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Key specs
Cores
12
Threads
20
Boost Clock
4.9 GHz
TDP
125 W
Socket
LGA-1700
Process
10 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
66
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
115
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
1284
TDP
125 W Boost: 190 W
Cache L3
25MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
115
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1284
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2790
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15,378
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3979
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
33,924
Blender CPU
308.32
GeekBench v6
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
PassMark
Integer math
113.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math
87.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
110M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
45.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption
23.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression
439.7 MBytes/sec
Physics
1757 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
28.5B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
10.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
123 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
271.4 PPW
Blender / Watt
2.47 PPW
General
Vendor
Intel
Released
October 27, 2021
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Alder Lake
Model number
i7-12700KF
Integrated GPU
No
AMD Equivalent
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Successor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
CPU
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 Cores
12
Total Threads
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
L1 Cache
80K (per core)
L2 Cache
12MB (shared)
L3 Cache
25MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Package
Fabrication Process
10 nm
TDP (PL1)
125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
190 W
Socket
LGA-1700
Peak Temperature
100°C
Memory Support
Memory Types
- DDR5-4800 / - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
ECC Support
Yes
Misc
Official Site
Intel Core i7 12700KF official page
PCI Express Version
5.0
PCI Express Lanes
20
Technologies
- Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA - Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit