Intel plans cheaper Arc G3 processor for portable consoles with 8 CPU cores and 4 Xe3 GPU cores

Intel plans entry-level Arc G3 processor for portable consoles

He Intel Arc G3 and the Arc G3 Extreme they have 14 cores and a small difference in its GPU, where the most powerful model has 12 Xe3 Cores and the “basic” model goes down to 10 Xe3 Cores of its integrated GPU. Aside from this more notable difference, there are minimal differences in terms of CPU and/or GPU speeds. But the model that Intel plans to introduce reduces these features to just 8 CPU cores and 4 GPU coresoffering a much more economical model for those users who want to spend less.

The well-known leaker Jaykhin has left a brief post on the social network X/Twitterwhere it indicates that this new reference will be formed by 4+0+4+4 cores. This is 4 high performance cores, 4 ultra low consumption and 4 Xe3 cores for the integrated GPU. Unlike the Arc G3 and G3 Extremewhich have 2 high-performance cores, this model would offer twice as many of these cores in exchange for reducing the number of high-efficiency cores to 0. That is, the G3 and G3 Extreme current ones would have a configuration of 2+8+4+10 and 2+8+4+12 respectively.

4+0+4+4 configuration: architecture optimized for budget consoles

But this configuration 4+0+4+4 has already been seen in some processors Intel for laptops, so it would not be unusual to bring it to gaming consoles and offer a good price as an entry level. At the moment there is no more information about this supposed launch, we will have to wait for new leaks to find out more information such as clock speeds or memory compatibility, if it finally sees the light as another option within the Intel Arc G3 Series.