Intel Core 300 'Wildcat Lake' specifications surface, six SKUs up to 35W TDP

Information about Intel's Wildcat Lake has been slowly emerging over the past few weeks. CPUs belonging to this yet unofficial lineup were first spotted on Geekbench and CrossMark, with another Core 3 304 entry surfacing later. Now, more information about Intel's Core 300 "Wildcat Lake" lineup has been uncovered by reputable leaker @Jaykihn on X (formerly Twitter).

According to the leak, the Intel Core 300 lineup will feature 6 SKUs, ranging from the base Core 3 304 to the flagship Core 7 360 CPU, with three Intel Core 5 SKUs in between. These CPUs are designed for efficiency, since they are mobile chips, which is why the leaked TDP ratings range from 15W to 35W across all SKUs.

Each CPU features a hybrid configuration, with two "Cougar Cove" P-cores paired with four low-power efficiency (LPE) cores. This configuration completely discards the "Darkmont" E-cores in favor of the LPE cores.

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There is a singular exception to the core pattern. We had previously wondered how a 1+4-core CPU could exist, per leaks, but now it looks like that is the case with the base Core 3 304. It features a single P-core paired with 4 LPE cores, quite a unique core layout. The turbo clock for the P-core on this CPU is leaked to be 4.3 GHz, while the LPE cores can turbo up to 3.3 GHz. This is likely a very bare-bones SKU for ultra-low-end laptops and embedded configurations that don't require much power.

For the flagship Core 7 360 CPU, the P-core turbo reportedly reaches 4.8 GHz, while the LPE cores can boost to 3.6 GHz. It looks like all six SKUs have 6 MB of L3 cache, integrated Intel Xe3 graphics, and one NPU tile.

The turbo clocks and TOPS of the iGPU and NPU increase as we go up the product stack. While the NPU performance won't be sufficient for serious AI work like powering LLMs, it will likely be sufficient for basic on-device applications. Intel does not provide vPro support for any Wildcat Lake SKU, which is likely a step to differentiate this lineup from its enterprise CPUs.

It remains to be seen how Intel differentiates Wildcat Lake from the already announced Panther Lake CPUs. By the looks of it, the Wildcat Lake CPUs are going to be used as a more efficient, and likely more affordable, alternative to Panther Lake for low-power laptops and notebooks. Intel has not yet announced the full Wildcat Lake lineup officially, but judging by all the leaks coming out, they had better pick up the pace.