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Intel Panther Lake Benchmarked vs Strix Halo/Strix Point vs RTX 3050/RX 6600 (Patreon)

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2026-01-13 18:29:06
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2026-01-13 18:58:03
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2026-01

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At CES 2026, Alex and Oliver grabbed a range of super-heavy benchmark tests from Intel's Lenovo-based Panther Lake reference laptop... and then sent them over to Rich for comparisons against a range of hardware. How well does Panther Lake stack up against AMD competitors Strix Point and Strix Halo? Rather well actually, to the point where we decided to stack up Intel's exciting new mobile silicon against entry-level desktop GPUs, with intriguing results.

Necessary caveats: while we expect the reference laptop to show retail-class performance, these are NOT final benchmarks. Intel gave us completely free rein on what we tested in terms of gaming benchmarks, but didn't give the go-ahead for CPU-based tests (eg CineBench).

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Intel Panther Lake Benchmarked vs Strix Halo/Strix Point vs RTX 3050/RX 6600

Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx At CES 2026, Alex and Oliver grabbed a range of super-heavy benchmark tests from Intel's Lenovo-based Panther Lake reference laptop... and then sent them over to Rich for comparisons against a range of hardware. How well does Panther Lake stack up against AMD competitors Strix Point and Strix Halo? Rather well actually, to the point where we decided to stack up Intel's exciting new mobile silicon against entry-level desktop GPUs, with intriguing results. Necessary caveats: while we expect the reference laptop to show retail-class performance, these are NOT final benchmarks. Intel gave us completely free rein on what we tested in terms of gaming benchmarks, but didn't give the go-ahead for CPU-based tests (eg CineBench). Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 Overview 01:04 Introducing Panther Lake 07:11 Mobile benchmarks: Panther Lake vs Strix Point and Strix Halo 28:27 Discrete graphics benchmarks: Panther Lake vs. RX 6600 and RTX 3050 34:41 Conclusion: XeSS, AMD comparisons, and handheld competition

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MattGPT

In the video it shows that the reference laptops run at 65 watts, with Intel saying the TDP on those chips is 80 w it will be interesting to see how a full power version scales and sits against Strix Halo on 80 w as well. I wonder if the reference laptops were set at 65 w because it is the sweet point for performance or just because it fits into a chassis and cooling for the reference design.

Digital Foundry

Package power when Strix is set to 80W is 80W, whereas on Intel here package power is between 58-64W. So I do think 65W is the best comparison point at this time.