Nova Lake (microprocessor)
Upcoming microprocessor family by Intel
Nova Lake Marketed by Intel Designed by Intel Common manufacturer CPUID codeUnknown Product code Unknown GPU Intel Arc Socket Application Desktop and mobile Technology node Intel 18A Microarchitecture Coyote Cove (P-cores)Arctic Wolf (E-cores)Instruction set x86-64 Instructions IA-32 , x86-64 Extensions MMX , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSSE3 , SSE4.1 , SSE4.2 , AVX , AVX2 , AVX10.2 , APX , AES-NI , SHA-NI , RDRAND , SM3 , SM4 , VT-x , VT-d Brand name Predecessors Panther Lake (mobile)Arrow Lake (desktop and mobile)Successors Razor Lake (desktop and mobile)Unreleased
Nova Lake is a codename for Core Ultra Series 4 desktop and mobile processors developed by Intel . Nova Lake is expected to use a new LGA 1954 socket. The first Nova Lake processors are expected to launch in late 2026.
Nova Lake is expected to be the first consumer platform to support AVX10.1, AVX10.2 and APX extensions.
Nova Lake is expected to include SKUs with bLLC (big Last Level Cache), to compete with AMD's 3D V-Cache after a long period of lagging behind in gaming benchmarks.
References
↑ Jacobs, Skye (2025-03-30). "Intel's comeback plan: Panther Lake in 2025, Nova Lake in 2026, says CEO Lip-Bu Tan" . TechSpot . Retrieved 2026-06-29 .
1 2 Nasir, Hassam (2025-10-03). "Intel's next-gen Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids microarchitectures get official confirmation — Latest ISA reference doc details the P-Cores and E-Cores upcoming CPUs will use" . Tom's Hardware . Retrieved 2025-12-18 .
↑ Kundu, Kishalaya (2025-10-24). "Intel confirms Nova Lake CPU launch in 2026: up to 52 cores, Xe3 GPU, and LGA 1954 socket" . TechSpot . Retrieved 2025-11-15 .
↑ Martindale, Jon (September 10, 2025). "Intel confirms Arrow Lake refresh set for 2026, Nova Lake later that year — company admits there are 'holes to fill on the desktop front,' says it is 'confident in the roadmap' " . Tom's Hardware .
↑ "Intel® Architecture Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features" (PDF) . Intel . November 10, 2025.
↑ https://wccftech.com/intel-nova-lake-core-ultra-series-4-desktop-cpu-die-skus-detailed/
Intel CPU core roadmaps from
P6 to Nova Lake
Strike-through indicates cancelled processors
Bold names are microarchitectures
Italic names are future processors