According to a leak, 16 + 32 + 4 cores are to be installed in the Arrow-Lake-Refresh-CPU from Intel. In the Nova-Lake-CPU there are even supposed to be almost 50 cores.
Intel fans beware: In about a year, the new generation of Intel CPUs will be on the market. A leaked roadmap could also please gamers who want to wait a little longer before upgrading.
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The leaks at a glance
Some things could change in the Intel CPU market in the coming time. At least that’s what the Leak Channel (Moore’s Law is Dead) claims. The talk is of Arrow Lake: This CPU series will probably be launched by Intel at the end of the year 2024.
The first generation of Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs comes in a neat package: depending on how you count, it is said to have between 24 and 26 cores (8 + 16 + 2).
With Arrow Lake, Intel also brings two important innovations: Chiplet design and LP-E cores
What do these changes mean? The CPU no longer comes in the typical monolithic design, but in a chiplet design. This technology was previously used primarily in notebook CPUs.
The + 2
stands for the aforementioned LP-E cores, an additional type of core for low utilisation in operation. More on this in a moment in the info box.
For those who want to know more: The architecture behind it probably consists of 8 Lion Cove P cores as well as up to 16 Skymont E cores and 2 LP-E cores on the SoC.
LP-E cores are so-called low-power efficiency cores. CPU cores that run in low-voltage mode and thus reduce power consumption. They are stressed, for example, while watching videos. A task that undercharges normal e-cores and thus consumes power unnecessarily.
SoC means system-on-(a)-chip. Put simply, the processor consists of four different chipsets: CPU, GPU, SoC and I/O die, each specialising in different tasks. 8 P and 16 E cores are installed in the CPU and the 2 LP-E cores are located in the SoC.
This is why these cores are not counted directly.
The leak video in full length
Arrow Lake Refresh Series Leaks
Accordingly, Intel is planning an Arrow Lake Refresh series in 2025 that will retain the original core types but increase the number of E-cores from 16 to 32.
This case already existed with the Alder Lake and Raptor Lake series, where the E-cores were also doubled.
It can be assumed that the second generation of Arrow-Lake CPUs will compete with AMD CPUs of the future Ryzen 8000 or 9000 series . These are also rumoured to use a hybrid core model of over 24 cores.
Arrow Lake refresh will then likely be the second series to be introduced on the LGA-1851 platform.
Nova Lake Series Leaks
Last but not least, a CPU series with 48 cores (16 + 32 + 4) will then be released in 2026 under the name Nova Lake. This includes 16 P-Cores, 32 Arctic Wolf E-Cores and 4 LP E-Cores.
This would make the CPU a proud 48 cores plus the 4 less power-hungry low-power efficiency cores.
So if you want to wait a little longer to upgrade, you now have a rough idea of which models will be announced in the next three years.
Of course, such leaks have to be taken with a grain of salt. Intel may still be able to screw with the numbers here. It also remains exciting to see how much power the LP-E cores will save at the end of the day. What do you think? Is it worth waiting or do you want to upgrade soon? Feel free to write it in the comments.
