A new PassMark benchmark spotted by VideoCardz reveals early performance data for Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake‑S client platform. The leak lists a 28‑core Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC CPU alongside an eight‑core variant, both scoring well in single‑thread tests. The 28‑core part, identified by the “NVL‑S Embedded CRB 1 Fab2 Board,” is expected to launch soon as part of Intel’s Nova Lake‑S lineup.
According to the PassMark database, the eight‑core NVL‑S reaches up to 5,085 points, while the 24‑core model peaks at 5,210. In multithreaded workloads the 28‑core chip hits a staggering 61,509 points, compared with 23,478 for the eight‑core unit. This puts the Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC at roughly 85 % of an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D’s multicore performance, and it outperforms the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K on single‑thread tests but falls short by 5,721 points (≈8.5 %).
The scores are unofficial ahead of a rumored Q1 2027 launch, meaning driver, hardware and memory optimizations may still improve results. Notably, the NVL‑S scores only 2,523.4 in the Memory Mark benchmark, well below the ~3,500 typical for the 285K. TechPowerUp and VideoCardz highlight that these leaks provide a glimpse of Intel’s next‑gen performance potential, though final figures could shift before release.
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