Intel "Panther Lake" & "Wildcat Lake" SKU Details Leak Out

[T0@st]

So far, this Friday (February 21) has been a bumper day for Intel CPU-related leaks. Golden Pig Upgrade and Jaykihn appear to be in competition with each other—they have uncovered all manner of speculative treasures across desktop and mobile segments. The latest revelation provides an early insight into unannounced feline-themed next-gen CPUs, courtesy of a Jaykihn social media post. Team Blue's Panther Lake processor family is slated for launch within the latter half of 2025—Intel officially stated that it would be their "lead product" on 18A. Older rumors had the "mobile-exclusive" Panther Lake processor family linked to a mixed configuration of new "Cougar Cove" P-cores and updated "Skymont" E-cores. According to today's leak, a variety of core configurations and feature sets are in the pipeline.

Jaykihn has listed three Panther Lake SKUs, and a "more mainstream" lower-end Wildcat Lake model. Common features include support for Thunderbolt 4 connectivity and LPDDR5X memory. Team Blue's rumored highest-end Panther Lake-H (PTL-H) processor appears to max out with a grand total of sixteen cores—consisting of 4 P-cores, 8 E-Cores, and 4 LP cores. The integrated graphics solution is (allegedly) a 12 core Xe3 "Celestial" GPU, with support for LPDDR5X memory—it is the only one on the list to completely jettison DDR5 compatibility. Insiders believe that the total platform (TOPS) rating is 180. As interpreted by VideoCardz, a 12-core "Panther Lake-U" (PTL-U) SKU is reportedly free of efficiency (E) units. The sole Wildcat Lake (WCL) model seems to sport a 2 P-core, 4-LP, and 2-Xe3 configuration.




Wccftech has translated Jaykihn's leaked information into a readable format:

• Panther Lake-H SKU #1: 4P+8E+4LP+12Xe3 (LPDDR5X & 180 TOPS)
• Panther Lake-H SKU #2: 4P+8E+4LP+4Xe3 (LPDDR5X/DDR5 & 100 TOPS)
• Panther Lake-H SKU #3: 4P+0E+4LP+4Xe3 (LPDDR5X/DDR5 & 100 TOPS)
• Wildcat Lake SKU: 2P+0E+4LP+2Xe3 (LPDDR5X/DDR5, 40 TOPS)

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[Dristun]

The most interesting part is Celestial being scheduled to debut this year, even if in laptop format. Maybe that's why we're not getting any info on higher-end Battlemage cards.

 

[Nostras]

Are we back to tossing E-cores on the low-end? Are LP cores the new E cores?

Missing DDR5 support on the 12Xe variant does make sense if Intel has no interest in manufacturers gimping the iGPU by running it with "slow" DDR5 RAM.

The Wildcat Lake chip looks a bit underwhelming. It's a bit too much to be an N150 replacement, but what i3 would it replace? It looks to be a regression in core count (or at least "quality of core" count) compared to the latest offerings.

 

[AnotherReader]

Since when does Arrow Lake have 100 TOPs?

 

[sethmatrix7]

4 P cores.

Intel going the way of Radeon and pulling out of the high end?

 

[AnotherReader]

4 P cores.

Intel going the way of Radeon and pulling out of the high end?

No, this is supposed to be Intel's first product on 18A. Typically, they use small CPUs as the "lead product" for their new nodes.

 

[MCJAxolotl7]

this Friday (February 21)

It's the future now. I see.