Intel’s Core i9-14900KF has just become the fastest consumer CPU ever recorded, at least by raw clock speed. Chinese overclocker wytiwx pushed the chip to 9206.34 MHz using liquid nitrogen, edging past the previous mark set by the Core i9-14900KS and reminding everyone that extreme overclocking is still very much a bragging-rights sport.
The record run used an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX motherboard, 16 GB of DDR5-5792 CL32 memory, and a stripped-back configuration with only 7 cores and 7 threads active. Voltage was set at 1.348 V, which is the kind of number that makes ordinary PC builders quietly step away from the motherboard tray.
Core i9-14900KF record details
- Record frequency: 9206.34 MHz
- CPU: Intel Core i9-14900KF
- Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX
- Memory: 16 GB DDR5-5792 CL32
- Active configuration: 7 cores, 7 threads
- Voltage: 1.348 V
What the Core i9-14900KF is capable of
On paper, the chip is a Raptor Lake Refresh part with 24 cores in total: 8 performance cores and 16 efficiency cores, plus 32 threads. It also carries 36 MB of L3 cache, 32 MB of L2 cache, and a 125 W TDP. Intel originally pitched it as one of the first CPUs to hit 6.0 GHz out of the box, which makes today’s result less a product feature and more a dare taken to absurd levels.
The 9 GHz club is still tiny
HWBOT currently shows only two results above the 9 GHz line: wytiwx’s new 9.206 GHz run and the earlier 9.117 GHz record on the Core i9-14900KS. AMD’s best listed frequency is still 8.722 GHz, set by the aging FX-8370. That gap is a neat snapshot of the overclocking scene: Intel still owns the headline numbers, while AMD’s long-shot record remains stubbornly stuck below the milestone everyone wants.
Why this record will not change everyday PCs
This is not a normal performance story, and it is not meant to be. Liquid nitrogen overclocking is a competitive niche where cooling, silicon lottery luck, and a willingness to sacrifice sanity matter more than real-world workloads. The interesting part is not that most buyers will never see 9.2 GHz; it is that Intel’s aging flagship desktop platform still has enough electrical headroom to feed these record attempts, even as newer CPUs fight for efficiency rather than headline speed.
The next question is simple: can anyone push a consumer CPU past 9.3 GHz, or has this class of chip already hit the wall where thermals, voltage, and plain bad manners finally win?