Core configurations of Intel's next-generation Nova Lake CPUs have leaked out, which point to up to 28 CPU cores & 12 GPU cores.
Intel's Top Nova Lake Mobile CPUs Will Feature Up To 28 Cores, Expected To Be Part of HX Family, H-Series Sticks With 16 Cores and 12 iGPU Cores
Intel's next-generation Nova Lake CPUs will be part of the Core Ultra 400 family. These chips will utilize the brand new Coyote Cove P-Core and Arctic Wolf E-Core architectures. So far, we have learned about the desktop "Nova Lake-S" CPU configurations, which would pack up to 28 cores in a single-compute tile and up to 52 cores in dual-compute tile variants alongside certain "Big LLC" SKUs.
Now, Jaykihn, on X, has revealed the first preliminary configurations of the mobility Nova Lake lineup. There are a total of five configurations mentioned, and we will see several SKUs designed around these.
Starting with the top configuration, there's a "Nova Lake-HX" SKU which will feature up to 8 P-Cores, 16 E-Cores, 4 LP-E Cores, and 4 Xe iGPU cores. This gives us a total of 24 cores on the compute tile, plus the four extra LP-E cores on the low-power island for a total of 28 cores. This should be a similar amount of cores, minus the four additional LP-E, compared to the 285HX, which is the current Arrow Lake flagship for enthusiast laptops.
It is stated by Ruby_Rapids that Intel might not offer a dual compute tile variant on laptops, and this will be the highest that Intel would go on the laptop front.
Besides this, we have the standard Nova Lake-H configurations, which pack up to 16 CPU cores and 12 Xe iGPU cores. Other configurations adopt the same 16 CPU cores but with just 4 Xe cores. Some of these do look very similar to the Panther Lake-H configurations that were leaked a while back:
Intel Panther Lake CPU Configurations
| Die SKU | P-Cores (Cougar Cove) | E-Cores (Darkmont) | LP-E Cores (Skymont?) | Xe3 GPU Cores (Celestial) | PL1 TDP | PL2 TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Lake-H | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25W | 45W |
| Panther Lake-H | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25W | 45W |
| Panther Lake-H | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 25W | 45W |
| Panther Lake-U | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15W | 45W |
| Panther Lake-U | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15W | 45W |
Finally, we have the lower-end SKUs, probably the Nova Lake-U series, which feature up to 4 P-Cores with 4 LP-E cores, so there's no E-Core onboard the compute tile. These feature either 4 or 2 Xe iGPU cores, and the lowest-end die configuration consists of 2 P-Cores alongside 4 LP-E cores, so 6 CPU cores in total.
Nova Lake CPU Configurations (Source: @Jaykihn)
| Die SKU | P-Cores (Coyote Cove) | E-Cores (Arctic Wolf) | LP-E Cores (Arctic Wolf) | Xe3 GPU Cores (Battlemage) | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Lake-X | 16 | 32 | 4 | 2 | ~200W |
| Nova Lake-S | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | ~125W |
| Nova Lake-HX | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | ~55W |
| Nova Lake-HX | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ~55W |
| Nova Lake-H | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | ~28W |
| Nova Lake-H | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ~28W |
| Nova Lake-U | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ~28W |
| Nova Lake-U | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ~15W |
Intel's Nova Lake family isn't expected to debut until the second half of 2026, so there's still a long road ahead, and we might see changes in the lineup, configurations, and SKUs. With that said, we are likely to hear more about Nova Lake after Intel is done releasing its Panther Lake family, so it should be around later this year or early next year. There's also the Nova Lake-AX SKUs which are expected to rival AMD's Halo APUs, you can read more about them here.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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