Eye-watering Intel Nova Lake 52-core flagship CPU power consumption leaks

[Redaktion]

Intel's next-generation Nova Lake desktop CPUs are expected to land by the end of 2026. When the Core Ultra 400 desktop processors do release, the flagship 52-core CPU is reported to consume an absurd amount of power under full load.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Eye-watering-Intel-Nova-Lake-52-core-flagship-CPU-power-consumption-leaks.1223432.0.html

[Steve94]

So it's intel being intel... again

[xmi]

Buy a CPU, get a free space heater.

[Worgarthe]

Almost like it's in the same class as the Threadripper 9980X (which draws ~600W with PBO). Oh wait, it is! What a "surprise". Yet people expect it to be like a Lunar Lake or whatever...

[Joew]

Threadripper 9980x has 64 cores, 128 threads, each with AVX512 enabled, and a total of 4 memory channels and a lot dmore PCIe lanes. This thing is a toy compared to that.

[Worgarthe]

Threadripper 9980x has 64 cores, 128 threads, each with AVX512 enabled, and a total of 4 memory channels and a lot dmore PCIe lanes. This thing is a toy compared to that.

Oh, you already live somewhere at the end of 2026 so you have some insight into this Nova Lake 52C CPU toy? Drop some benchmarks please, I'm looking to see comparisons against the mentioned 9980X...

[Prassel]

This 700+ W power consumption is reportedly with the power limits removed. So, expect a much lower but still significant PL2 power limit.

Precisely. Nothing more must be said. Case closed.