When AMD returned to the fray with its first Ryzens, it was a real kick in the pants. Indeed, the company shook up Intel, which had been losing ground in the CPU sector generation after generation. Lately, the arrival of X3D processors has been the final straw, as these processors are simply untouchable when you use your PC for gaming. They have their faults, but for gaming, they’re monsters. Right now, the blues don’t have anything to compete with, but with Nova Lake, things may be about to change.
Nova Lake, the answer to AMD’s X3D?
For the moment, let’s not get too carried away, since all this is only at the rumor stage. Indeed, we have a publication by @Haze2K1 talking about it on X, so we need to take a step back. However, he claims that some CPUs would benefit from an extended cache and talks about bLLC(big Last Line Cache), basically L3 cache. Now it remains to be seen how this will be integrated into the processors, but CPUs with more L3 are planned, according to the leaker. However, not all models in the range will be entitled to it. Only two models are currently concerned, and we’re talking about 8P/16E and 8P/12E configurations, topped off with 4LPE and a TDP of 125W. In itself, if Intel offers this type of processor (and delivers on its promises), it would enable the blues to regain market share. It should be remembered that with Arrow Lake, things didn’t go quite so smoothly, as in-game performance was disappointingly below that of the previous generation. This is one of the reasons why Raptor Lake sells better than Core Ultra 200.
