China’s emerging alternative to Western graphics processors is stepping into the spotlight. The Lisuan G100 series, engineered to challenge the market dominance of NVIDIA and AMD, has officially begun shipping to its first wave of customers.
Although a full-scale retail rollout is still some time away, the disclosed technical specifications and feature set confirm that this project is a tangible product rather than a mere prototype.
Historically, domestic Chinese GPUs were often associated with ambitious announcements followed by underwhelming results, but the Lisuan G100 series appears to buck that trend. The flagship Lisuan 7G106 model is manufactured using TSMC’s N6 (6nm) process technology. While not the bleeding edge by 2025 standards, it provides sufficient performance to compete with mainstream mid-range cards, such as the “60-series” from established Western manufacturers. According to ITHome, the initial production batches have already left the assembly lines.
At launch, these cards are not primarily targeting the gaming community. Instead, the first shipments are destined for the professional sector, specifically for enterprise clients focused on “digital twin” simulations and industrial modeling. Mass production reportedly commenced in September 2025, with a consumer retail debut in the Chinese market projected for the first quarter of 2026.
The Lisuan 7G106 is equipped with 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM, a 192-bit memory bus, and a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. The silicon features 192 Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) and 96 Raster Operations Pipelines (ROPs). It operates with a rated TDP of 225W, drawing power via a single 8-pin connector. Notably, the hardware supports a proprietary upscaling solution called NRSS—positioned as a competitor to DLSS and FSR—and is rumored to offer comprehensive compatibility with Windows on ARM.
Early performance benchmarks indicate that the Lisuan 7G106 delivers results comparable to mid-tier offerings from AMD and NVIDIA, making it one of the most viable and competitive domestic alternatives currently available in China.
Source: iXBT.games