Thursday, April 2nd 2026
Intel Core Ultra 400HX "Nova Lake" Mobile Processor Core Configurations Surface
Intel's next-generation mobile processor for gaming notebooks and portable workstations, the Core Ultra Series 4 "Nova Lake-HX," will come in two distinct core configurations, according to a leak by Jaykihn, a reliable source for Intel leaks. "Nova Lake-HX" is segmented from the mainstream "Nova Lake-H" with a wider I/O that supports configurations with discrete GPUs. The top-of-the-line "Nova Lake-HX" processor will come with a CPU core configuration of 8P+16E+4LPE, that's eight "Coyote Cove" P-cores, and 16 "Arctic Wolf" E-cores, both of which are upgrades over the current "Cougar Cove" and "Darkmont" core architectures, respectively. The Compute tile features 8P+16E cores sharing an L3 cache, while the chip's 4 low-power island E-cores, also based on "Arctic Wolf," will be located in the SoC tile.
Intel is also planning a performance-segment "Nova Lake-HX" core configuration, with 6P+8E+4LPE under the hood. This will likely reuse the 6P+8E Compute tile from the mainstream "Nova Lake-H" processor, but with the SoC + I/O tiles Intel plans to use for the "Nova Lake-HX". This would give the chip a maximum core count of 6P+8E+4LPE. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of both these chip types is the iGPU, and its Graphics tile will be the tiniest variant in the series, with just 2 Xe cores. The iGPU of "Nova Lake" family is based on the Xe4 "Druid" graphics architecture. These chips feature a basic iGPU because they are expected to come with a full fat PCI-Express 5.0 PEG interface for discrete GPUs, and ideally you'd want the iGPU to be as small as possible.
Sources:
Jaykihn0 (Twitter), VideoCardz
Intel is also planning a performance-segment "Nova Lake-HX" core configuration, with 6P+8E+4LPE under the hood. This will likely reuse the 6P+8E Compute tile from the mainstream "Nova Lake-H" processor, but with the SoC + I/O tiles Intel plans to use for the "Nova Lake-HX". This would give the chip a maximum core count of 6P+8E+4LPE. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of both these chip types is the iGPU, and its Graphics tile will be the tiniest variant in the series, with just 2 Xe cores. The iGPU of "Nova Lake" family is based on the Xe4 "Druid" graphics architecture. These chips feature a basic iGPU because they are expected to come with a full fat PCI-Express 5.0 PEG interface for discrete GPUs, and ideally you'd want the iGPU to be as small as possible.
15 Comments on Intel Core Ultra 400HX "Nova Lake" Mobile Processor Core Configurations Surface
Should be 300 too no?
www.techpowerup.com/347913/intel-wildcat-lake-core-300-series-specifications-surface
- OEM channels only.
- Volume-ordering trays only.
- Min. Order of 1k unit trays.
- Pre-orders agreed with at least a years' notice.
- No shelf packaging needed.
- No major marketing needed.
- No major logistics for delivering to the whole globe.
- No price negotioation with N amount of retailers.
Basically, it's the way of the less hasle to sell a processor for either Intel or AMD.but arrow lake and lunar lake are both 200
So it kinda stands to reason nova lake for mobile will be 300 as wel not 400.
I'm of the opinion intel needs to redo their whole product naming scheme and dump the whole core, core ultra BS
and go back to calling it 80x86 so 80(22)86 for nova lake
I agree with your other points, and you even left out the most important one: most PCs sold are not desktops and most desktops sold are not DIY.