Built on the much-touted 18A node—marking the first true leap beyond Intel 3—these chips will pack Chipzilla’s latest packaging wizardry, promising more tiles than a Victorian toilet. The 18A line will enter full-bore production later this year as Chipzilla tries to prove it still matters.
Panther Lake will shove together brand-new Cougar Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores, blending six of the former with eight of the latter. Mobile users can expect wattages ranging from 15 to 45. The big swing? The integrated GPU will show off Job’s Mob-style ambitions with 12 Xe3 “Celestial” cores slapped together in a chiplet formation.
The CPU’s five-die setup includes separate compute and GPU tiles, along with bits for IO, SoC control, and even a dummy slice—because of symmetry, apparently.
Panther Lake is the lovechild of Chipzilla’s Arrow Lake (muscle-first) and Lunar Lake (low-power finesse) families. It's their attempt to have their cake and scoff it too. Nova Lake’s up next, pencilled in for late 2026 if Chipzilla’s fabs can keep their trousers on.
Meanwhile, the former TSMC co-COO twisted the knife recently, saying “Intel is a nobody” and should “merge with mature chip technology firms”—a stinging indictment of Chipzilla’s current rep in silicon circles.
Intel Mobility CPU Lineup:
|
CPU Family |
Panther Lake |
Lunar Lake |
Arrow Lake |
Meteor Lake |
Raptor Lake |
Alder Lake |
|
Process Node (CPU Tile) |
Intel 18A |
TSMC N3B |
Intel 20A |
Intel 4 |
Intel 7 |
Intel 7 |
|
Process Node (GPU Tile) |
TSMC 3/2nm? |
TSMC N3B |
TSMC N4? |
TSMC 5nm |
Intel 7 |
Intel 7 |
|
CPU Architecture |
Hybrid |
Hybrid (Dual-Core) |
Hybrid (Triple-Core) |
Hybrid (Triple-Core) |
Hybrid (Dual-Core) |
Hybrid (Dual-Core) |
|
P-Core Architecture |
Cougar Cove |
Lion Cove |
Lion Cove |
Redwood Cove |
Raptor Cove |
Golden Cove |
|
E-Core Architecture |
Skymont? |
N/A |
Skymont |
Crestmont |
Gracemont |
Gracemont |
|
LP E-Core Architecture (SOC) |
Skymont? |
Skymont |
Crestmont |
Crestmont |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Top Configuration |
6+8 (H-Series) |
4+4 (MX Series) |
6+8 (H-Series) |
6+8 (H-Series) |
6+8 (H-Series) |
6+8 (H-Series) |
|
Max Cores / Threads |
TBD |
8/8 |
14/14 |
14/20 |
14/20 |
14/20 |
|
AI NPU |
NPU5 (TBD TOPS) |
NPU4 (48 TOPS) |
NPU3.5 (TBD) |
NPU3 (11 TOPS) |
NPU2 (7 TOPS) |
NPU2 (7 TOPS) |
|
Planned Lineup |
Core Ultra 300 |
Core Ultra 200V |
Core Ultra 200 |
Core Ultra 100 |
14th/13th Gen |
12th Gen |
|
GPU Architecture |
Xe3-LPG (Celestial) |
Xe2-LPG (Battlemage) |
Xe-LPG+ (Alchemist) |
Xe-LPG (Alchemist) |
Iris Xe (Gen 12) |
Iris Xe (Gen 12) |
|
Xe Cores (Max) |
12 Xe3 Cores |
8 Xe2 Cores |
8 Xe Cores |
8 Xe Cores |
96 EUs (768 Cores) |
96 EUs (768 Cores) |
|
Memory Support |
TBD |
LPDDR5X-8533 |
DDR5-5600 |
DDR5-5600 |
DDR5-5200 |
DDR5-4800 |
|
Memory Capacity (Max) |
TBD |
32 GB |
128 GB |
96 GB |
64 GB |
64 GB |
|
Thunderbolt Ports |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
4 (TB4) |
4 (TB4) |
4 (TB4) |
|
WiFi Capability |
TBD |
WiFi 7 |
TBD |
WiFi 6E |
WiFi 6E |
WiFi 6E |
|
TDP |
TBD |
17-30W |
TBD |
7W-45W |
15-55W |
15-55W |
|
Launch |
2H 2025 |
2H 2024 |
2H 2024 |
2H 2023 |
1H 2023 |
1H 2022 |
