The new Intel 300 processor has leaked into Internet gossip as a low-cost entry-level desktop model. It is expected to be officially launched under the Raptor Lake Refresh platform.

You may remember Intel’s announcement cancel the ‘Pentium’ and ‘Celeron’ brands which have been part of Intel’s catalog for the past two decades and together with Atom covered the entry-level range of the CPU market. The measure has been in effect since this year and took shape at CES in January with the introduction of Alder Lake N for notebooks and support for Windows and Chrome OS. although other Linux can be used.

Intel N has taken off well and we’ve seen it on some notebooks and a few Mini-PCs. But Intel still has Pentium and Celeron versions up to Alder Lake Gen12 in its desktop lineup.

Intel 300 for the cheapest desktop computers

This CPU is sure to launch a new desktop line. From the leaked specifications, everything indicates that it is a direct replacement for the Pentium Gold G7400. These types of models will not use the Core hybrid architecture and will only have two cores (P for performance) and 4 processing threads, 6 MB of L3 cache, a maximum clock frequency of 3.9 GHz and a maximum consumption of 46 watts. TDP.

We do not know what type of integrated graphics it will use, nor the technological support, although it should not be too different from the mentioned Intel N, so compatibility with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless standards can be expected; DDR4, DDR5 and LPDDR5 RAM and UFS, eMMC and SSD storage to increase the flexibility of use for hardware partners who use them.

There is no official confirmation of the model that should be very economical and be intended for the most basic desktop computers with Intel processors. If the information is accurate, it will be listed as part of the Raptor Lake Refresh.