Intel Panther Lake SKUs Appear in Apparent Leak

Intel's Panther Lake CPUs for laptops won't arrive until sometime in 2026, but we're getting a glimpse of the initial lineup. The SKU list comes by way of a leak, so the usual grain of salt applies, but it provides a general sense of what Intel is planning for the first batch of CPUs to emerge from its 18A node. Panther Lake (and shortly after, Nova Lake) chips will come at a critical time for Intel, which underwent a leadership change and faces substantial challenges from competitors. Intel plans to release more information about Panther Lake at an event later this week.

If the recent leak (which appeared on Chiphell) is correct, the first set of Panther Lake CPUs will include three different configurations, each with four SKUs, for a total of 12 chips. They will be the Core Ultra X300, Core Ultra, and Core Ultra 300U ...