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Extreme Intel Nova Lake 400+ W PL2 leaks for high-end and flagship Nova Lake desktop CPUs

High-end Intel Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs are shaping up to be quite power hungry. According to recent reports, the flagship 52-core Intel Core Ultra 400 Nova Lake CPU could have power consumption in line with HEDT processors. However, even with an enforced PL2, Intel Nova Lake might still consume considerably more than Arrow Lake.

Impressive Snapdragon X2 Elite reportedly performs 49% better vs Snapdragon X Elite in multi-core but lags by 35% vs Apple M5 in single-core tests

Hardware Canucks has tested the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite, and the resulting performance is quite impressive. Not only has Qualcomm reportedly managed to increase multi-core performance by quite a large margin, but the Snapdragon X2 Elite is also much faster in gaming.

Frightening Intel Nova Lake PL2 power limit leaks for dual-compute-tile Core Ultra 400 desktop CPUs

High-end Intel Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs are shaping up to be quite power hungry. According to recent reports, the flagship 52-core Intel Core Ultra 400 Nova Lake CPU could have power consumption in line with HEDT processors. However, even with an enforced PL2, Intel Nova Lake might still consume considerably more than Arrow Lake.

No chance for AMD: Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra X9 388H trounces AMD Strix Halo at low power signaling handheld gaming domination in 2026

The Intel Panther Lake APUs are here, and they are looking quite good. From multi-core performance to power efficiency, Panther Lake APUs like the Core Ultra X9 388H have a lot going for them. However, the Core Ultra X9 388H and its Arc B390 iGPU is particularly impressive at low TDP ranges.

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