenCL 3.0.

Internally, the SIMD engine is backed by a rather large raster graphics pipeline, with up to 192 TMUs, and 96 ROPs present on the silicon. In terms of memory, you get 12 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit wide memory bus, although the company hasn't finalized the exact memory frequencies yet. The 7G106 is equipped with a modern video acceleration engine, capable of hardware-accelerated AV1 and HEVC decoding at resolutions as high as 8K at 60 FPS. It also supports hardware-accelerated AV1 encoding at 4K at 30 FPS and HEVC encoding at 8K at 30 FPS. In terms of monitor connectivity, you get four DisplayPort 1.4 outputs with support for DSC 1.2b, the GPU doesn't feature HDMI outputs, probably due to the license cost that the HDMI Consortium wants for each installed HDMI port. The GPU communicates with the rest of the PC over a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 host interface.

As for power, Lisuan Tech hasn't put out the GPU's power figures, because it is yet to decide on final clock speeds for engine and memory. While the exact power specs aren't available, renders of the reference-design 7G106 are shown with a single 8-pin PCIe power connector, which enables a maximum power delivery capability of 225 W (150 W from the connector, 75 W from the slot). At today's event we also spotted a variant with a 16-pin power connector, which of course is able to provide much more power than a single 8-pin.

An interesting aspect of the Lisuan Tech 7G106 is its Virtual GPU feature. It is a fully-featured single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) component, with up to 16 containers, which lets you share the GPU to virtual machines running on the same system, so that it can be used in containerized enterprise environments and hyperscalers.

At its launch event earlier today, Lisuan Tech showed off the real-world capabilities of the 7G106. The chip was shown playing "Black Myth Wukong" at 4K Ultra HD resolution with High settings, where it produced playable framerates. In 3DMark Fire Strike, it scored 26,800 points. Lastly, Lisuan Tech showcased a video of the 7G106 making it decode an 8K 60 FPS video on an 8K 60 Hz display that supports DSC 1.2b. The GPU also scored 111290 points in Geekbench 6.4.0 OpenCL benchmark.

 

[roosnam1980]

good , competition is needed
no ray-tracing support , seriously?

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

With ccp built in spyware no thanks.

 

[Insane Metal]

China's rapid advancement in tech is insane.

 

[crazyriddler]

If China enters the PC GPU market and launches competitive graphics cards, it would save this monopolized market from the abusive prices of the two companies that dominate it. I can only wish!

 

[tylrdiablos]

Nice to have more competition in the market.
But doesn't it all come down to drivers and price point?

 

[zeomax]

Isn't the ~26k FireStrike score the equivalent of a GTX 980?

 

[MayauMiao]

I welcome this hopefully they don't screw up compatibility.

 

[Zathalus]

I'm all for it, increased competition is good. Let's see how they progress over the next few years.

 

[PeteBull]

Dat 3rd poll option tho:

 

[Hookshot]

Is it better than a 5070 TI?

 

[winjer]

Isn't the ~26k FireStrike score the equivalent of a GTX 980?

It's similar to an RTX 5050.

 

[apple_of_enlightenment]

China or Taiwan fabrication?

 

[Lethal01]

With ccp built in spyware no thanks.

Better than American spyware atleast.

 

[Nvzman]

China's rapid advancement in tech is insane.

It's because they rip off designs of imported technology and then pass it off as their own while producing it for peanuts (aka with sweat shops).

They do this in every sector. Automobiles, phones, military, etc.

Its one of the reasons Nvidia was heavily against controlling exports of their products to China, because it would only further accelerate this.

Better than American spyware atleast.

Not trying to get political, but this is such an incredibly fucking oblivious and stupid statement, unless if it's intentional ragebait.

 

[winjer]

Better than American spyware atleast.

That was a really dumb comment.

 

[MayauMiao]

With ccp built in spyware no thanks.

I think that's okay since we're so used to it in the form of Windows 11.

 

[StereoVsn]

China or Taiwan fabrication?

That's the interesting question. China (SMIC) isn't supposed to have 6nm node. If they do, well, ASML and Japanese firms block on more advanced equipment was breached.

I don't think they would go to TSMC, but I could see Samsung being an option.

 

[StereoVsn]

I think that's okay since we're so used to it in the form of Windows 11.

Yes, because MS is going to ban you from taking a flight or train (or disappear you) if you post Satya jokes on your Win11 PC.

Or MS will put an exit ban on you when you try to take a trip outside US (for reasons).

