What Is Overclocking?1
Overclocking your unlocked Intel® Core™ processor, RAM, and motherboard is a way to custom tune your PC. You can adjust the power, voltage, core, memory settings, and other key system values for more performance. It helps speed up your components—and your gameplay. It can also help with processor-intensive tasks such as image rendering and transcoding.
Additional Overclocking Guides and Tools
How to Overclock with Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility
Fine-tune and test your overclock from within Windows using Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU).
How to Overclock Your CPU from BIOS
This guide will walk you through benchmarking and modifying settings to monitoring your system.
How to Overclock RAM
Overclocking is often thought of in the context of a CPU or GPU, but you can also overclock RAM to boost memory speeds and performance of your PC.
Intel® Speed Optimizer
This new feature enabled within Intel Extreme Tuning Utility is designed to simplify overclocking. Intel ISO changes the P-core and E-core frequency, voltage, and other parameters automatically.
Check Intel® Extreme Memory Profile Compatibility
Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (Intel® XMP) helps you overclock RAM, including select Intel® technology-based DDR5/DDR4 memory, unlocking performance that exceeds standard specifications.
Compare Unlocked Desktop Processors
Processor Number |
Processor Cores (P+E)2 |
Processor Threads3 | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) |
Processor Base Power |
Maximum Turbo Power |
P-core Max Turbo Frequency4 | Max Memory Speed (MT/s) |
Processor Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 (8 + 16) |
32 |
36MB |
125W |
253W |
Up to 5.4 GHz |
Up to DDR5 5600 Up to DDR4 3200 |
Intel® UHD Graphics 770 |
|
24 (8 + 16) |
32 |
36MB |
125W |
253W |
Up to 5.4 GHz |
Up to DDR5 5600 Up to DDR4 3200 |
n/a |
|
16 (8 + 8) |
24 |
30MB |
125W |
253W |
Up to 5.3 GHz |
Up to DDR5 5600 Up to DDR4 3200 |
Intel® UHD Graphics 770 |
|
16 (8 + 8) |
24 |
30MB |
125W |
253W |
Up to 5.3 GHz |
Up to DDR5 5600 Up to DDR4 3200 |
n/a |
|
14 (6 + 8) |
20 |
24MB |
125W |
181W |
Up to 5.1 GHz |
Up to DDR5 5600 Up to DDR4 3200 |
Intel® UHD Graphics 770 |
|
14 (6 + 8) |
20 |
24MB |
125W |
181W |
Up to 5.1 GHz |
Up to DDR5 5600 Up to DDR4 3200 |
n/a |
Compare Unlocked Laptop Processors
| Processor Number | Processor Cores (P+E)2 | Processor Threads3 | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) | Processor Base Power | Maximum Turbo Power | P-core Max Turbo Frequency4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel® Core™ i9-13980HX Processor | 24 (8 + 16) | 32 | 36M | 55W | 157W | Up to 5.6 GHz |
| Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX Processor | 24 (8 + 16) | 32 | 36M | 55W | 157W | Up to 5.4 GHz |
| Intel® Core™ i9-13900HK Processor | 14 (6+8) | 20 | 24M | 45W | 115W | Up to 5.4 GHz |
| Intel® Core™ i7-13700HX Processor | 16 (8 + 8) | 24 | 30W | 55W | 157W | Up to 5.0 GHz |
| Intel® Core™ i5-13600HX Processor | 14 (6 + 8) | 14 | 24W | 55W | 157W | Up to 4.8 GHz |
| Intel® Core™ i5-13500HX Processor | 14 (6 + 8) | 14 | 24W | 55W | 157W | Up to 4.7 GHz |
Shop Gaming PCs with the Latest Unlocked Intel® Core™ Processors
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Falcon Northwest TALON13TH PC/workstation
- Intel® Core™ i5-13600K Processor (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
- Windows 11 Pro Operating System
- 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM 5600 MHz Memory
- 1000 GB SSD Storage
- 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.2 Wireless
Lenovo Legion T7
- Intel® Core™ i9-13900KF Processor (36M Cache, up to 5.80 GHz)
- Windows 11 Home Operating System
- 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM 5600 MHz Memory
- 1 TB SSD Storage
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.1 Wireless
MSI Aegis RS 13NUF-465US
- Intel® Core™ i9-13900K Processor (36M Cache, up to 5.80 GHz)
- Windows 11 Home Operating System
- 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM Memory
- 2 TB SSD Storage
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) Wireless
ASUS ROG G22CH-DB978 PC
- Intel® Core™ i9-13900KF Processor (36M Cache, up to 5.80 GHz)
- Windows 11 Home Operating System
- 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM Memory
- 1 TB SSD Storage
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3 Wireless
CyberpowerPC GX60360LQ PC
- Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF Processor (30M Cache, up to 5.40 GHz)
- Windows 11 Home Operating System
- 16 GB DDR5-SDRAM 6000 MHz Memory
- 2 TB SSD Storage
- Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Wireless
Product and Performance Information
No product or component can be absolutely secure.
Altering clock frequency or voltage may damage or reduce the useful life of the processor and other system components, and may reduce system stability and performance. Product warranties may not apply if the processor is operated beyond its specifications. Check with the manufacturers of system and components for additional details.
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