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Intel Panther Lake Arc Chips With 4 Xe3 Cores May Be Headed To Cheaper Handhelds

Word on the grapevine points toward the possibility of an entry-level Intel Panther Lake chip specifically targeted at handheld gaming devices. These new handhelds would be cut down to just 4 Performance Cores, 4 Low Power Efficiency (LPE) Cores, and 4 Xe3 GPU cores. Thanks to Intel's advancements in power efficiency, they should theoretically also offer healthy battery life.

Compared to the big-boy Intel Arc G3 and Intel Arc G3 Extreme for handhelds, these chips will bring one third the GPU resources of the Arc G3 Extreme's 12 Xe3 GPU cores. Intel Arc G3 and Intel Arc G3 Extreme CPUs also have two fewer Performance Cores, but 8 standard Efficiency cores, unlike this potential, unannounced 4P + 0E +4LPE + 4 Xe3 Intel Panther Lake SoC.

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