Or a million other really bad shit CCP does. But sure, MS spyware is just as bad.

 

[Darkkahn]

What if the latest chinese games only run on chinese gpus!

 

[MayauMiao]

Yes, because MS is going to ban you from taking a flight or train (or disappear you) if you lost Satya jokes on your Win11 PC.

Or MS will put an exit ban on you when you try to take a trip outside US (for reasons).

Or a million other really bad shit CCP does. But sure, MS spyware is just as bad.

Yes, I RECALL that MS spyware is just as bad.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yes, I RECALL that MS spyware is just as bad.

Yes, stupid AI shit you can disable with a script is as bad as CCP….

 

[Lethal01]

It's because they rip off designs of imported technology and then pass it off as their own while producing it for peanuts (aka with sweat shops).

They do this in every sector. Automobiles, phones, military, etc.

Its one of the reasons Nvidia was heavily against controlling exports of their products to China, because it would only further accelerate this.


Not trying to get political, but this is such an incredibly fucking oblivious and stupid statement, unless if it's intentional ragebait.

Dang sorry, America #1, such a good country that there America is.

 

[Fbh]

It'd be great to see China go fully into the GPU market for the sake of competition

 

[Vlodril]

Amazing how much Americans do not realise that America has been the global bad guy for the last 70 years.

 

[Wolzard]

The problem will always be drivers. If Intel and AMD still have compatibility issues with some games compared to Nvidia GPUs, imagine a Chinese GPU.

The focus of this should be on applications that use GPUs, such as HPC and AI.

 

[Hudo]

I hope they'll fuck up Nvidia good.

 

[existensmaximum]

Better than American spyware atleast.

This could very well be the stupidest thing I've read on Neogaf. That, or a very silly trolling attempt. Got me, I guess.

 

[AGRacing]

Wow that's great for them… I wonder what the breakdown is … like how much of this design is stolen from old Nvidia stuff and how much of it is stolen AMD stuff?

 

[P:axMagellanic]

It's because they rip off designs of imported technology and then pass it off as their own while producing it for peanuts (aka with sweat shops).

They do this in every sector. Automobiles, phones, military, etc.

Its one of the reasons Nvidia was heavily against controlling exports of their products to China, because it would only further accelerate this.


Not trying to get political, but this is such an incredibly fucking oblivious and stupid statement, unless if it's intentional ragebait.

It's not the early 90's anymore. They're the leaders in many sectors.

 

[Insane Metal]

It's because they rip off designs of imported technology and then pass it off as their own while producing it for peanuts (aka with sweat shops).

They do this in every sector. Automobiles, phones, military, etc.

Its one of the reasons Nvidia was heavily against controlling exports of their products to China, because it would only further accelerate this.

Yes, but they're very good at this. And this leads to knowledge. With the infinite money supply from the CCP and how effectively they use this money, it's a matter of time until they actually pose a threat to western tech in pretty much all areas.

 

[winjer]

Amazing how much Americans do not realise that America has been the global bad guy for the last 70 years.

You realize there was something called the Soviet Union in that period.
And one of the biggest murderer the world has ever seen, with Mao Zedong.
The USA might have done a lot of bad things, but not nearly as terrible as the USSR and Mao.

 

[Spyxos]

It doesn't sound like it's coming to the West. But yes, we urgently need more players in the GPU sector. If it's only slightly worse, I would buy it.

 

[Mahavastu]

China or Taiwan fabrication?

OP says TSMC N6, so it is Taiwan.

 

[Mahavastu]

The problem will always be drivers. If Intel and AMD still have compatibility issues with some games compared to Nvidia GPUs, imagine a Chinese GPU.

Yes, if one really wants to use it for gaming, one should wait a generation or 2 until drivers matured.
I would not buy an Intel GPU now exactly because of this reason.

The focus of this should be on applications that use GPUs, such as HPC and AI.

One has to start somewhere to make a product which earns money (minimal viable product), even if it might not be state of the art.
If they would wait until they are where huge companies like nVidia, AMD and Intel are after sometimes tens of years, they will never get a product out and get bankrupt before.

 

[StereoVsn]

OP says TSMC N6, so it is Taiwan.

Oh wow, missed that. That's interesting considering all the current CCP shenanigans around Taiwan.

 

[Vlodril]

You realize there was something called the Soviet Union in that period.
And one of the biggest murderer the world has ever seen, with Mao Zedong.
The USA might have done a lot of bad things, but not nearly as terrible as the USSR and Mao.

