- Intel could be planning a great change with Nova Lake CPU in 2026
- It is rumored that they will benefit from additional cache for faster games
- This is in a line similar to the existing 3D V-Cache chips of AMD, such as the popular 9800x3d
Intel Nova Lake Processors, which could be their next CPU (although it seems that an update of Arrow Lake could come before them), a page of the AMD 3D V-Cache Play Book will come out.
Based on new rumors that float in X, as Videocardz highlighted, Intel seeks to use a great cache slab to make a much better CPU for players, as well as AMD X3D chips.
Ryzen 7 7800x3d of AMD remains our best games CPU (Libra by Libra), and Intel apparently hopes to take advantage of a similar vein with the Nova Lake chips using what is called ‘BLLC’ or a large last level cache.
Obviously, take all this with a good amount of seasoning, but according to Raichu, a well -known fleeting in X, we will see an flagship of Nova Lake with 16 performance cores (and 32 efficiency nuclei). Together with that, there will be a lower level chip with 8 performance cores (plus 16 efficiency) that will have BLC on board (the flagship no).
Another publication about X, from Haze (a mining of data), also states that there will be a second model of 8 cores with fewer efficiency nuclei (12) that will have the new cache, and also 4 low -power cores (small). In fact, both CPU Nova Lake of 8 nuclei will supposedly have them, along with 125W energy consumption.
As Videocardz points out, the rumored plan is that 144 MB of L3 cache will be used by Intel, more than the current AMD payload of 128 MB (in the Ryzen 9950x3D).
Whatever the exact configuration of these CPU, ultimately, the apparent plan is to have this new type of cache that feeds the Nova Lake, the processors are expected to be launched later in 2026.
As mentioned from the beginning, it is not clear if the Nova Lake will be the next generation CPU of Intel, as indicated by past rumors, or if Team Blue could be planning a stopp update of the current Arrow Lake chips before debuting at the end of this year, as it is more recent.
We could be looking at Arrow Lake update as the Core 300 series (next to Panther Lake, which will be only for laptops), and Nova Lake would be Core 400, in theory (both for desktop computers and laptops).
Analysis: A return to form?
So, it seems that Intel’s plan is a monster flagship processor for Nova Lake, aimed at PC enthusiasts who want a heavyweight chip that can do everything, with 16 performance cores, and then an 8 -core 8 -core chip that is ideal for players. The latter will cost less, but sticks to the games with this new cache flavor, the equivalent of the AMD X3D.
While AMD offers X3D processors with more than 8 cores, that model, the most recent incarnation of which is 9800x3D, is the conventional offer for players in terms of prices (the X3D turns of 12 and 16 cores are predictable).
Okay, does this new Rumor of Intel seem likely? Well, Team Blue needs to do something to return to the good books of the players, that’s safe. The most recent of Arrow Lake Chips of the company disappointed with the performance of its PC game, even after multiple patches to soften things, and its reputation has been tarnished by previous generations that suffer well -documented stability problems (which are still a continuous concern in some aspects).
In fact, some might argue that it could be too late for Intel to recover his position with the players. After all, the trust and confidence in the CPU manufacturer have been damaged to a worrying degree, at least for what I can say (of the online feeling in the various forums in which I lalad regularly). Of course, that does not mean that Team Blue should not try, and maybe I can get a rabbit out of the hat, in terms of games, with a new direction for Nova Lake in terms of additional cache.
