Watch: Intel's Tom Petersen talks Arc G3 and handheld gaming at Computex
Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme chipset could be a game-changer for handheld gaming PCs, and we got our first glimpse of how that'd be on the show floor at Computex 2026. …
Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme chipset could be a game-changer for handheld gaming PCs, and we got our first glimpse of how that'd be on the show floor at Computex 2026. …
There's a new wave of handheld gaming PCs coming out in 2026 and they're packing Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme chips. …
… But AMD offered chips designed with handhelds in mind first. Enter the Arc G3, an Intel CPU that dumps the "Core" branding in favor of a name previously reserved for Intel's graphics cards and iGPUs. …
For my money the most exciting announcement of Computex 2026 so far has been the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ gaming handheld, which is among the first devices to hit the market powered by the new Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor. …
… The Intel Arc G3 processor a variant of the latest Core Ultra series 3/Panther Lake is Intel's answer to the Ryzen Z series, showing some very promising debuts at Computex with handhelds from MSI, Acer, and OneXPlayer. …
… This is Intel's first custom-made chip for handhelds, an alternative to AMD's Ryzen Z series. The Arc G3 Extreme features Arc B390-level integrated graphics, at least according to Intel, with the non-Extreme version stepping down slightly to Arc B370. …
… To add insult to injury, Intel claims that at 17 watts the G3 Extreme matches the Z2 Extreme at 35 watts – an utterly massive win in the power-constrained handheld space. – Adam Patrick Murray MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ MSI leads the launch lineup of Intel Arc G3 Extreme devices and continues the company’s … …