On May 11th, before the release of Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake, news about Intel's next-generation processor, Panther Lake, has surfaced. While the CPU aspect doesn't bring much surprise, the GPU is set for another significant leap in performance.
The positioning of the Panther Lake processor is similar to Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake, all designed exclusively for mobile platforms, including the high-performance PTL-H version and the low-power PTL-U version.
In the H series, the CPU configuration consists of 4 P big cores, 8 E small cores, and 4 e ultra-low power small cores, totaling 16 cores and 16 threads.
The U series, on the other hand, lacks small cores, featuring only 4 big cores and 4 ultra-low power small cores, totaling 8 cores and 8 threads.
The big core architecture is upgraded to Cougar Cove, while the small core architecture remains the same as Arrow Lake/Lunar Lake, known as Skymont.
Reportedly, Panther Lake is expected to achieve up to a 35% increase in energy efficiency compared to Lunar Lake, with the latter showing a 50% improvement in multi-core performance over Lunar Lake.
In terms of GPUs, Lunar Lake will be upgraded to the second-generation Battlemage Xee-LPG, while Panther Lake will continue to upgrade to the third-generation Celestial Xe3-LPG. The maximum number of cores will also increase from 8 to 12, with a reported 40% performance boost.
Leaked code reveals that the Panther Lake GPU integrated graphics will have two levels: GT2 and GT3, but specific differences are not detailed.
Interestingly, the Panther Lake GPU AI computing power is set to significantly increase to 120 TOPS. When combined with the CPU, the overall computing power can reach 170 TOPS, representing a 70% improvement over Lunar Lake.
Panther Lake is expected to be released no earlier than 2025 and is likely to be part of the third-generation Core Ultra series.
