We’ve Got to Know Intel’s New Processors. The Number of Cores Is Impressive

Panther Lake is a series of processors that will follow Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake from the Core Ultra 200 series. The latter two will be released this year. They will feature a new architecture consisting of Lion Cove “P” cores, Skymont “E” cores, and Xe2 graphics cores.

Panther Lake will debut as the Core Ultra 300 series in the second half of 2025.. This generation of processors will be equipped with “P” Cougar Cove and “E” Skymont cores, but the latter will be more efficient than in the case of Arrow and Lunar Lake. As for the graphics system, Panther Lake will get the next-generation Xe3 chip, codenamed “Celestial.”

Intel’s documentation mentions 4 variants of Panther Like processors, three “H” versions and one “U”:

• PTL-H SKU #1: 4 cores “P” + 8 cores “E” + 0 cores “LP-E” + 4 cores Xe3 (45W)
• PTL-H SKU #2: 4-core “P” + 8-core “E” + 4-core “LP-E” + 12-core Xe3 (25W)
• PTL-H SKU #3: 4-core “P” + 8-core “E” + 4-core “LP-E” + 4-core Xe3 (25W)
• PTL-U SKU #1: 4 cores “P” + 0 cores “E” + 4 cores “LP-E” + 4 cores Xe3 (15W)

Variants Panther Lake-H will have a TDP between 25 and 45 W, and the offer will include variants of both 12- and 16-core.

When it comes to Panther Lake-U, we have a single configuration consisting of 8 cores (4 “P” and 4 “E”) CPU and 4 cores Xe3 GPU at TDP 45 IN.

Intel’s current Meteor Lake processors have a maximum of 6 “P” cores, 8 “E” cores, and 2 “LP-E” cores, and Intel appears to be getting rid of two “P” cores in favor of two additional “LP-E” cores.