en.Wedoany.com Reported - May 1 news, Intel's yet-to-be-officially-released handheld-specific processor, the Arc G3 Extreme, has appeared in the PassMark benchmark database. Data shows that the chip achieved a multi-thread score of 29,622 points and a single-thread score of 4,288 points, with multi-core performance leading the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, designed by the U.S. company AMD for the handheld market, by approximately 25%, and single-core performance leading by about 8%.
The platform where the benchmark scores leaked this time is PassMark, a widely referenced third-party CPU performance benchmarking tool in the industry. According to the PassMark database, the Arc G3 Extreme's multi-thread score of 29,622 points is significantly higher than the Ryzen Z2 Extreme's 23,649 points, while the single-thread score improved from the competitor's 3,964 points to 4,288 points. Tech media outlets such as TweakTown and TechPowerUp all reported on this performance gap on May 1.
The CPU configuration of the Arc G3 Extreme adopts a 14-core, 14-thread 2+8+4 hybrid architecture design, including 2 performance cores based on the Panther Cove architecture and 12 efficiency cores based on the Darkmont architecture (8 E-cores plus 4 LPE-cores), with a base frequency of 3.7GHz, a turbo boost up to 4.6GHz, and equipped with 12MB of L3 cache and 18MB of L2 cache. The integrated graphics feature the Arc B390, integrating 12 Xe3 graphics cores, delivering over 50% improvement in graphics performance compared to the Radeon 890M and the Arc 140V with 8 Xe2 cores, and supporting XeSS 3 and variable graphics memory capacity technology.
In terms of power settings, the chip's TDP range is 15 to 30W, supporting LPDDR5x-9600 memory. Although its performance is on par with the Core Ultra 5 338H running at 25W, the Arc G3 Extreme has been deeply optimized for low-power handheld platforms.
As the chip is about to be officially released, devices equipped with the Arc G3 Extreme have also begun entering the market preparation stage. Italian retailer Ollo Store has already listed the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld in advance, featuring an 8-inch 120Hz screen, 32GB of memory, and 1TB of storage, priced at 1,599 euros, directly confirming the naming convention for Intel's handheld processors and the specific specifications of the first product.
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