Intel May Have an Answer to AMD's Most Powerful Gaming CPUs

There’s essentially no competition for AMD’s best gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. That may finally change. New leaks of Intel’s Nova Lake desktop CPUs may hold the key to better future gaming PCs. Or, at least, we could see more competition for out-of-this-world expensive desktop components. Intel’s codename for these chips, Nova Lake, will likely launch as a Core Ultra 400S series of desktop processors. VideoCardz leaked a roadmap for the new chips showcasing Intel’s upcoming microarchitecture. These will use Coyote Cove P (performance) cores and Arctic Wolf E (efficiency) cores. At the absolute top end, Intel may have a monstrous 52-core CPU that certainly won’t be built for anybody not trying to do work with AI or other computationally intensive tasks. Below that is where we get the real meat and potatoes. Of the five die types and their configurations, we could be looking at 8-, 16-, and 28-core processors. There’s even more space for variations in the number of P- and E-cores. What’s more important is which chips could support a supposed souped-up cache. Past rumors from reliable chip leaker HXL suppose the name Intel is using for the extra on-chip memory—commonly called cach