Intel has officially announced a new 12th-gen desktop CPU that can boost to 5.5 GHz on a single core out of the box. The news came during the Intel presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show, but there was no mention of pricing.
Tom's Hardware suggests that the chip will be a limited edition. The onstage demonstration of the new processor running at a sustained 5.2 GHz showed that it could hit a maximum of 5.5 GHz on a single core, as well as hitting a 300MHz improvement over what we saw with the i9-12900K. There was no information on what kind of power draw or cooling solution was needed to achieve these results.
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The processor was announced during a presentation.
Screenshot of Intel.
Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like you'll be able to get a 5.5 GHz Intel processor for your own rig anytime soon. Bryant said during the presentation that you would have to buy a prebuilt PC to get your hands on one of the chips. The new top-of-the-line processor is one of the new mainstream desktop and laptop 12th Gen CPUs that Intel announced at the Consumer Electronics Show.
