Details about Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep leaking — an attempt to establish a timeline based on what we know so far
Details about Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep leaking — an attempt to establish a timeline based on what we know so far

Over the past two weeks, we’ve seen an uptick in leaks and rumors about Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake CPUs. Here, we piece together what we’ve heard to try and establish a plausible release timeline.

Intel reportedly cans 12Xe option for Nova Lake-S desktop — gaming APU design said to resurface with Razor Lake

Following rumors of a Nova Lake desktop SKU with 12 Xe3P cores, tipster Jaykihn suggests that Intel has canned the design and moved the target to next-gen Razor Lake instead.

AMD’s best gaming CPU drops below launch price and includes free 240mm AIO cooler and Onimusha: Way of the Sword — grab the Ryzen 7 9850X3D for $484
AMD’s best gaming CPU drops below launch price and includes free 240mm AIO cooler and Onimusha: Way of the Sword — grab the Ryzen 7 9850X3D for $484

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D may only be a modest step up from the 9800X3D, but it still leads our gaming benchmarks and now comes with a couple of useful extras at a lower-than-launch price.

Apple’s A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%
Apple’s A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%

Apple’s A20 Pro smartphone SoC outperforms all smartphone processors by a wide margin and manages to leave behind latest laptop processors.

AMD releases new Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 for budget PC builders — new budget Zen 3 and Zen 4 CPUs soften the blow from high RAM prices
AMD releases new Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 for budget PC builders — new budget Zen 3 and Zen 4 CPUs soften the blow from high RAM prices

AMD has officially launched the Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 processors with six Zen 3 and Zen 4 cores, respectively.

Apple’s new A20 Pro smartphone chip around 25% faster than its predecessor in leaked benchmark — the 2nm CPU in the iPhone Duo and 18 Pro hits nearly 5 GHz clocks

The first Apple A20 Geekbench 6 benchmark results are starting to pop up online and the single-core score is very impressive.

Apple A20 Pro powers iPhone Duo, 18 Pro — the company’s first 2-nanometer smartphone chip
Apple A20 Pro powers iPhone Duo, 18 Pro — the company’s first 2-nanometer smartphone chip

Apple’s new A20 Pro SOC will power the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo as its first 2 nm smartphone chip.

Intel-backed auto-overclocking tool Hypertune optimizes individual systems, not test profiles — tool claims FPS improvement of up to 60% on Intel-based systems
Intel-backed auto-overclocking tool Hypertune optimizes individual systems, not test profiles — tool claims FPS improvement of up to 60% on Intel-based systems

Hypertune is an automated overclocking tool built on top of Intel’s Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) SDK and built in collaboration with engineers at Intel.

Intel reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10% ahead of ‘major annual product’ launch in March 2027 — report says AMD will follow up between June and July
Intel reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10% ahead of ‘major annual product’ launch in March 2027 — report says AMD will follow up between June and July

Intel is reportedly set to raise CPU prices by 10%, following two other price increases, as it prepares for a major product launch in March 2027.