Friday, January 8th 2021
Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU Pushed to 6.9 GHz on LN2
An Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU with 8 cores and 16 threads has recently surfaced in an overclocking video, being pushed to 6.923 GHz operating frequency, as showcased via a CPU-Z screen-grabbed from the video. Neither author of the video or the overclocker that pulled this feat are currently known. However, it can be seen from the CPU-Z that the overclocked CPU at 6.9 GHz supports instruction sets not available to Intel's current lineup of desktop CPUs, but that will be supported by Rocket Lake-S: namely, SHA and AVX512F. Likewise, the cache sizes correspond to the expected changes for Intel's Rocket Lake-S.
The overclocked CPU was paired with overclocked DDR4 memory as well, which was brought up to 6,666 MHz, buoyed by a crispy 1.830 V. Motherboard information is scarce, but it's speculated that it's a Gigabyte-branded Z590 motherboard. Perhaps this video is part of an Intel-pushed marketing attempt to increase desirability of its Rocket Lake-S CPUs to overclockers and enthusiasts. Expect the official Rocket Lake-S unveiling to occur during CES, with market availability around March.
Sources:
Videocardz, VWorld
The overclocked CPU was paired with overclocked DDR4 memory as well, which was brought up to 6,666 MHz, buoyed by a crispy 1.830 V. Motherboard information is scarce, but it's speculated that it's a Gigabyte-branded Z590 motherboard. Perhaps this video is part of an Intel-pushed marketing attempt to increase desirability of its Rocket Lake-S CPUs to overclockers and enthusiasts. Expect the official Rocket Lake-S unveiling to occur during CES, with market availability around March.
63 Comments on Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU Pushed to 6.9 GHz on LN2
Anyway, I struggle to find any meaning to all these extreme overclocking results. Sure it can run 6.9Ghz on liquid nitrogen, but so what? 99.99999% of the users are not going to be able to get this sorts of results. Moreover, it is not a sustainable result unless you have an unlimited amount of LN2 to maintain this overclock. This applies to both Intel and AMD chips by the way. The results may win some price money for the overclocking team, but pointless to everyday usage and for almost everyone.Its the concept of world records. As a one off for the feat, it may make sense to help the team win some cash money or products from sponsors. But even for the team, the overclock is meaningless because they cannot sustain this sort of overclock in day to day usage.
But since this isn't a real-world scenario (and I have no cooling system like this for my PC), I guess it doesn't matter.
Intel needs a change in leadership ASAP!
I suggest that we both watch the Intel "Earnings Report" on Thursday, January 28 and see what the boys have to say. 2021 is a big and busy year for them and pushing out two generations. Alder Lake later this year with 16-cores may just be revolutionary for Intel as their past was possessed with "Refreshes" only. Nothing really new. Myself: Not too happy what's going on with the country overall. The virus is one thing but there is so much more.