Intel detailed two purpose-built Panther Lake handheld SoCs — Arc G3 Extreme and Arc G3 — with 14 CPU cores, aiming to move beyond repurposed laptop chips in gaming devices.
Arc G3 Extreme pairs a 12-core Xe3 GPU with up to 4.7 GHz P-core clocks, 46 TOPS NPU, 8W-35W TDP, LPDDR5X-8533 support up to 96 GB, Wi-Fi 7 R2 and dual Thunderbolt 4.
Arc G3 trims the graphics block to a 10-core Xe3 GPU and lowers clocks slightly, with an 8W-30W power range intended to deliver similar handheld performance at lower cost and better efficiency.
Both chips support XeSS 3, multi-frame generation, Intel's precompiled shader downloads and an Xbox-style full-screen Windows 11 mode, features Intel is using to challenge AMD's handheld lead.
Computex 2026 partners are set to show devices first, and the initial Arc G3-based handhelds are expected to launch in June.
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