Overview

• Intel says Panther Lake is already in production and will ramp to high volume at Fab 52 in Chandler, Arizona this year, with initial units shipping before year-end and broad availability in January 2026.
• Three configurations are planned—an 8‑core part, a 16‑core part, and a 16‑core variant with a larger 12‑Xe3‑core GPU—each sharing new Cougar Cove P‑cores, Darkmont E‑cores, the Xe3 graphics architecture, and an NPU rated around 50 TOPS.
• The company claims up to 10% faster single‑thread CPU performance versus Lunar Lake, up to 50% better multi‑threaded CPU performance versus Lunar/Arrow Lake, roughly 50% faster GPU performance, plus lower power use; these figures await independent testing.
• Panther Lake uses Foveros multi‑chiplet packaging with the compute tile on Intel 18A, while the platform controller tile and the 12‑core GPU tile are produced externally, reported to be by TSMC.
• Intel positioned Panther Lake as a unifying ‘AI PC’ platform and a milestone for domestic advanced manufacturing, with companion Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest) server chips on 18A slated for the first half of 2026.