IT之家 October 27 news, VideoCardz yesterday dug out a batch of test records marked “Intel 0000” from PassMark’s non-public benchmark database, expected to be Intel’s next-generation Nova Lake-S desktop processors.
Among them, one 28-core Nova Lake-S sample’s single-core score reached a maximum of 5210 points, about 3% higher than the Core Ultra 9 285K’s 5059 points, about 8% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D’s 4805 points, and about 12% higher than the Core i9-14900KF.
However, because it is an early ES sample, its multi-core performance is instead inferior to existing products. PassMark shows that the sample’s actual turbo frequency is only 4.8GHz, far lower than the frequency the retail version may reach.
The 28-core sample’s highest CPU Mark total score is 61509 points, with another record at 60964 points. For comparison, the Core Ultra 9 285K’s baseline for the same period is 67274 points, and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is 72065 points. Calculated at 61509 points, the 28-core Nova Lake-S lags behind the 285K by about 8.5% in multi-core performance, lags behind the 9950X3D by about 15%, and is slightly stronger than the Core i9-14900KF.
In addition, VideoCardz also found four records of 8-core Nova Lake-S, labeled as embedded platforms, one of which has a single-core score of 5085 points, also slightly exceeding the 285K’s 5059 points, but the CPU Mark total score is only 23478 points, and the other three fluctuate between 9004 and 19168 points. This is more like a configuration difference during the development stage rather than a performance issue of the product itself.
According to currently known information, Nova Lake-S will switch to the LGA1954 socket, introduce bLLC large-capacity last-level cache, with dual compute tile models reaching up to 288MB, directly targeting AMD’s 3D V-Cache.
Among them, the 28-core version is expected to debut in the first quarter of 2027, while the flagship SKU using dual compute tiles with up to 52 cores will not be released until mid-2027, positioned toward HEDT.
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