>>105984359No consumer-grade CPUs reliably exceed 7 GHz out of the box in 2025. The highest is the Intel Core i9-14900KS, reaching 6.2 GHz with Turbo Boost Max 3.0, but overclocking to 7 GHz+ is possible with extreme cooling (e.g., liquid nitrogen) and high voltage (1.83V), as seen in enthusiast experiments. Such overclocks risk instability and hardware damage.
AMD Ryzen 10000 series (Zen 6, expected ~2026) is rumored to target 7 GHz, but this is unconfirmed speculation. For now, 6.0–6.2 GHz is the consumer peak.