New leaks on Intel’s Panther Lake processors with 18a production process have emerged. Previously, it was confirmed that the series will use the 5th generation NPU and 18A production process. The latest information shows that the series is not planned for the desktop and that it is directly developed for the laptop segment. Let’s take a look at the details.

Designed for mobile platforms

Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake processors have been confirmed. Accordingly, Panther Lake is expected to get power from Cougar Cove performance cores and will be part of the Core Ultra 300 series, which will be released in the second half of 2025. Let’s also say that it will be based on the 18A production process. In the top configuration, a 16 -core structure will be presented.

• Up to 16 cores (4P Cougar Cove + 8E SkyMont + 4LP)
• 12 XE3 GPU Nucleus
• 10 AI Tops
• PCIE 5.0 Line up to 12
• Comes to laptops in the second half of 2025

In addition, the Panther Lake processors will offer 12 XE3 GPU seeds, up to 10 Tops artificial intelligence performance and PCIE 5.0 support. In the GPU section, we will see that Battlemage is transition to Celestial XE-LPG architecture that will be the successor of Battlemage. This means a significant performance increase especially on the graphic side.

As for Wildcat Lake, some information containing this series has been confirmed. Wildcat Lake is positioned as a lower configuration version of Panther Lake. The top model will have a 6 -core structure. On the GPU side, 2 XE3 seeds are used. The processor, which comes with the support of PCIe 4.0, will mostly appeal to ultra -portable laptops.

• 2 Performance Core (P-Core)
• 0 Efficiency Core (E-Core)
• 4 Low Powerful Core (LP-Core)
• 40 AI Tops
• Up to 6 PCIe line