Despite not being expected until 2026, rumors surrounding Intel’s next generation of CPUs, known as Nova Lake, continue to emerge. Latest reports claim that this CPU will achieve over 10% better single-threaded performance and a remarkable 60% increase in multi-threaded performance.

However, the validity of these claims is concerning due to the document’s lack of details, which popped up on social media from user Game.Keeps.Loading. It appears to be an internal Intel document hinting at the new features of the CPU, notably the introduction of low-power E-cores for background tasks, a structure introduced in Meteor Lake but yet unused in desktop models.

Intel Nova Lake CPU (Image credit: Future)

The leak also mentions two bold performance claims: “Leadership Gaming Performance” and higher performance gains, suggesting Intel’s ongoing attempts to outperform AMD in the gaming segment. Yet this remains a marketing pitch without a clear benchmark to substantiate the claims.

As speculated earlier, if the performance gains are to be compared against the Core Ultra 9 285K, users can anticipate a stark improvement; however, numbers seem skewed. With the projected 16P+32E configuration, maintaining clock speeds under full load is uncertain, which raises doubts about the feasibility of such gains.

What remains definitive is that Intel faces challenges from AMD’s simpler architectures, particularly in multi-threaded environments.

If Intel continues down this path, their CPU designs need a solid cache structure rather than additional cores, as gaming performance demands a lower latency rather than more threads.