World's fastest processor is an overclocked beast [video] AMD announced that their new 8-core Bulldozer FX processor clocked a record speed of 8.429GHz with the help of liquid nitrogen and helium.

The EPYC 9754 is almost certainly the fastest x86 processor in the world right now thanks to its 128 cores, 256 threads, 256MB L2 cache and an enhanced Zen 4C/Bergamo architecture.

Realistically then the competition for the 'world's fastest gaming processor' probably isn't coming from AMD, the competition is more about how it can keep the i9 10900K delivering higher gaming ...