Intel has unveiled its latest Intel Core Ultra Series 3 mobile processors at the CES 2026 show in Las Vegas. Built on Intel 18A process technology, the New Core Ultra Series 3 promises an impressive performance leap, especially from the integrated Intel Arc graphics, and over 200 design wins when it comes later this month.
According to Intel, this AI PC platform, as Intel calls it, will bring impressive performance improvements all across the board, capable of handling gaming, creating, and productivity workloads with ease. According to Intel, you will see up to 60 percent higher multi-threaded performance and over 77 percent faster gaming performance thanks to the new Intel Arc integrated graphics. It will also draw much less power and provide up to 27 hours of battery life.
According to Intel’s own slides, the flagship SKU, Core Ultra 388H and its Arc B390 iGPU, will be up to 10 percent faster than a laptop equipped with Nvidia’s RTX 4050 GPU.
Coming in a total of 14 SKUs, ranging from the flagship Core Ultra X9 388H with 16-cores/16-threads, 5.1GHz clock, 50 TOPs NPU, and Arc B390 GPU with 12 Xe cores, all the way down to Core Ultra 5 322 with 8-cores/8-threads, 4.4GHz max clock, 46 TOPS NPU, and standard Intel Graphics with 2 Xe cores.
It is obvious that Intel will have a full range and with 200+ promised design wins, we are sure that Intel will flood the market, as there were plenty of such laptops on-display at the CES 2026 show floor. Hopefully, we will have a chance to check out some of those later this year.