I don't think this the thread for that kind of discussion but let's just say i disagree and leave it at that.

 

[winjer]

I don't think this the thread for that kind of discussion but let's just say i disagree and leave it at that.

Then why did you start the discussion with what you said?

 

[simpatico]

If the price to perf makes sense, I don't care where it's made. The only country I would outright refuse to buy from is the UK.

 

[diffusionx]

People are not ready for what is coming.

You realize there was something called the Soviet Union in that period.
And one of the biggest murderer the world has ever seen, with Mao Zedong.
The USA might have done a lot of bad things, but not nearly as terrible as the USSR and Mao.

amazing how the good guys win in every battle in history.

These are the lies we tell ourselves

 

[Dalbajobas]

Let's be real here .. even if suddenly chinese came up with a card that matched rtx5070 but for much cheaper, us consumers in the west wouldn't see the price of asian market. Tariffs would kill it's competitiveness.

 

[diffusionx]

It's because they rip off designs of imported technology and then pass it off as their own while producing it for peanuts (aka with sweat shops).

They do this in every sector. Automobiles, phones, military, etc.

Its one of the reasons Nvidia was heavily against controlling exports of their products to China, because it would only further accelerate this.


Not trying to get political, but this is such an incredibly fucking oblivious and stupid statement, unless if it's intentional ragebait.

Every world power got its start by engaging in similar behavior. Read stories about Britain complaining about the US ripping off its technology and undercutting its imports especially of things like textiles in the early 1800s. And the world powers job is to keep them from doing it which the US has done the opposite of a good job with. In fact we largely built China's industry for them. How many Chinese people are getting masters and PhDs in American schools? It's something like 500,000 annually.

 

[Vlodril]

Then why did you start the discussion with what you said?

Someone else started the discussion but you are right. Wrong place for it. My bad.

 

[SABRE220]

If its a competitive product absolutely but obviously they are signifigantly behind currently in gpu development due to the headstart. Amd is basically content feeding on Nvidia scraps than actually competing. They donot have the ambition of actually competing and when an opportunity is present to gain some market share they will price gouge consumers just like Nvidia. I was hopeful about Intel bit they are also an absolute mess currently. Nvidia has the gpu sector in a complete stranglehold and consumers are getting absolutely fleeced. If China makes even close to competitive gpus severely undercutting Nvidia to the 300 to 500$ sweet point than that is an amazing development.

People have a serious bias against China but its a blindspot based on national ego more than anything. US based companies also basically steal all your data and feed it to the government. I still remember when I bought a huawei matebook for just 400 dollars during uni and it was by far the best budget laptop I've ever used nothing from competitors came close for the price range. The US and several allies have tried their best to stall China and despite propaganda saying they were decades behind and won't reach 20nm for several years and yet they are close to reaching 5nm nodes. I know China had the image of being cheap and bad quality tech but they are right up there in terms of talent and tech, I mean their lower range j10 fighter jet just embarassed Frances premier fighter jet Rafael in the pakistan India conflict.

Also apologies if this came across as too pro China but its just facts, they are pretty much up there now with the big boys despite having fewer allies and international support.

 

[Nintendo's Witch]

is this a homage to their penises?

 

[Sonik]

American manufacturers' anti-consumer tactics and sheer greed especially in the GPU market has made me wish for the Chinese to obliterate them like they're currently doing in other industries, so yes, I will gladly watch Nvidia crash and burn

 

[Lethal01]

This could very well be the stupidest thing I've read on Neogaf. That, or a very silly trolling attempt. Got me, I guess.

Why's that Mr. cowboy, educate silly ole me.

 

[SABRE220]

American manufacturers' anti-consumer tactics and sheer greed especially in the GPU market has made me wish for the Chinese to obliterate them like they're currently doing in other industries, so yes, I will gladly watch Nvidia crash and burn

I mean I hate Nvidias descent into filthy levels of greed, these guys gave us pro consumer all time great products like the glorious 8800gt and now we get a 5060 for near 400 but let's not downplay the fact that they have also innovated and pushed the industry forward and are the defacto leader in gpu and ai hardware. Instead of wishing them to crash and burn lets hope for a real competitor to come in forcing them to pull back to giving us actual affordable performance products.

 

[notseqi]

The Chinese gaming industry is built on the philosophy of interesting and engaging gameplay

the fucking what now

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Chinese GPU, I buy it
I don't give a damn.