Intel Could Take the Handheld Crown From AMD With Panther Lake

Let the handheld wars begin.
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Intel Core G3 Extreme Panther Lake Chip May Bring 12 Xe3 GPU Cores To Gaming Handhelds

At its CES 2026 presentation, Intel announced both its Core Ultra Series 3 processors (codenamed "Panther Lake") as well as a forthcoming reference platform for gaming handhelds based on the chips.
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Intel's new handheld gaming chip rumoured to be called 'Core G3 Extreme' and rocks a full-spec Xe3 iGPU with 12 graphics cores

It's the Panther Lake laptop chip, just slightly tweaked. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google ...
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Intel’s rumored Core G3 Extreme chips could power the next wave of gaming handhelds

At CES 2026, Intel described AMD's Ryzen Z series as "ancient silicon." ...

Now Panther Lake has shown its teeth, I can't wait for the next Intel-equipped gaming handheld—but I'm already clenched for the price

Swings and roundabouts.
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Intel Lunar Lake And AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Show Surprising Results In Handheld Combat

When we tested the MSI Claw 8 AI+ featuring Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V, we found the Lunar Lake chip to have less-consistent, but overall slightly better performance versus AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

I tested Panther Lake. You’re going to want this

We've tested Intel's Panther Lake flagship laptop chip, the Core Ultra X9 388H, and we're very impressed with the Core Ultra ...

Intel’s Panther Lake is finally here: These are the Core Ultra 3 chips

Today at CES, Intel said laptop preorders will begin tomorrow, January 6th, with the first laptops shipping on January 27th — ...