Panther Lake is one of Intel’s biggest reveals at CES 2026 this year. We got our first glimpse at Panther Lake-powered tech way back at IFA Berlin in early September, before leaked benchmarks arrived online. Now, as per Intel’s official reveal, a closer look at the new architecture reveals something great for gamers – multi-frame generation on integrated graphics.

It’s worth noting that Panther Lake is an architecture for mobile chips, not gaming desktops, primarily designed for laptops, notebooks, and generally speaking, productivity rather than gaming. However, Intel has shown that these new PL-powered laptops can still cater to some gaming on the side, with the help of XeSS 3 with AI features.

Panther Lake laptops have integrated graphics with XeSS 3 MFG

During its CES 2026 presentation, VP & GM of PC products at Intel, Dan Rogers, took to the stage to talk about Intel’s “Multi-year Arc of Innovation” – in other words, the company’s graphics journey since launching Arc back in 2021. In 2026, we see the launch of XeSS 3, Intel’s latest version of its upscaling and AI-enhanced technology, which now features Multi Frame Generation, in a similar vein to Nvidia’s DLSS 4. Intel’s top iGPU featured in Panther Lake is named the Arc B390.

“Today, we’re excited to confirm that the new Arc graphics in Panther Lake will be the first integrated graphics ever to ship day one with AI-based multi-frame generation, delivering three AI-generated frames for every one rendered frame.”

Dan Rogers, VP & GM, PC Products at Intel

XeSS 3 enables 4x multi-frame generation (this counts the one rasterized frame, plus the three AI-generated ones) to help smooth out gameplay, even on lower-end hardware and devices not typically catered to gaming, such as lightweight laptops. It should be said, however, that frame generation works best when you already have a steady framerate to begin with. Intel offered some benchmarks from Battlefield 6 to show off its gaming upgrade for “Thin & Light” devices.

“Arc B390 can already drive a smooth experience, smooth frame rates using Super Resolution, but as we turn of Multi-Frame Generation in the driver, you can see that we can scale to an incredibly smooth experience over 120 frames per second and nearly three times faster than AMD.”

Dan Rogers, VP & GM, PC Products at Intel

Most recently, we know Arc for the B-series discrete graphics cards, currently featuring the Intel Arc B580 and B570. Sadly, there is still no official mention of a B770 just yet, which would deliver a higher-end option from Intel and provide a true successor to the flagship Arc A770 from last generation. There have been plenty of clues in shipping data and leaked code, but the lack of a B770 launch remains one of the disappointments of CES 2026 so far.

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