The world of overclocking can be thrilling. Top professionals, like overclocker Pieter Massman, manage to achieve results that may seem impossible, and these achievements often turn into world records that stay at the top for a long time.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Achieves Record Overclocking Speed
This time, Pieter Massman has overclocked the integrated GPU of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, which is based on the Xe architecture (Arc Alchemist), to 4.25 GHz. This speed has broken the previous GPU frequency record held by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
This speed is more than double the turbo mode frequency that the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K GPU can normally reach. It’s a truly exceptional achievement, and the result was easily validated during an overclocking session at Computex in Taiwan.
High-Tech Components Used for Overclocking Achievement
The components used to reach this high frequency included an ASUS ROG Z890 APEX motherboard and G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR5 memory kit. To keep the frequency stable, a voltage of 1.7V was used along with liquid nitrogen to lower the temperature to around -170°C.
At this speed, the GPU managed to score 2,800 points in Furmark at 1080p, but the application closed before completing the test, and other tests didn’t work either.
For better stability, the frequency of the inter-chip interface and the reference clock were also increased. While overclocking an integrated GPU to such extreme levels isn’t practical for better performance in regular use, it’s impressive because getting a GPU past 4 GHz is no easy task.
