Intel Arc G3 Handheld Internals Revealed As MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ Bares All by Chris Harper — Saturday, June 13, 2026, 02:52 PM EDT The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, one of the first handhelds to leverage Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme SoC, is set to release on June 23rd. …
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ Debuts With Intel Arc G3 Extreme For June 23 Launch by Chris Harper — Monday, June 01, 2026, 02:14 PM EDT Following a recent leak , the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ has officially debuted at Computex 2026 with a $1500 MSRP. …
… The Intel Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme are customized versions of Intel's extant Core Ultra Series 3 silicon directly aimed at gaming handhelds, much like AMD's Ryzen Z series are based on that company's laptop chips. …
… The Arc G-Series is basically Panther Lake optimized for handhelds, and it is what underpins Acer's new Predator Atlas 8. There are two main variants, one with an Arc G3 Extreme chip and another with a regular Arc G3 inside. …
… The more important single-core results are closer, with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme able to flex its newer Zen 5 architecture to put the Arc G3 Extreme less than 8% ahead as the Ryzen Z1 Extreme trails behind by a considerable margin at 18% slower. …
… This is borne out by both Reddit users who have installed it on desktops with discrete Arc GPUs as well as ETA PRIME's testing on the MSI Claw 8 AI+ Lunar Lake handheld with Arc 140V graphics. …
… Unfortunately, just as Intel never released a gaming GPU with the "Big Battlemage" BMG-G31 GPU used in the Arc Pro B70, it seems like the Xe3P architecture will remain exclusive to professional GPUs. …