Discussion Intel Nova Lake in H2-2026: Discussion Threads

[igor_kavinski]

who even buys strix point???

Yeah, I have to agree that AMD dropped the ball on this one. The only great thing I read about it is that the Beelink Strix Point mini PC does not throttle and keeps going at full speed during all core workloads. Previous gens would throttle.

Personally I would choose a Strix Halo mini PC over a Strix Point one.

 

[LightningZ71]

AMD hobbled Strix Point by converting the MALL cache into a die waste unit. With 16MB of MALL cache, the 8WU iGPU would be in the RX 6400/6500 performance range easily.

 

[fastandfurious6]

even with that... not a good option

why get only 4 full + 8 dense cores when you can get 16 full cores + 40 whole CUs with halo even in handhelds....

 

[LightningZ71]

Because the vast majority of games are performance restricted on the CPU side by 4 or less threads, Most by two or less. See the performance of the singular Lunar Lake handheld out there? It only has 4 performance cores and can hang with or best all the rest with the updated firmware.