Intel Nova Lake-S 28C with DDR5-8000 projected to deliver 16% to 33% higher gaming performance than Core Ultra 9 285K with DDR5-6400

According to Hardware leaker Haze, Nova Lake is expected to deliver an 8% raw single-thread performance improvement without bLLC and 17% with bLLC. Haze also references an approximately 15% performance improvement from Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and around 20% higher gaming performance, citing Intel slides. These figures have not been independently verified. Our documents suggest that the standard Nova Lake-S 28C processor, configured with a 285W PL1, could deliver up to 16% hi…

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