Intel Nova Lake and Arrow Lake-refresh CPUs revealed in new leak

In recent years, shipping manifests have become an increasingly prominent source of new hardware leaks. Recently, Intel Arrow Lake and Nova Lake refresh CPUs were spotted being shipped, revealing the existence of a new 28-core Nova Lake-S CPU. 

The first manifest shared by “X86 is dead&back” (via Videocardz) clearly shows an Arrow Lake-S refresh desktop processor, as indicated by the LGA 1851 it uses. Besides that, not much can be taken from the cargo description, only that it exists and that we might see it soon.

There were four entries on the shipping manifests mentioning the processor, all of which stated it had 28 cores. This is an interesting configuration, given that the current Arrow Lake-S flagship tops out at 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores). This new chip is likely built on a similar 8P+16E core configuration as the Arrow Lake CPUs, but with the addition of 4 LP E-cores. If true, this would mark the first time these LP-cores have been brought to the desktop platform. As for what this 28-core chip is, based on previous reports and its core configuration, it should belong to the Core Ultra 5 series.

Intel Nova Lake processors are expected to arrive in late 2026, featuring up to 52 cores in a 16P + 32E + 4LP config and a 150W base TDP.

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KitGuru says: Nova Lake isn't supposed to launch for a long time, so these are very early SKUs for testing, rather than anything truly exciting. We should learn much more about Intel's plans for Nova Lake in 2026. 

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