Tuesday, February 10th 2026 Top Intel Nova Lake Chip Can Pull up to 700 W at Max Load with Power Limits Disabled by btarunr Today, 05:06 Discuss (1 ) The top Intel Core Ultra Series 4 Nova Lake-S desktop processor model, which comes with a total core-count of 56 and implements a big last-level cache (bLLC), could pull an astonishing 700 W in maxed out loads with power limits removed, kopite7kimi reports. The chip has a core-configuration of 16 P-cores, 32 E-cores, and 4 low-power island E-cores. For reference, a current Core Ultra 9 285K with Extreme power profile can pull up to 490 W PL4 in short bursts. In related news, leaks by Jaykihn shed light on the way clock speeds of the various CPU core types are handled. The base frequency affects the clock speeds of P-cores and E-cores located in the Compute complex, but not those of the low-power island E-cores. Nova Lake-S will be Intel's first desktop processors to implement low-power islands, allowing the processor to clock-gate almost the entire compute complex when the PC is idling. Sources: kopite7kimi (Twitter), Jaykihn (Twitter), Videocardz Related News Tags: bLLC Intel Nova Lake Nova Lake-S Jul 24th 2025 Intel Nova Lake-S Core Ultra 3, Ultra 5, Ultra 7, and Ultra 9 Core Configurations Surface (118) Mar 26th 2025 Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh Core Ultra 300 Series Comes with K and KF SKUs Only (15) Jul 17th 2025 Intel Nova Lake-AX Specifications Surface: 28 CPU Cores, 48 Xe3 GPU Cores, and LPDDR5X (28) Jan 11th 2026 Intel Core Ultra X9 388H Panther Lake iGPU Doubles AMD Strix Point Performance in Cyberpunk 2077 (98) Jan 23rd 2026 Intel Core Ultra Series 4 Nova Lake Processors Launch in Late-2026 (62) Oct 22nd 2025 AMD Could Launch 16-Core Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU with 192 MB L3 Cache and 200 W TDP (93) Nov 26th 2025 Intel Nova Lake Could Get 144 MB Cache Boost from bLLC (90) Nov 13th 2025 Intel Officially Confirms AVX10.2 and APX Support in Nova Lake (90) Jan 11th 2026 The 5 Biggest No-Shows of CES 2026 (83) Jun 28th 2025 Some Intel Nova Lake CPUs Rumored to Challenge AMD's 3D V-Cache in Desktop Gaming (140) Add your own 1 on Top Intel Nova Lake Chip Can Pull up to 700 W at Max Load with Power Limits Disabled #1 Vayra86 Intel HQ: Damn, Nvidia manages to yank 600W through their biggest chips. We need that too, otherwise we don't compete!
