Intel’s so-called ultra-power-efficient chips are about to get a lot less shy about power.
Leaks on social media claim Wildcat Lake will run at a 15-35W TDP range, a big jump from predecessors that operated around 6-7W while pretending to be sip-only silicon.
With the Wildcat Lake launch getting closer, SKU details have started popping up, and this looks like the biggest spec dump yet for the Core 300 series.
An entry-level part appeared earlier and raised eyebrows because of an odd core mix, but the latest leak suggests the weird config is real.
The Intel Core 3 304 is tipped to ship with one P-core and four LP-E cores, with a 15W base TDP and a much higher turbo power limit.
Unlike Alder Lake N and Twin Lake, Wildcat Lake is said to be built around that 15-35W band, which makes the “ultra” label sound like a marketing intern got carried away.
Most of the rest of the stack reportedly shifts to a two P-core plus four LP-E core layout, matching earlier chatter and keeping the design tight and cheap.
The top SKU is expected to be the Core 7 360, with up to 4.8GHz P-core turbo and up to 3.6GHz on the LP-E side.
Base clocks are pegged at 1.5GHz for the P-cores and 1.4GHz for the LP-E cores, using Cougar Cove performance cores and Darkmont LP-E cores lifted from the Panther Lake family.
There are no E-cores in this party, with Wildcat Lake sticking to a one- or two-plus-four-core scheme, which is a Chipzilla way of saying it knows exactly which segment it is chasing.
The graphics look modest, with two Xe3 iGPU cores and a turbo clock claimed at up to 2.6GHz depending on the SKU.
The iGPU is rumoured to land between nine and 21 AI TOPs, while the NPU is said to sit around 15-17 AI TOPs, well short of what Panther Lake is expected to push.
