Leaker: Intel Nova Lake gaming performance similar to Arrow Lake without BFC
Tech leaker kopite7kimi says Intel's upcoming Nova Lake CPUs will be "quite similar" to Arrow Lake in gaming, except for BFC parts with a big last level cache (bLLC) akin to AMD's 3D V-Cache. BFC chips are expected to launch first, with the flagship Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC packing 8 P-Cores, 16 E-Cores and 4 LPE-Cores.
- Nova Lake without BFC matches Arrow Lake in gaming, per kopite7kimi
- BFC versions add a big last level cache similar to AMD 3D V-Cache
- Flagship Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC: 8 P-Cores, 16 E-Cores, 4 LPE-Cores
- Top non-BFC model is Core Ultra 9 4950K with the same core layout
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