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In all my time testing Panther Lake, it’s been clear that Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips are huge for gaming — packing a beasty internal GPU with all that XeSS 3 AI trickery to boost frame rates to unseen levels in anything outside of a dedicated Nvidia RTX 50-series gaming laptop.Team Blue knew they were onto something, and confirmed a different version of this chip with that same GPU will be coming to gaming handhelds. And now at Computex 2026, it’s finally happening. Meet the Intel Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme processors — you can expect full testing and a deep dive from me soon, but for now, here’s everything you need to know.Intel Arc G3: Specs comparisonSwipe to scroll horizontallySpecIntel Arc G3Intel Arc G3 ExtremeAMD Ryzen Z2 ExtremeCores14148 cores / 16 threadsCore mix2 performance, 8 efficiency, 4 LP-efficiency2 performance, 8 efficiency, 4 LP-efficiency3 Zen 5, 5 Zen 5cGPU coresArc B370 (10 Xe3 cores)Arc B390 (12 Xe3 cores)RDNA 3.5 (16 cores)Max GPU clock speed2.2 GHz2.3 GHz2.9 GHzThe deep dive
(Image credit: Intel)A lot more details (and hands-on time) will be shared at Computex, and you'll see these handhelds start to roll out in June, with broader availability "throughout the year."Translation: expect to see Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme handhelds launch sometime in August.These chips take that breakthrough integrated GPU from the Core Ultra X series chips — the 10-core Arc B370 for the G3, and the 12-core Arc B390 for the G3 Extreme — and stuff them into a handheld with a lower wattage.The result? I predict shockingly good gameplay on the go with power efficiency at its heart (thanks to that improved power management and the new efficiency cores being able to take on more of the load).But the advantages over AMD keep coming. Intel is able to precompile in-game shaders using cloud servers (no more waiting ages for your cloud shaders).Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.Oh, and XeSS 3 is the big thing here, with AI-based resolution scaling, multi-frame generation up to 4X, and low-latency tech to ensure those AI frames don't bog down your gameplay responsiveness.What handhelds will pack Arc G3?At the moment, we know of three.Acer Predator Atlas 8
