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Nova Lake CPUs with cut-down E-core clusters may still retain full cache pool, says new leak — 8P+12E config predictions revised from 33MB to 36MB, 4P+4E config from 15MB to 18MB
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Intel's upcoming Nova Lake CPUs have been a part of the rumor mill for months as excitement builds up for a potential CES 2027 announcement.
Now, his new leak claims Intel will keep the L3 cache unaltered, even on chips with partially disabled E-core clusters.
Now, Jaykihn reports that this config will now have 36MB of L3 cache instead, just like the uncut 8+16+4 config.
Intel's big trick for Nova Lake is expected to be the introduction of bLLC in consumer CPUs, directly meant to challenge AMD's 3D V-Cache.
28 Cores 8+16+4 144MB 36MB 36MB 24 Cores 8+12+4 132MB 36MB 33MB 22 Cores 6+12+4 108MB 27MB 27MB 16 Cores 4+8+4 - 18MB 18MB 12 Cores 4+4+4 - 18MB 15MB*non-bLLC variants of all the single-tile SKUs are also rumored.