Following the recent successful release of its Core Ultra Series 3 processors (codenamed Panther Lake), today Intel is unveiling their lower-end counterparts in the Core Series 3 – note the distinct lack of “Ultra”. These are meant to go into cheaper laptops, and Intel says it’s aimed at consumers and small businesses who are on a five-year upgrade cycle.
Compared to a five-year-old PC powered by a Core i7-1185G7, these processors deliver 47% better single-thread performance, 41% better multi-thread performance, and 2.8x better GPU AI performance. The Core Series 3 SKUs are built on Intel’s 18A process node technology, which Intel bills as “the most advanced logic node developed and manufactured in the US.”
The Core Series 3 is Intel’s first “hybrid AI-ready Core Series processor”, supporting AI workloads with up to 40 platform tops. The Core Series 3 processors support two Thunderbolt 4 ports, Bluetooth 6, and Wi-Fi 7. These are “designed for all-day battery life” with up to 64% less processor power compared to the previous generation Core 7 150U.
| total cores and threads | P-Core Max Turbo (GHz) | Smart Cash (MB) | On the top | brand | Xe-core | Maximum frequency(GHz) | On the top | Maximum Speed(MT/s) | Max capacity | base power | max turbo power | Eligibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| intel core 7 360 | 6 | 4.8 | 6 | 17 | intel graphics | 2Xe | 2.6 | 21 | lp5/x7467 ddr5 6400 |
48GB (LP5/X) 64GB (DDR5) |
15W | 35W | Yes |
| intel core 7 350 | 6 | 4.8 | 6 | 17 | 2Xe | 2.6 | 21 | No | |||||
| intel core 5 330 | 6 | 4.6 | 6 | 16 | 2Xe | 2.5 | 20 | Yes | |||||
| intel core 5 320 | 6 | 4.6 | 6 | 16 | 2Xe | 2.5 | 20 | No | |||||
| intel core 5 315 | 6 | 4.4 | 6 | 15 | 2Xe | 2.3 | 18 | No | |||||
| intel core 3 304 | 5 | 4.3 | 6 | 15 | 1Xe | 2.3 | 9 | No |
The above table provides details of the different SKUs available. They will appear very soon (in fact from today) in over 70 laptop designs from Acer, Asus, Dell, Honor, HP, Infinix, Lenovo, MSI, Samsung, Tecno, Wiko and others.
As you can see, all these SKUs have 6 cores, except the entry-level one which has 5. Their peak turbo frequencies range from 4.3GHz to 4.8GHz, they all get the same 6MB Smart Cache LLC, and of course the higher-end models have better NPUs and better GPUs. They all support LP5/X 7467 and DDR5 6400 memory, up to 48GB in the former and up to 64GB in the latter. The TDP for all is 15W and the turbo TDP is 35W.
