Nova Lake will prompt a long-awaited clash of cache if recent leaks hold water, with Intel bLLC delivering capacities that would greatly exceed what AMD 3D V-Cache currently offers. Combine this with exceedingly large core counts and Intel may concoct the one-two punch it\u2019s sought for so long to dethrone its rival\u2019s X3D models.<\/p>\n
Regular Intel leaker jaykihn0 has shared potential cache configurations, adding further detail to the 13 Nova Lake CPU specs<\/a> that leaked earlier this month. According to the X user, we should expect five of the baker\u2019s dozen to sport bLLC (big Last Level Cache), flying under new \u2018D\u2019 and \u2018DX\u2019 suffixes, which will sport 108-288MB of cache. I\u2019ve listed these rumoured details in the table below.<\/p>\n ModelCores (P+E+LP)CacheCodenameTBD-DX16+32+4 (52)*288MB**P3DXTBD-DX16+24+4 (44)*264MB**P2DXCore Ultra 9D8+16+4 (28)144MB**P2DCore Ultra 98+16+4 (28)36MBP2KCore Ultra 9D6+12+4 (22)108MB**P2Core Ultra 7D8+12+4 (24)132MB**P1DCore Ultra 78+12+4 (24)33MBP1KCore Ultra 74+8+4 (16)18MBP1Core Ultra 56+12+4 (22)27MBMS2K \/ MS2KFCore Ultra 54+4+4 (12)15MBMS2Core Ultra 54+0+4 (8)12MBMS1Core Ultra 32+0+4 (6)6MBT1*Dual-die package Setting the floor at 108MB, the prospective Core Ultra 9D would have more cache with which to play than the mighty Ryzen 7 9800X3D<\/a>, which has 104MB (8+96MB) under the hood. While this extra cache isn\u2019t the only factor when it comes to gaming performance, it would remove one of AMD\u2019s key advantages.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, at the other end of the scale, the dual-die \u2018DX\u2019 models will apparently rock an enormous 288MB of cache. That pool would be larger than the 208MB (16+192MB) of AMD\u2019s new flagship, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2<\/a>, potentially ending AMD\u2019s reign as the go-to choice for high-end productivity desktops.<\/p>\n Of course, we\u2019re comparing next-generation Nova Lake processors to Zen 5 chips that have been around for almost two years now. The real test for Intel\u2019s upcoming processors will be Zen 6<\/a>, AMD\u2019s upcoming CPU architecture, which may finally prompt a shakeup in core counts. We\u2019re hoping to see this tussle take shape towards the end of the year, or the beginning of 2027, if prior Nova Lake release date<\/a> estimations hold.<\/p>\n
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