Intel's Pentium Gold G7400T $64 Alder Lake CPU overclocked to 5.8 GHz.

Hicookie, a professional overclocker, increased the frequency of one of Intel's cheapest Alder Lake-based CPUs — the Pentium Gold G7400T, which retails for $64 — from 3.1 GHz to 5.8 GHz by modifying its base clock (BCLK).

By operating a current dual-core processor at such a high frequency, he has one of the fastest dual-core CPUs ever manufactured. Intel's Pentium G7400T processor is a straightforward dual-core processor with a base frequency of 3.10 GHz, a 2.5MB L2 cache, and a 6MB L3 cache. Due to the fact that it is a T-series chip, it has a low TDP of 35W, allowing it to be used even in PCs with passive fanless cooling. However, if you wish to overclock, you will require a more advanced cooling system due to the fact that the CPU will become hot.

Hicookie overclocked his Pentium G7400T to 5808 MHz by increasing its BCLK to 187 MHz (or 87 percent), increasing the voltage to 1.656V (which is really high for a 10nm CPU), and cooling it with liquid nitrogen. The experiment was conducted on Gigabyte's high-end Aorus Z690 Tachyon motherboard, an unusual match for such a low-cost CPU. What really needs to be determined is if the G7400T is a capable overclocker in the absence of liquid nitrogen.