Intel's Secret All P-Core Raptor Lake CPU Hits 7.4GHz In Wild Overclock
"Please, Intel!" cried out the DIY enthusiasts. "Please give us a Raptor Lake CPU without E-cores!" But Intel refused. The company would eventually make such a CPU, the Core 9 273PQE, but it's esoteric and rare, and it doesn't actually offer much advantage over the mainstream Core i9-14900K. Intel actually made one before that, though: the Core i9-14901E, which is an embedded CPU that simply uses a standard Raptor Lake CPU die with the E-cores disabled in hardware. That part's not overclockable, but the company planned to release one that was, and even made a few qualification samples. One of those parts has now popped up in the hands of overclockers on Bilibili, and the results are that they achieved a scorching 7.4 GHz overclock using sub-ambient cooling.
Lengyue's WestmereX channel, a well-known enthusiast and overclocking channel over on BiliBili, got ahold of one of these "Core i9-14901KE" processors...
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