Intel yet has to commercially release its codenamed Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake processors, but hardware leakers are already disclosing the company’s plans concerning next-gen Panther Lake processors, expected in late 2025 at the earliest. Intel is apparently prepping three general configurations of its Panther Lake CPUs, according toJaykihn, a blogger who seemingly has access to samples of Intel’s next-generation processors and documentation covering forthcoming CPUs. Keep in mind that we are dealing with a leak, so take all of this info with the usual serving of salt.
The three rumored Panther Lake base configurations are the following:
From a hardware and chipmaking standpoint, Intel’s Panther Lake-U/H processors will consist of three dies: a compute, a graphics, a PCD (platform connectivity hub), and two passive dies for rigidity. We do not yet know which process technologies these CPUs will utilize at this point, though it is likely that the compute die will be made on Intel’s 18A (1.8nm-class) and the system-in-package will be assembled by Intel in the USA. That’s pure speculation, though.
If the information from the blogger is accurate, then Panther Lake-U will have up to eight cores, whereas Panther Lake-H processors will sport up to 16 cores. It’s close to impossible to tell how these CPUs will stack up against Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake, and Lunar Lake in terms of performance.
But based onwhat we do know about Intel’s Panther Lake-U, these processors are set to become available in Q4 2025, whereas Intel’s Panther Lake-H are expected to hit the market in Q1 2026.
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Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.
