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Moon Lake leak points to a 6 W all-LPE layout

The Die Brief Desk, after overclockers.co.uk

A 6 W base TDP is the defining figure in the Moon Lake leak, which pairs four Darkmont LPE cores with an all-LPE layout.

Picture from overclock3d.net
Picture from overclock3d.net
Moon LakeWildcat Lake-RWildcat Lake
cores4 LPE coresup to four P-cores and four LPE-cores
process18A
power6 W base TDP
packageBGA1516BGA1516BGA1516
graphicsup to two Xe3 cores

The leak places the part on Intel 18A and in the BGA1516 package. It also allows up to two Xe3 cores for integrated graphics.

The desk sees it as a low-end N-series replacement rather than a performance CPU. The 6 W envelope and all-LPE layout push the part toward battery life and cost rather than P-core throughput.

Picture posted by @jaykihn0
Picture posted by @jaykihn0

No page tested clock speed, memory bandwidth, package power, price, or model number. The Wildcat Lake-R comparison includes up to four P-cores and four LPE-cores, but no benchmark separates Moon Lake from that refresh on BGA1516.

Moon Lake is a constrained low-power part rather than a performance answer.

Treat the leak as a low-end N-series replacement, not a performance CPU.

After overclockers.co.uk. We did not report this. The pictures, if any, are theirs.

October 29, 2026 · 1 min
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