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Leak: Intel Core Ultra 9 4995HX Leads Nova Lake Laptop Lineup

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Leaker Jaykihn on X says Intel's Core Ultra 9 4995HX looks set to be the fastest Nova Lake chip for laptops, using an 8+16+4+2 layout: 8 P-cores, 16 E-cores, 4 LPE cores, and 2 Xe3 GPU cores, totaling 28 CPU cores—four more than Intel's current Arrow Lake-HX chips, with the extra cores coming from the LPE cluster Arrow Lake-HX lacked. The layout matches the previously reported 8P+16E+4LP ceiling, and the name fits the Core Ultra 4000 branding said to be extending to HX parts. The source explicitly notes Intel hasn't confirmed any of this, and clocks, cache, and power figures are still unknown. The same post lists the Core Ultra 9 4970H as 4+8+4+12, i.e., 16 CPU cores and a 12-core Xe3P iGPU—the same core count as Panther Lake's flagship Core Ultra X9 388H, so any gains should come from the new Coyote Cove P-cores, Arctic Wolf E-cores, and Xe3P graphics rather than extra cores; the 4995HX's tiny iGPU is less of a concern since HX chips almost always pair with a discrete GPU. Jaykihn also put the final 8+16 HX compute tile, built on TSMC N2P, at 14.8 x 6.6 mm, roughly 98 mm². Current reports point to the first Nova Lake-H and HX laptops showing up around CES 2027, though that timing should be treated as tentative.