Intel Panther Lake Powers Asus Zenbook Duo

Intel's new Panther Lake Core Ultra X9 388H appears in the 2026 Asus Zenbook Duo after recent hands-on testing, showing strong single- and multi-core performance and energy efficiency. The 16-core chip (12 Xe graphics cores, 25W base up to 80W turbo) delivered over 14 hours battery life, beat AMD Strix Point in most benchmarks, and produced competitive 4K Premiere exports.