The Core i9-12900K sets a new overclocking record
With the help of some liquid nitrogen tanks, Splave pushed the Core i9-12900K to 6.8GHz on the Golden Cove (P-core) cores and 5.3GHz on the Gracemont (E-core) cores. For comparison, the Core i9-12900K features a 5.2GHz P-core boost clock and a 3.9GHz E-core clock. This is an overclocking of 31% and 36%, respectively, on the P and E cores.
Photo Credit: sportsgaming.win ASRock's Z690 Aqua OC Edition was the motherboard of choice for Splave, whose production is limited to 500 units. The OC Edition is almost a carbon copy of the Z690 Aqua, except with two fewer DDR5 slots. In fact, the dual-DIMM design aims to improve memory overclocking. The Core i9-12900K system also included Klevv's DDR5-4800 memory, overclocked to DDR5-6200 C34, der8auer's Reaktor 2.0 LN2, and EVGA's 1,600W SuperNOVA power supply.
Score Single-Core Multi-Core (16-Core) XTU 2.0 12,765 N / AN / A Geekbench 4 N / A 11,669 93,232 Geekbench 5 N / A 2,740 26,649 Splave set new single and multi-core (16-core) world records on Geekbench 4 and Geekbench 5 with the Core i9-12900K boosted to 6.8 GHz / 5.3 GHz. On XTU 2.0, however, it had to lower the Golden Cove cores down to 6.7GHz to achieve sufficient stability to complete the benchmark. The Core i9-11900K (Rocket Lake) and Ryzen 9 5950X (Zen 3) were the previous record holders for the single and 16-core Geekbench 5 benchmarks with 2,309 and 20,929 points, respectively. Therefore, the Core i9-12900K outclassed the Intel chip by 19% and the AMD chip by 27%.
Alder Lake is available for pre-order at most retailers, but the chips won't ship until November 4, 2021. The Core i9-12900K retails for $ 589, just $ 40 more than the previous Core i9-11900K. However, the flagship Alder Lake processor is $ 210 cheaper than AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X.
