- Intel says its new Panther Lake XE3 graphics will ‘set a new standard’ in the industry
- It comes after Nvidia and Intel’s partnership to create RTX SOCs
- This could spell good news for handheld games -PCs
The handheld game -PC space is growing continuously with new additions such as ROG Xbox Ally and Lenovo Legion Go 2, using AMDS Ryzen Z2 Extreme Processors. However, we could soon see new Intel -powered handheld handhelds with processors that could see AMD degraded in the handheld market.
As reported by Videocardz, Intel says Panther Lake’s XE3 graphics will ‘set a new standard’ for both Team Blue itself and the industry, with ‘major investments’ in graphics and AI, giving credibility to rumors of Panther Lake processors with 12 XE3 kernels.
Although there is nothing official to report on in terms of performance expectations and specifications, we can expect to see more details closer to the launch of Panther Lake -lineup next year.
However, what we can take from this is that Intel’s upcoming SOCs for laptops and specifically handhelds could give AMD a race for his money within the handheld processor market.
It is also worth noting that this is coming after Intel and Nvidia’s partnership, which could see RTX SOCs come to handheld -and given the quality of NVIDIA’s DLSS 4 up -scaling technology with the help of super solution and framework generation, it could leave AMD that connects by straw in the SOC room, especially If it can’t port FSR 4 back to older RDNA 3 GPUs and IGPUs.
While these RTX SOCs were likely to land after Panther Lake lineup, Intels lifting a ‘new standard’ for XE3 graphics may be enough to suggest that it is leaping ahead of all SOCs currently available -even with Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, driving one of the best handheld games, MSI Claw 8 AI+.
Analysis: I just hope the prices are not out of Panther-Sø-powered handheld handheld
Without sugar coating, almost all of the new handhelds (except for the GPD victory 5 and Onexfly Apex) are for expensive, with ROG Xbox Ally X costs $ 999 / £ 799 / AU $ 1,599 and Lenovo Legion GO 2 starting at $ 1,099 / £ 899 / AU $ 1,809.
These devices have no place that costs as much as they do, given the equality of the performance of much cheaper units like the original Asus Rog Ally and Lenovo Legion go, but I will not repeat myself.
In short, if they are so powerful (or close to) AMDS RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 processor, then they have every reason to cost a premium prize, but I am questionable considering the current trend of overpriced units.
Although there is a chance that Panther Lake handhelds will not be too expensive, I expect RTX SOCS later on the line will eventually lead to higher prices, but maybe it is a little too early to speculate on these chips. I just hope that when producers first use Intel’s upcoming processors, they can avoid prices closer to $ 1,000 where possible, but I know it’s wishful thinking.
