There’s been a mega leak focusing on Dell’s next-generation laptops that will include Intel’s Panther Lake, Nova Lake, and the upcoming Snapdragon X chips.
Intel Panther Lake, Nova Lake, 2nd and 3rd Gen Qualcomm Snapdragon X Among CPUs in Dell’s Big Leak
A leaked document listing Dell’s entire portfolio of next-generation XPS products and production plans speaks to several upcoming chips. The leak is pretty significant and shouldn’t have gone public, but it did spill the beans on a few upcoming laptop processors from Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD. The plan shows the following release schedules for the Dell XPS line (does not represent the actual release timeline of these chips):
- Lunar Lake-MX “Core Ultra 200V” – September 2024
- Arrow Lake-H/U/P “Core Ultra 200” – January 2025
- Qualcomm Oryon “Snapdragon X V2” – July 2025
- Panther Lake-H/U/P “Core Ultra 300” – October 2025
- Nova Lake-H/U/P “Core Ultra 400” – October 2026
- AMD XPS Next Generation “Ryzen AI HX” – January 2027
- Qualcomm Oryon “Snapdragon X V3” – October 2027
Intel Panther Lake and Nova Lake in 2025-2026. after Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake this year
Starting with Intel’s lineup, the company first talks about the availability schedule of the next-generation Arrow Lake-U, Arrow Lake-P, and Arrow Lake-H chips. It looks like the Lunar Lake-MX, which will target thin and light designs, will be the first to go. Lunar Lake will be labeled under the “Core Ultra 200V” family and will contain a total of 8 cores (4 P + 4 LP-E), Battlemage “Arc Xe2-LPG” GPU with 8 Xe-Cores, up to 32 GB LPDDR5X on-pack memory and NPU capable of more than 100 AI TOPs (total accumulated).
Dell expects the first designs to be ready in late 2024, while the Arrow Lake-U/P/H CPUs will hit shelves in early 2025 (Q1). Although the exact model is not specified, it seems that these chips will be offered with the latest NVIDIA Blackwell Gaming GPUs under the RTX 50 series. We know that Arrow Lake will scale from 2 P-cores + 6 E-cores to up to 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores with the latest Lion Cove and Skymont core architectures. The chips will also include Alchemist and Alchemist+ Xe-LPG(+) iGPUs and have enhanced NPU capabilities.
Next up, Intel will have Panther Lake ready to arrive in the first half of 2026 which will mostly feature the Panther Lake-H series and they will be accompanied by a refreshed Blackwell RTX 50 GPU line for laptops. Panther Lake is expected to feature the latest Cougar Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores. Dell mentions a performance entry by mid-Q2 2026 and a 40W TDP variant of the XPS 14 around the same timeline. The company will also offer a refreshed Lunar Lake-MX SKU with a 20W TDP in 2026 under the XPS 13 design.
Eventually, Intel is expected to introduce Nova Lake as a next-generation offering that will come in 20W, 40W, and 80W TDP options. Dell is expected to launch the XPS 16 laptop in the first quarter of 2027.
Intel Mobility CPU line:
| Processor family | Panther Lake | Moon lake | Lake Arrow | Meteor lake | Lake of raptors | Alder Lake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process node (CPU board) | Intel 18A | Intel 20A | Intel 20A | Intel 4 | Intel 7 | Intel 7 |
| Process node (GPU board) | TSMC 3/2nm? | TSMC 3nm? | TSMC 3nm | TSMC 5nm | Intel 7 | Intel 7 |
| CPU architecture | Hybrid | Hybrid | Hybrid (quad core) | Hybrid (triple cores) | Hybrid (dual core) | Hybrid (dual core) |
| P-Core architecture | Cougar Cove | Lion’s Bay | Lion’s Bay | Redwood Cove | Raptor Cove | Golden bay |
| E-Core architecture | Skymont? | ON | Skymont | Crestmont | Gracemont | Gracemont |
| LP E-Core Architecture (SOC) | Skymont? | Skymont | Crestmont | Crestmont | ON | ON |
| Top configuration | TBD | 4+4 (MX series) | TBD | 6+8 (H-series) | 6+8 (H-series) 8+16 (series HX) |
6+8 (H-series) 8+8 (HX-series) |
| Max cores/threads | TBD | 8/8? | TBD | 14/20 | 14/20 | 14/20 |
| Planned composition | Series H/P/U | V-series | Series H/P/U | Series H/P/U | Series H/P/U | Series H/P/U |
| GPU architecture | Xe3-LPG (sky) | Xe2-LPG (Battlemage) | Xe-LPG (Alchemist) | Xe-LPG (Alchemist) | Iris Xe (12th generation) | Iris Xe (12th generation) |
| GPU execution units | TBD | 64 EU | 192 EU | 128 EU (1024 colors) | 96 EU (768 colors) | 96 EU (768 colors) |
| Memory support | TBD | LPDDR5X-8533 | TBD | DDR5-5600 LPDDR5-7400 LPDDR5X – 7400+ |
DDR5-5200 LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR5-6400 |
DDR5-4800 LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR5X-4267 |
| Memory capacity (max.) | TBD | 32 GB | TBD | 96 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Thunderbolt ports | TBD | TBD | TBD | 4 (TB4) | 4 (TB4) | 4 (TB4) |
| WiFi possibility | TBD | Wi-Fi 7 | TBD | Wi-Fi 6E | Wi-Fi 6E | Wi-Fi 6E |
| TDP | TBD | 17-30W | TBD | 7W-45W | 15-55W | 15-55W |
| Run it | 2H 2025 | 2H 2024 | 2H 2024 | 2H 2023 | 1st semester 2023 | 1st half of 2022 |
Snapdragon gets V2 and V3 upgrade with next-gen Oryon cores from 2025.
