Intel Is Rumored to Be Prepping a Core Ultra 400K Nova Lake-S Processor with up to 52 Cores and 288 MB Big Last Level Cache

Downside is that no matter how great the CPUs may be, they'll end up DOA due to the current ram situation. Same for AMD's next round of X3D stuff, that is unless things take a turn for the better.
 
Peter_Brosdahl said:
Downside is that no matter how great the CPUs may be, they'll end up DOA due to the current ram situation.
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Agreed, the potential buyers pool is looking to be pretty shallow.
Peter_Brosdahl said:
Same for AMD's next round of X3D stuff, that is unless things take a turn for the better.
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Yup. Upgraders already on the platform are going to be the biggest demographic, more than likely.

Of course, if both are basically paper launches, perhaps we won't see the previous levels of shortages and price scalping.
 
52 cores with over two thirds of them being worthless "efficient" cores. no thanks. For my use case its a 16 core processor.
 
Yeah, to some extent, Intel is really focused on creating x86 mobile processors that will compete with whatever crazy amount of ARM type cores come out but still be able to run Windows natively, and that's what I think the focus on efficiency cores is all about.

However, as an owner of 5800X3D and 9800X3D CPUs, I can say I'm pretty happy with how the 13900HK and 275HX processors in my laptops have performed compared to them when it comes to gaming. I can't really do like-for-like benchmarks since each rig has significantly different specs, but I can say that at 1440p using max settings, each laptop can perform admirably (one with RTX 4080 mobile and the other 5090 mobile) vs the desktops at 4K each with RTX 5090.

Don't get me wrong, I had major doubts about these architectures until trying them, but while I'm not completely sold on it, I am beginning to see what Intel is aiming at. Ultimately, I'm know AMDs top tier X3D CPUs do outperform, but if one was able to score the Intel CPUs for a major discount, I believe they'd be surprised how well they operate.

My biggest complaint is the updates for NPU/AI crap. Dear lord, I couldn't believe how slow MS/Intel was to deliver those. I tested my connection multiple times, and the updates were being delivered at 10-20 MB/s while I had a near gigabit tested connection. That being said, anyone getting one should be ready for updates that could take a while. It ended up being around 4+ hours split across two days since I don't leave my laptops on 24/7. I tried this via WiFi 6+ with near full bars and direct connect to my router, and it didn't matter.
 
Peter_Brosdahl said:
Yeah, to some extent, Intel is really focused on creating x86 mobile processors that will compete with whatever crazy amount of ARM type cores come out but still be able to run Windows natively, and that's what I think the focus on efficiency cores is all about.

However, as an owner of 5800X3D and 9800X3D CPUs, I can say I'm pretty happy with how the 13900HK and 275HX processors in my laptops have performed compared to them when it comes to gaming. I can't really do like-for-like benchmarks since each rig has significantly different specs, but I can say that at 1440p using max settings, each laptop can perform admirably (one with RTX 4080 mobile and the other 5090 mobile) vs the desktops at 4K each with RTX 5090.

Don't get me wrong, I had major doubts about these architectures until trying them, but while I'm not completely sold on it, I am beginning to see what Intel is aiming at. Ultimately, I'm know AMDs top tier X3D CPUs do outperform, but if one was able to score the Intel CPUs for a major discount, I believe they'd be surprised how well they operate.

My biggest complaint is the updates for NPU/AI crap. Dear lord, I couldn't believe how slow MS/Intel was to deliver those. I tested my connection multiple times, and the updates were being delivered at 10-20 MB/s while I had a near gigabit tested connection. That being said, anyone getting one should be ready for updates that could take a while. It ended up being around 4+ hours split across two days since I don't leave my laptops on 24/7. I tried this via WiFi 6+ with near full bars and direct connect to my router, and it didn't matter.
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Wait you've managed to get a load on the NPU cores? I've not been able to do that yet!!
 
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