Technical Specifications
Performance
| Total Cores | 12 |
|---|---|
| L3 Cache | 25MB (shared) |
| L2 Cache | 12MB (shared) |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
Graphics
| Integrated GPU | No |
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Technical
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Released | October 27, 2021 |
Other Specifications
| File compression | 1070 MB/sec |
|---|---|
| Clang compilation | 127.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 352.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 458.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 275.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 70.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 126.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 30 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 113.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 87.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 112M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 45.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 23.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 441.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1779 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 28.6B Matrices/sec |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 10.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 123 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 272.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.47 PPW |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i7-12700KF |
| Rival Equivalent | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
| P-Cores | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz |
| Total Threads | 20 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 36x |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 190 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C |
| Memory Types |
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| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes |
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 12700KF official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |