Intel's Nova Lake will unify L2 cache and feature new 'D' and 'DX' lines for enthusiasts, claims leaker

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SirActionhaHAA@reddit

What's the point in having such a large number of cores when

It's still stuck on a dual channel platform
99% of the users don't need the mt perf

Seems like a cinememe winning product which is impractical in real use.

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They're halo products, they're not expecting to move too many units. At the end of the day, the generic laptop chips make Intel/AMD the most money by a massive margin. These big desktop chips are meant to capture mind share and target performance users who sit somewhere between the typical i9 and server chips.

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-protonsandneutrons-@reddit (OP)

Arguably, 99% don't fully load >8 cores. For most people, modern desktop CPUs have a gluttonous amount of nT perf. I suspect the 52C will be a halo product, sold in very low volume.

Many CPU manufacturers seek that "we're #1 halo", even if it means sacrificing power, cost, dies, energy, heat, logic, etc. Or also maybe like the 9950X3D2: "Because we can make a product some people will pay out the nose for."

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The raw GB/s per core will be lower than most recent CPUs. But NVL's fabric, caching and scheduling might allow the lower per-core bandwidth go a little further?

\~51 GB/s (JEDEC DDR4-3200, 128-bit) for 24 cores: \~2.1 GB/s per core (i9-13900K)

\~128 GB/s (JEDEC DDR5-8000, 128-bit) for 52 cores: \~2.5 GB/s per core (NVL-S 52C)

\~90 GB/s (JEDEC DDR5-5600, 128-bit) for 24 cores: \~3.8 GB/s per core (i9-13900K)

\~102 GB/s (JEDEC DDR5-6400, 128-bit) for 24 cores: \~4.3 GB/s per core (285K)

\~410 GB/s (JEDEC DDR5-6400, 512-bit) for 96 cores: \~4.3 GB/s per core (9995WX)

\~90 GB/s (JEDEC DDR5-5600, 128-bit) for 16 Zen5 cores: \~5.6 GB/s per core (9950X)

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CatalyticDragon@reddit

The large amount of cache is intended to offset system memory bandwidth limitations.

The top of the line systems aren't aimed at 99% of users.

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SkillYourself@reddit

Dude is just mad client Zen6 with its +50% MT stands no chance against dual tile Nova Lake.

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