Technical Specifications
Performance
| Total Cores | 16 |
|---|---|
| L3 Cache | 30MB (shared) |
| L2 Cache | 14MB (shared) |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
Graphics
| Integrated GPU | No |
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Technical
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Released | October 27, 2021 |
Other Specifications
| File compression | 1150 MB/sec |
|---|---|
| Clang compilation | 141 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 363.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 475.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 274.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 66.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 138.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 33.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Integer math | 138.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 105.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 141M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 57.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 29.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 536.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2093 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.7B Matrices/sec |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 129.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 326.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.92 PPW |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i9-12900KF |
| Rival Equivalent | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
| P-Cores | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 |
| E-Threads | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.9 GHz |
| Total Threads | 24 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 32x |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 241 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 i9 12900KF official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |