notebookcheck.net/Intel-Nova-Lake-sacrifices-performance-for-safety-with-strict-max-frequency-lock-above-90-C.1442924.0.html Intel Nova Lake sacrifices performance for safety with strict max frequency lock above 90 C
A leaker claims Intel's Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs will cap maximum core frequency at 5.1 GHz once temperatures exceed 90 C, a limit that reportedly cannot be raised manually. The chips, expected at CES 2027 with up to 52 cores, may see limited performance loss because of IPC gains and large-cache variants.
