Intel’s new generation processors continue to shine. While the company is quite ambitious with the processors it produces, it has also emerged how right it is in this claim. Because Intel’s Core i3-12300 processor broke the record in the Y-cruncher test and became the world’s fastest 4-core processor.
This Alder Lake-based processor was boosted to 5442 MHz by a Korean overclocker known as Phantom K, which caused it to reach a Y-cruncher time of 33.3 seconds. The previous record is based on the 52-second record achieved by the AMD Ryzen 5300G. The difference is truly enormous.
According to the news of Tom’s Hardware, the Core i3-12300 processor in the computer system used in this record attempt is placed on the Asus ROG Maximus Apex Z690 motherboard. In the system, which is supported by 32 GB DDR5 memory running at 6736 MHz frequency, liquid nitrogen is not used to cool the CPU, contrary to what we are familiar with from such tests. Dry ice was used instead.
Well, there will be those among you who say how a processor that is not “K” series, that is, the multiplier is not unlocked, can break a record. The answer comes down to Intel’s discovery that with Alder Lake chips, even standard CPUs can be overclocked on some motherboards. For example, Celeron G6900, another member of the Alder Lake series, was overclocked to 5.3 GHz in the past few days. However, it should be underlined that such tests can still be performed by experts.
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