HP EliteBook X G3i With Alleged Intel Nova Lake CPU Leaks

An unreleased HP notebook, identified as the EliteBook X G3i and powered by an unspecified Intel CPU, surfaced on the SiSoftware benchmark database. If the laptop is authentic, it would serve as the successor to the present Panther Lake-powered EliteBook X G2i. The SiSoftware listing designates the HP laptop's motherboard as HP 8FF4, while the CPU is identified simply as "Intel® 0000," a typical designation for engineering samples that have not yet been officially named, such as Core Ultra X7 or X9, followed by a numeric identifier.

SiSoftware lists specific details about the processor, including a 20-core CPU with a boost clock up to 4.6GHz and 18MB of L3 Cache. Other specifications include four 4MB L2 Cache blocks, a feature absent in the current Panther Lake CPU architecture. This development is noteworthy, as Nova Lake is anticipated to initially target the desktop PC market before potentially expanding to laptops.

Intel's decision to launch a desktop CPU architecture in the laptop space is not uncommon; for instance, their current Arrow Lake architecture is shared between desktop and laptop segments, with the latter often catering to high-end gaming laptops and designated with an HX designation.