Intel Nova Lake Samples Reportedly Begin Shipping With Huge Multi-Core Gains
Intel’s next desktop CPU family is apparently hitting shipping lanes, albeit as early engineering samples. Nova Lake is expected to be a much bolder reset than merely a routine refresh and could become Intel’s most aggressive swing at the high-end PC market in years, with performance claims that sound almost exaggerated until you remember how far the company has pushed core counts, cache, and platform redesigns this cycle.
Interesting news!!! NVL ES starts shipping! And the ST perf of 52C is around 1.2X at least due to +IPC, bLLC, AVX10.2 & APX (1.3X being optimistic). MT perf is expected to be around 1.8X to 2.0X.
This kinda perf with new features + bLLC kinda puts a serious damper on the… pic.twitter.com/kb1yjOJOmB— SiliconFly (@Silicon_Fly) May 18, 2026
According to some reports (like SiliconFly's above), Nova Lake samples are apparently now in the hands of partners, and the chip family is...
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