Intel Nova Lake CPU Leaked Specs Hint At Huge Performance Boost
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Intel is one of the biggest tech giants in the chip segment; no wonder why its new products become a topic of discussion. The company has now confirmed plans for some of its upcoming CPUs during its Q4 earnings call. The Intel CPUs in question here are the Panther Lake and Nova Lake. Speaking of the Nova Lake family, a fresh specs leak reveals that a 2026-bound Intel CPU could offer double PC performance.
The leaked specs hint that Intel’s flagship Nova Lake CPU could be a performance beast
A Reddit post, first spotted by X user HXL (@9550pro), details rumored specs of Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs. Per the post, the flagship variant, Nova Lake-S, could launch with 16 Performance cores (P-cores) and 32 Efficiency cores (E-cores). In comparison, that’s a big boost considering the specs of the flagship variant of the Arrow Lake CPUs.
To catch you up, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K comes with 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. So, you can expect Intel’s flagship Nova Lake CPU to offer double the performance and efficiency of what the Arrow Lake-S CPUs currently offer.
A report also claims that the Nova Lake CPUs will stand tall against the AMD Zen 6 which is rumored to launch in late 2026 or early 2027. AMD’s upcoming offering would reportedly come with a total of 32 cores.
The rumored configuration of other variants from the Nova Lake family
The Reddit post (now deleted) also mentioned configuration details of all other CPUs from the Nova Lake family. For example, the Intel Nova Lake-HS might come with 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores. While the H variant tipped for mobile devices could offer 4 P-cores and 8 E-cores. Finally, the U variant will come with 4 P-cores.
Do note that the P-cores take care of the high-performance and demanding tasks. Whereas the E-cores handle background tasks and less demanding apps while ensuring power-efficient processing. So, the more cores, the better the CPU’s performance and efficiency will be.
