Some of the specifications of the upcoming Wildcat Lake CPUs have been leaked through the NBD shipping manifest.
Wildcat Lake NBD Shipment Log Reveals Wildcat Lake Will be Rated at 15W, 1.5 GHz of Base Clock, and 6 MB of L3 Cache
Intel's power-efficient Wildcat Lake family has been spotted in an NBD shipping manifest, unveiling some of its specifications. The series will be based on the same Cougar Cove Performance cores and Darkmont LP-E cores used in the current Panther Lake series. However, the Wildcat Lake is aimed at ultra-power-efficient devices, including laptops and mini PCs, succeeding the Alder Lake-N/Twin Lake series.
As per the leaked NBD shipment manifest, the new series will offer a base clock of 1.5 GHz and 6 MB of L3 cache. As previously expected, the chips will be rated at up to 15 W, which is a bit higher than the previous-gen ultra-power-efficient Intel chips. Wildcat Lake will offer a 2+4 core configuration, featuring 2 Performance cores and 4 LP-E cores. However, the chips will skip the Efficient cores, as we know from earlier reports.
The series will boast a chiplet design and won't be monolithic. According to earlier leaks, these CPUs will have Thunderbolt 4, LPDDR5X/DDR5 support as well. Since these will be smaller compared to the Panther Lake SoCs, a BGA 1516 package will be used for them, which is significantly smaller than the BGA 2540 socket for the Panther Lake. That said, despite being entry-level chips, the processors will feature up to 40 TOPS of AI power through a CPU+GPU+NPU combination.
The GPU will boast 18 AI TOPS of power, the NPU will have a similar AI power, while the CPU will deliver up to 4 AI TOPS. The GPU won't be as strong as the integrated graphics on Panther Lake, and we are expected to see 2 Xe3 cores. As far as the release is concerned, we don't have any official information, but it's expected that the Wildcat CPUs will launch in the first half of this year. Its Refreshed lineup is expected to make a debut next year, as we recently reported.
Intel Wildcat Lake vs Alder Lake-N
| CPU Family | Wildcat Lake Refresh | Wildcat Lake | Twin Lake | Alder Lake-N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Family | Core-N? | Core-N? | Core N/N | Core N/N |
| P-Core Architecture | Cougar Cove | Cougar Cove | N/A | N/A |
| E-Core Architecture | Darkmont | Darkmont | Gracemont | Gracemont |
| GPU Architecture | Xe3 | Xe3 | Intel UHD | Intel UHD |
| Max P-Cores | 4 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| Max E-Cores | 4 | 4 (LP) | 8 | 8 |
| Max GPU Cores | TBD | 2 Xe3 Cores | 32 EUs | 32 EUs |
| TDP | 9-15W? | 15W | 9-15W | 9-15W |
| L3 Cache | TBD | 6 MB | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Launch | 1H 2027? | 1H 2026? | Q1 2025 | Q1 2023 |
News Source: @x86deadandback
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