Intel Lunar Lake CPU Details Leak

New details regarding the upcoming Intel Lunar Lake CPU have been leaked by a tester with an early sample, including the chip's core and thread count. The leaks suggest that the Lunar Lake architecture will have a few notable changes over Meteor Lake, which launched in December 2023 with the first generation of Intel Core Ultra processors.

Intel appears to be preparing for multiple product launches in 2024, such as the new Intel Core i9-14900KS desktop processor and Lunar Lake processors for laptops. Leaks from November 2023 suggested that Lunar Lake MX processors would feature power-efficient Battlemage GPU cores with support for DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, and other useful technology that could benefit gamers on the go.

The specs for an Intel Lunar Lake CPU sample were shared by Zhihu user Xziar and reported by Tom's Hardware, revealing an 8 core and 8 thread setup without Hyper-Threading. Specifically, Intel's new CPU will feature four Lion Cove-based performance cores and four Skymont-based efficiency cores with a 1.8 GHz base clock and a 2.8 GHz boost clock. Lunar Lake's L1 cache (836 KB) and L2 cache (14 MB) are identical to those of Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake, but the upcoming CPU's L3 cache is strangely less than the L2 cache at just 12 MB. Rumors and leaks implied that Lunar Lake's L3 cache would be 16 MB, so it's possible that the sample's L3 cache was not read correctly in Xziar's screenshot. However, the user believes the L3 cache is «obviously not up to par,» implying that this Lunar Lake CPU will be released with 12 MB of L3 cache.

It's worth noting that the sample's lack of Hyper-Threading could change with the official launch of Lunar Lake products. For example, early Intel Arrow Lake samples did not have Hyper-Threading, despite Hyper-Threading being an integral feature for modern desktop CPUs from Intel. Like Lunar Lake, Arrow Lake is expected to launch by the end of 2024.

Official details and specs about Lunar Lake were not directly confirmed by