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Intel Core Ultra 9 386H

Intel Core Ultra 9 386H

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Key specifications
Codename
Panther Lake-H
Product family
Intel Core Ultra 9
Generation
3. Generation
Release date
05.01.2026
Rebadge
No
Socket
FCBGA2540
CPU specifications
Hybrid architecture
Yes
Total core count
16
Total thread count
16
Instruction set
x86-64
Instruction set extensions
AVX2, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Hyper-Threading
No
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
2.0
Intel Thread Director
Yes
Performance Cores
Microarchitecture
Cougar Cove
Core count
4
Threads per core
1
Base clock
2100 MHz
Boost clock
4900 MHz
Efficient Cores
Microarchitecture
Darkmont
Core count
8
Threads per core
1
Base clock
1600 MHz
Boost clock
3700 MHz
Low-Power Efficient Cores
Microarchitecture
Darkmont
Core count
4
Threads per core
1
Base clock
1600 MHz
Boost clock
3500 MHz
Cache
L3 Cache
18 MB
Power Consumption
Base power consumption
25 Watt / PBP
Maximum turbo power consumption
80 Watt / MTP
Minimum guaranteed power
15 Watt
Manufacturing
Process node
2 nm
CPU lithography
Intel 18A
Foundry
Intel
Chiplet design
CPU (Intel 18A), Foveros 3D, GPU (Intel 3), SoC (TSMC)
Integrated Graphics
Name
Intel Graphics
Architecture
Xe3-LPG
Xe Cores
4
Boost clock
2500 MHz
DirectX
12 Ultimate
Hardware ray tracing
Yes
Video decode
AV1, H.264, H.265, H.266
Video encode
AV1, H.264, H.265
Number of supported displays
4
NPU specifications
NPU name
Intel AI Boost
NPU performance
50 TOPS (INT8)
Copilot+ capable
Yes
Memory
Memory support
DDR5, LPDDR5X
Maximum memory speed
9600 MT/s
Maximum memory capacity
128 GB
Memory channels
2
ECC support
No
Expansion
PCIe version
4.0 x8, 5.0 x12
PCIe configuration
x8 PCIe5 (1x8, 2x4) x4 PCIe5 (1x4, 2x2) x4 PCIe4 (1x4, 2x2, 4x1) x4 PCIe4 (1x4, 2x2, 4x1)
Platform features
Bluetooth 6.0, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 7

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