A Chinese user, "wytiwx", has pushed the Intel i9-14900KF past 9.12 GHz, officially seizing the crown from Elmor. Fun fact: HWBot's data shows that, to date, Elmor has been the only person to ...

Actually, the 14900KF has held the frequency record for CPUs before. But a Chinese overclocker going by the name "wytiwx" just upped the ante to a new world record for any CPU ever of 9.12161 GHz.

A new world record has been set, pushing the Intel Core i9 14900KF to a record-beating 9.12GHz clock speed, over 4GHz higher than its typical boost clock. Achieving this result took more than just ...

except CPU-Z of course). If you recall, the 14900KF did manage to briefly hit 9.1GHz in previous clock speed record attempts, but the processor wasn’t stable and the system locked up before the ...