Moving to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X platforms, it looks like Dell will fully embrace the new platform with its first laptop debuting mid-year in 10-core “PLUS” and 12-core “ELITE” offerings. Dell’s roadmap also reveals that the company is making good progress with its Oryon-powered V2 2nd Gen and V3 3rd Gen CPUs, which are expected to debut in late 2025 and late 2027, respectively, if all goes according to plan. .
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There’s also mention of an AMD-powered XPS 16 laptop that will include a performance-level variant, although details on which generation or family will be used are pretty slim. The laptop is slated for a 2027 release, so we can expect something like the Zen 6 or its successor to be the first laptop in over a decade to feature in Dell’s XPS lineup.
AMD Ryzen Mobility processors:
| Last name of the processor | AMD sound wave? | AMD Cracked Point | AMD Fire Range | AMD Strix Point Halo | AMD Strix Point | AMD Hawk Point | AMD Dragon Range | AMD Phoenix | AMD Rembrandt | AMD Cezanne | AMD Renoir | AMD Picasso | AMD Raven Ridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family branding | TBD | AMD Ryzen 9040 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 8055 (HX series) | AMD Ryzen 8050 (H-series) | AMD Ryzen 8050 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 8040 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 7045 (HX series) | AMD Ryzen 7040 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 6000 AMD Ryzen 7035 |
AMD Ryzen 5000 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 4000 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 3000 (H/U-series) | AMD Ryzen 2000 (H/U-series) |
| Process node | TBD | 4 nm | 5 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | 5 nm | 4 nm | 6 nm | 7 nm | 7 nm | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| CPU core architecture | Zen 6? | Zen 5 | Zen 5 | Zen 5 + Zen 5C | Zen 5 + Zen 5C | Zen 4 + Zen 4C | Zen 4 | Zen 4 | Zen 3+ | Zen 3 | Zen 2 | Zen + | Zen 1 |
| CPU cores/threads (max) | TBD | 8/16 | 16/32 | 16/32 | 12/24 | 8/16 | 16/32 | 8/16 | 8/16 | 8/16 | 8/16 | 4/8 | 4/8 |
| L2 cache (max.) | TBD | TBD | TBD | 24 MB | 12 MB | 4 MB | 16 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache (max.) | TBD | 32 MB | TBD | 64 MB | 24 MB | 16 MB | 32 MB | 16 MB | 16 MB | 16 MB | 8 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Maximum CPU clocks | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 5.4 GHz | 5.2 GHz | 5.0 GHz (Ryzen 9 6980HX) | 4.80 GHz (Ryzen 9 5980HX) | 4.3 GHz (Ryzen 9 4900HS) | 4.0 GHz (Ryzen 7 3750H) | 3.8 GHz (Ryzen 7 2800H) |
| GPU core architecture | RDNA 3+ iGPU | RDNA 3+ 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3+ 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3+ 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3+ 4nm iGPU | RDNA 3 4nm iGPU | RDNA 2 6nm iGPU | RDNA 3 4nm iGPU | RDNA 2 6nm iGPU | Vega improved 7nm | Vega improved 7nm | Vega 14 nm | Vega 14 nm |
| Max. GPU cores | TBD | 12 CU (786 cores) | 2 CU (128 cores) | 40 CU (2560 cores) | 16 CU (1024 cores) | 12 CU (786 cores) | 2 CU (128 cores) | 12 CU (786 cores) | 12 CU (786 cores) | 8 CU (512 cores) | 8 CU (512 cores) | 10 CU (640 cores) | 11 CU (704 cores) |
| Max. GPU clocks | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 2800 MHz | 2200 MHz | 2800 MHz | 2400 MHz | 2100 MHz | 1750 MHz | 1400 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| TDP (cTDP down/up) | TBD | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 55W-75W (65W cTDP) | 55W-125W | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 55W-75W (65W cTDP) | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 15W-55W (65W cTDP) | 15W -54W (54W cTDP) | 15W-45W (65W cTDP) | 12-35 W (35 W cTDP) | 35W-45W (65W cTDP) |
| Run it | 2026? | 2025? | 2nd half of 2024? | 2H 2024? | 2H 2024 | First quarter of 2024 | First quarter of 2023 | Second quarter of 2023 | First quarter of 2022 | First quarter of 2021 | Second quarter of 2020 | First quarter of 2019 | Fourth quarter of 2018 |
The thing about this leak is that there is no definitive idea of what the Dell XPS line could look like as this is just a blueprint followed by suggestions for next-gen solutions. Given that Intel, AMD & Qualcomm can change their production plans in the coming years, the plan can change a lot, but it gives a perspective of what to expect in the coming year from one of the major OEMs in the technology industry.
News sources: VideoCardz, scribd