Intel's 'Wildcat Lake' Core 300 series of processors is built for the entry-level PC segment, balancing CPU, GPU, and NPU power in low-power systems. Powered by the company's cutting-edge 18A process node, similar to what's found in Panther Lake, the big thing here is the introduction of the RibbonFET architecture, which dramatically improves efficiency compared to more traditional FinFET designs.
Recently, we've begun to see benchmarks for unreleased products pop up online, which has led to some significant buzz surrounding the lineup. For example, a PassMark benchmark result for the entry-level Core 3 305 from the Wildcat Lake series, which features 6 CPU cores and a single Xe3 graphics core, delivered multi-threaded performance that beats the Apple A18 Pro found in the MacBook Neo.
It even managed to edge out the Core 5 315, which is encouraging. Today, while exploring the various tech-based sights and sounds at Computex 2026, we noticed an Intel engineering board for a Wildcat Lake system with an Intel Core Processor 360, Xe3 graphics, 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, and Phison's aiDAPTIV AI20EH storage built for local AI. The SSD sports 768GB of storage with an impressive 85GB of cache. Basically, this is a low-power, efficient look at a laptop that could be a game-changer for efficient local AI workloads.
This looks like the top Wildcat Lake processor, and it was definitely cool to see it in pre-release engineering form. Kind of like a mini-Panther Lake with impressive potential, especially when paired with one of Phison's aiDAPTIV SSDs that are built for AI workloads. Although we couldn't see the chip itself, it's underneath the custom heatsink with the two locked prongs; today's Computex 2026 journey felt like it contained a little detour into Intel's lab.
