Worth

I don't think so. Generative AI is getting almost indistinguishable from a real picture at a glance but everything matches too well. The stitching is perfect, there is crisp detail in the thermal paste, the light and depth of field look right. Most likely real.

The text on real i9 chips is a different format, so probably. The model number isn't on the first line, but the second. None of them have a clock speed printed on them since they all operate on a range of speeds (none of the ranges start or end at 3.08) and the last line is supposed to be a bar code. Also the base of the chip should have a gold triangle pointing to the bottom left that isn't there.