During the Intel Creator Challenge PC Modding Finale, overclocker Allen ‘Splave’ Golibersuch managed to reach the 8.2 GHz frequency on the Core i9-13900K, which features 24 cores.
What just happened? An Intel chip has passed the 8 GHz frequency for the first time in over eight years. An engineering sample of the Core i9-13900K reached 8.2 GHz using plenty of liquid nitrogen, showing the overclocking potential of the upcoming processor.
During the Intel Creator Challenge PC Modding Finale, overclocker Allen ‘Splave’ Golibersuch managed to reach the 8.2 GHz frequency on the Core i9-13900K, which features 24 cores comprising eight Performance cores and 16 Efficiency cores. For comparison, the record overclock for the Core i9-12900K is 7.
