{"id":1720566,"date":"2026-10-16T04:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2ZJwFLqyzMkSBLWiBAcSek"},"modified":"2026-10-16T04:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T04:13:22","slug":"its-taken-its-sweet-time-but-intels-response-to-amds-x3d-chips-is-starting-to-look-tasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-taken-its-sweet-time-but-intels-response-to-amds-x3d-chips-is-starting-to-look-tasty\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s taken its sweet time, but Intel&#8217;s response to AMD&#8217;s X3D chips is starting to look tasty"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>With little sign of new and exciting GPUs, and with rising memory prices affecting just about everything in a less than positive manner, it&#8217;s new CPUs that I&#8217;ll be keeping my optimistic eyes peeled for. That&#8217;s doubly so now that we&#8217;re getting wind of the specs for Intel&#8217;s upcoming Nova Lake generation.<\/p>\n<p>According to tech leaker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/laurentschoice\/status\/2105765356098720177?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Laurent&#8217;s Choice on X<\/a>, we can expect a range of next-gen Intel CPUs to use a 4000-series naming scheme\u2014though still following Core Ultra nomenclature\u2014and three of these will be &#8216;BFC&#8217; chips featuring bLLC (&#8216;big last-level cache&#8217;). &#8216;BFC&#8217; presumably means &#8216;big friendly cache&#8217; or&#8230; something to that, err, effect. I&#8217;ll let you fill in the blanks.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Intel&#8217;s answer to the 3D V-Cache we see in AMD X3D chips such as the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cpu-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\">best CPU<\/a> on the market, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryzen 7 9800X3D<\/a>. Games love chomping through cache, so the more merrier. Intel&#8217;s bLLC, however, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/more-details-of-an-extra-big-intel-nova-lake-bllc-cpu-die-with-added-cache-and-designed-to-take-on-amds-x3d-chips-emerge\/\" target=\"_blank\">said to be built into the die<\/a> rather than slapped on top or underneath like AMD&#8217;s 3D V-Cache solution. It&#8217;s about time we see sign of this, too, if you ask me, given we&#8217;ve had AMD X3D chips since 2022 and no equivalent from Intel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-eGbQVX\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/eGbQVX.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen rumoured specs similar to these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/fresh-intel-nova-lake-leak-fills-out-the-details-on-the-range-of-core-ultra-400-series-cpus-we-can-expect-to-see-later-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">earlier in the year<\/a>, but there are some extra models here, plus the naming to go with it. Apparently the top-end model will be the Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC, and this will run down to the Core Ultra 5 4650KF.<\/p>\n<div >\n<table>\n<caption>Intel Nova Lake specs (rumoured)<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"firstcol empty\" ><\/th>\n<th >\n<p>P\/E\/LP-E Cores<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th >\n<p>GPU EUs<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th >\n<p>TDP (PL1)<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th >\n<p>bLLC cache<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>8\/16\/4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 9 4950K<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>8\/16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 9 4900 BFC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>6\/12\/4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>65<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 7 4870K BFC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>8\/12\/4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 7 4850K<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>8\/12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 5 4650K<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>6\/12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"firstcol \" >\n<p><strong>Core Ultra 5 4650KF<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>6\/12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>125<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td >\n<p>No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most interesting of the supposed bunch, and one we hadn&#8217;t seen before, is the Core Ultra 9 4900 BFC (note the lack of a &#8216;K&#8217;). This will apparently have two fewer P-Cores and run with a base TDP of 65 W, compared to the 125 W of the rest of the line-up, but it will still have the big cache. <\/p>\n<p>Presumably this will be for specific professional workloads in smaller machines, given the lower TDP. Or perhaps for SFF gaming rigs. Unless it&#8217;s just that there&#8217;s a mix-up in the specs here, and the 65 W should be for another CPU in the line-up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2370px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.29%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"4wTd8fVYEqLLe4hqhhb3f9\" name=\"amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-review-06\" alt=\"AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/its-taken-its-sweet-time-but-intels-response-to-amds-x3d-chips-is-starting-to-look-tasty.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2370\" height=\"1334\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">This is the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which feature&#8217;s AMD&#8217;s 3D V-Cache. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Early in the year we heard rumour that some hefty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/the-rumour-that-intels-next-gen-nova-lake-chips-will-consume-up-to-700-w-of-power-is-nothing-to-worry-about-core-ultra-400-gaming-pcs-arent-going-to-be-melting-your-house-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Lake chips could consume up to 700 W of power<\/a>, but only as a kind of theoretical limit on a many-cored processor. This was corroborated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/intels-mega-core-nova-lake-desktop-processors-look-all-but-confirmed-to-have-sustained-full-boost-power-limits-at-least-220-w-higher-than-arrow-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\">further rumour a few months later<\/a> that the PL2 limit\u2014sustained power limit\u2014will be double current Intel CPU limits and will require an extra 8-pin connector to power the processor.<\/p>\n<p>This was only said to be the case for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/fresh-intel-nova-lake-leak-fills-out-the-details-on-the-range-of-core-ultra-400-series-cpus-we-can-expect-to-see-later-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">rumoured big boi, two-tiled, 44- and 52-core Nova Lake chips<\/a>, however, not the regular Core Ultra ones that will feature in our gaming PCs. Which tracks here, given this latest rumour has all but one of the listed models running at a 125 W (PL1) TDP just like current-gen, where a similar 250 W PL2 will also be likely.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, it&#8217;s exciting to see more mention of upcoming cache-heavy processors. That&#8217;s most certainly where it&#8217;s at for gaming. We&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/cpus\/intels-core-ultra-400-nova-lake-launch-schedule-leaks-out-mass-production-in-q4-first-nova-lake-cpus-in-q1-2027\" target=\"_blank\">expecting the processors to launch at the start of next year<\/a>, so hopefully there won&#8217;t be long to wait. <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/processors\/its-taken-its-sweet-time-but-intels-response-to-amds-x3d-chips-is-starting-to-look-tasty\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With little sign of new and exciting GPUs, and with rising memory prices affecting just about everything in a less than positive manner, it&#8217;s new CPUs that I&#8217;ll be keeping my optimistic eyes peeled for. That&#8217;s doubly so now that we&#8217;re getting wind of the specs for Intel&#8217;s upcoming Nova Lake generation. According to tech leaker Laurent&#8217;s Choice on X, we can expect a range of next-gen Intel CPUs to use a 4000-series naming scheme\u2014though still following Core Ultra nomenclature\u2014and three of these will be &#8216;BFC&#8217; chips featuring bLLC (&#8216;big last-level cache&#8217;). &#8216;BFC&#8217; presumably means &#8216;big friendly cache&#8217; or&#8230; something to that, err, effect. I&#8217;ll let you fill in the blanks. 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