The upcoming Intel Nova Lake processors are expected to launch in early 2026. Evidence of a laptop featuring this chip has surfaced in the SiSoftware database, identifying the device as the HP EliteBook X G3i.
The system uses an HP 8FF4 motherboard and an engineering sample processor labeled as Genuine Intel(R) 0000. This model is positioned as the successor to the current EliteBook X G2i, which utilizes Panther Lake architecture.
Technical data from the benchmark indicates the processor features 20 cores with a clock speed reaching 4.6 GHz. The chip includes 18 MB of L3 cache and 4 MB of L2 cache distributed across four blocks, differing from the 2.5 MB L2 cache configuration found in Panther Lake.
