The 13th- generation of Intel's Raptor Lake chips may be capable of boosting past the 6 GHz mark, according to one tip. The Core i9-12900 is capable of maxing out over 5 GHz.

There is a rumor going around that at least one part of the processor will be capable of a 6 GHz boost. It would be the first x86 chip to do that.

🥵6 GHz turbo MAYBE will appear in one SKU. (in ETVB mode)🤣

I guess it should not be normal sku. https://t.co/SFubzjdXNG

— Raichu (@OneRaichu) June 21, 2022

When Intel updated its Extreme Tuning Utility application, it included support for the future platform. According to Wccftech, the features listed in the XTU changelog will be available to 12th-gen CPUs.

The TVB increases the clock speeds by up to 100MHz if theCPU is within its thermal limit and there is enough headroom. It is possible to get into the mid-5 GHz range by using this method. The TVB will likely be improved by the ETVB mode to allow even higher frequencies depending on how hot the computer is.

Considering some of the early benchmarks we've seen, this probably isn't surprising. The current Core i9-12900 was found to be crushed by the current Core i9-13900. It was an early sample that was tested so the actual performance numbers could be different.

Team Red is readying its own chips that are based on the new Zen 4 architecture. The results of the Intel Core i9-12900K were worse than those of theAMD. The Zen 4 chip was boosting up to 5.5 GHz.

Even with such results, the Ryzen 7000 chips will be capable of clock speeds over 5 GHz. That doesn't include any kind of potential for increased performance. It will still be a remarkable achievement if Intel is able to achieve 6 GHz.

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