Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
The Intel Core Ultra X9 388H is an upcoming high-end 16-core SoC of the Panther Lake family and top model with 12 Xe3 GPU cores.
It integrates a compute tile manufactured by Intel in the modern 18A process with 4 large Cougar Cove P-cores, 8 Darkmont E-cores and another 4 Darkmont LP E-cores. Furthermore, the new NPU 5 with 50 TOPS INT 8 and an IPU 7.5 image processor are installed.
The GPU tile contains a fast iGPU with 12 Xe3 cores and ray tracing support.
The third chiplet integrates the platform controller with 12 PCIe lanes, 4x Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 7 (R2) and Bluetooth Core 6.0. GPU and platform controller are manufactured by TSMC.
Beware, our information so far is still based on rumors and leaks and the Panther Lake presentation from Intel.
| Codename | Panther Lake |
| Level 3 Cache | 18 MB |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 16 / 16 4 x Intel Cougar Cove P-Core 8 x Intel Darkmont E-Core 4 x Intel Darkmont E-Core |
| Manufacturing Technology | 1.8 nm |
| GPU | Intel Arc B 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU |
| NPU / AI | 50 TOPS INT8 |
| Chip AI | 180 TOPS INT8 |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Architecture | x86 |
| Announcement Date | 01/15/2026 |
Benchmarks
- Average benchmark values* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
No reviews found for this CPU (yet).
