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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on December 22, 2025, 19:20:08

Title: Exorbitant Intel Nova Lake price and monstrous specs leak with 52 cores, 288 MB bLLC, and 15% IPC uplift for P-cores
Post by: Redaktion on December 22, 2025, 19:20:08
Intel Nova Lake CPUs are scheduled to release sometime in late 2026. Intel is reportedly going all-out with up to 52 total cores and even 144 MB of extra last-level L3 cache. However, RedGamingTech has repored that there could be an even more monstrous Nova Lake SKU which doubles the 144 MB last-level cache.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Exorbitant-Intel-Nova-Lake-price-and-monstrous-specs-leak-with-52-cores-288-MB-bLLC-and-15-IPC-uplift-for-P-cores.1190609.0.html
Title: Re: Exorbitant Intel Nova Lake price and monstrous specs leak with 52 cores, 288 MB bLLC, and 15% IP
Post by: jayn2 on December 22, 2025, 20:28:31
... so an article about an exorbitant price, without Intel announcing any price.  Seems a bit unfair.
Title: Re: Exorbitant Intel Nova Lake price and monstrous specs leak with 52 cores, 288 MB bLLC, and 15% IP
Post by: Gee on December 23, 2025, 01:24:00
These CPUs could be worthwhile if they had at least quad-channel memory. Unfortunately, the early leaks suggest that they still have dual channel. I didn't realize the importance of memory bandwidth until I switched from Skylake-X to Raptor Lake, and discovered that many programs actually run slower. I have now switched to M4 max (8 channels) and is satisfied, despite having only 16 cores.
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