Monday, June 16th 2025
Intel "Nova Lake-S" Series: Seven SKUs, Up to 52 Cores and 150 W TDP
Rumors of Intel's "Nova Lake-S" processors are increasing, meaning that the design is nearing completion. Expected to arrive in the second half of 2026, Nova Lake-S will offer configurations ranging from mainstream quad-core models to a flagship with 52 cores. Initial information suggests that Intel will employ a tile-based design, separating LPE cores from P-Cores and E-Cores to optimize flexibility and yield. At the top of the lineup is the rumored Core Ultra 9 model, possibly designated 385K. It will combine 16 P-cores, 32 E-cores, and four LPE-cores for a total of 52 cores, as previously rumored. With a TDP of 150 W, it will be the most powerful SKU Intel prepared for this generation. Below the flagship, Intel appears to be planning a Core Ultra 7 SKU with 14 P-cores, 24 E-cores, and four LPE cores, totaling 42 cores.
The Core Ultra 5 series may include three variants: a 28-core version with eight P-cores, 16 E-cores, and four LPE-cores; a 24-core version with eight P-cores, 12 E-cores, and four LPE-cores; and an 18-core model with six P-cores, eight E-cores, and four LPE-cores. Entry-level Core Ultra 3 parts would feature either a 16-core configuration with four P-cores, eight E-cores, and four LPE-cores, or a 12-core option with four P-cores, four E-cores, and four LPE-cores, both targeting a 65 W power envelope. All desktop SKUs are expected to feature four LPE cores on a separate die, suggesting a multi-tile package similar to Meteor Lake. Power demands will range from 65 W in entry-level segments to 150 W for high-end parts. Intel is reportedly preparing a new LGA 1954 socket even as it readies an Arrow Lake-S refresh for late 2025. Intel has also reportedly designated Xe3 "Celestial" for graphics rendering and Xe4 "Druid" for media and display duties.
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chi11eddog on X, via VideoCardz
The Core Ultra 5 series may include three variants: a 28-core version with eight P-cores, 16 E-cores, and four LPE-cores; a 24-core version with eight P-cores, 12 E-cores, and four LPE-cores; and an 18-core model with six P-cores, eight E-cores, and four LPE-cores. Entry-level Core Ultra 3 parts would feature either a 16-core configuration with four P-cores, eight E-cores, and four LPE-cores, or a 12-core option with four P-cores, four E-cores, and four LPE-cores, both targeting a 65 W power envelope. All desktop SKUs are expected to feature four LPE cores on a separate die, suggesting a multi-tile package similar to Meteor Lake. Power demands will range from 65 W in entry-level segments to 150 W for high-end parts. Intel is reportedly preparing a new LGA 1954 socket even as it readies an Arrow Lake-S refresh for late 2025. Intel has also reportedly designated Xe3 "Celestial" for graphics rendering and Xe4 "Druid" for media and display duties.
104 Comments on Intel "Nova Lake-S" Series: Seven SKUs, Up to 52 Cores and 150 W TDP
PL2: 1000W
What we should focus on is what Nova lake brings in the following categories;
- Overall architectural advancements
- APX support? (Diamond Rapids for server will)
- AVX-512 support?
In that order, which would provide tangible performance uplifts for real world use cases.
If it fails to deliver in these regards, it might as well be renamed "gimmick lake".
Core ultra series has already achieved exceptional performance at lower power levels so it won't really be an issue.
Web browsers and word processors don’t use 64 byte transcendental functions.
Two of those are even used by your web browser, and the OS itself also uses encryption. AVX-512 has already been proven useful for Zen 5, and in the Linux world support is growing, even some standard library functions can use it, so there is lots of "free" performance to be gained for many applications.Untrue, pretty much anything that uses SIMD will scale further with wider vectors.
And if it doesn't use SIMD, it's fairly unlikely to scale well with more cores either. :P
But there are workloads which have little or no benefit from SIMD, which is why I put them in that order, as the two first combined will do wonders for logic-heavy workloads.
List the common consumer software that uses it to any significant extent.
Have you heard of the guy named Linus Torvalds? Here’s his thoughts:
“I hope AVX-512 dies a painful death…Because absolutely nobody cares outside of benchmarks.
The same is largely true of AVX512 now - and in the future. Yes, you can find things that care. No, those things don't sell machines in the big picture.”.
www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=193189&curpostid=193190
Recent Linux kernels already support AVX-512 for encryption, encryption is used by pretty much all network traffic. Clear Linux have lots of applications and libraries with AVX-512 support, more than regular distributions, incl. glibc benefiting all kinds of applications and processes.Why make such bold claims without even knowing the very basics?
AVX isn't just floating point math, it's also integer math, which has been supported since the beginning. ;)
7zip supports AVX-512.
Get a grip. Or a mirror.
Actually im quite surprised they still exist.
And the worst are people with AMD systems, either CPU or GPU fanboys.
It's Classic Fanboy behaviour.
From here on I'll also refrain from engaging with you on this forum. Have fun talking to the voices in your head.