The ASUS Republic of Gamers overclocking team has officially set a new world record. They pushed the 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K processor past 9 GHz to 9.008 GHz using an ROG Maximus Z790 Apex motherboard.
Asus claims that its team of extreme overclockers has officially reached beat the CPU frequency world record by overclocking an Intel Core i9-13900K to over 9 GHz. The company announced on Twitter its achievement, which was recorded on an open bench system equipped with an Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex motherboard with improved signaling and VRMs for extreme overclocking.
A chip from Intel has therefore succeeded in beating the record which was until now held by a chip from its competitor AMD. As a reminder, the previous record was previously held by AMD’s FX 8370. It was 2014 when overclocker “The Stilt” reached 8722.78 MHz with liquid nitrogen (LN2).
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The Intel Core i9-13900K exceeds 9 GHz, but not on all cores
Specifically, Asus managed to raise the Intel Core i9-13900K at 9008.82 MHz thanks to liquid helium cooling. The boiling point of helium is -270°C, and liquid helium is therefore significantly colder than liquid nitrogen (boiling point at -196°C). Liquid helium is therefore the best choice for extreme overclocks, but it is much more expensive. Thanks to him, the CPU temperature has been measured at -250°C fairly consistently.
It should be noted that the frequency of 9 GHz was not reached with all cores, but with only one core out of the 8 Performance cores available (efficient cores have been disabled).
Although the i9-13900K is currently the fastest mainstream Intel processor, the company will soon launch the Core i9-13900KS, an even more powerful processor. The KS variants run in full turbo mode right out of the box and are designed to give enthusiasts the fastest frequencies all the time. Their other peculiarity is their lack of an integrated GPU, which allows Intel to focus on the efficiency of the CPU itself.
We therefore imagine that Asus will try again to beat its own record once this new chip is available on the market. According to recent reports about him, the processor is expected to launch as early as January 12, 2023in just under a month.