Product Collection\n12th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors\nCode Name\nProducts formerly Alder Lake\nVertical Segment\nDesktop\nProcessor Number\ni7-12700KF\nLithography\nIntel 7\nUse Conditions\nPC/Client/Tablet\nCPU Specifications\nTotal Cores\n12\n# of Performance-cores\n8\n# of Efficient-cores\n4\nTotal Threads\n20\nMax Turbo Frequency\n5.00 GHz\nIntel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ‡\n5.00 GHz\nPerformance-core Max Turbo Frequency\n4.90 GHz\nEfficient-core Max Turbo Frequency\n3.80 GHz\nPerformance-core Base Frequency\n3.60 GHz\nEfficient-core Base Frequency\n2.70 GHz\nCache\n25 MB Intel® Smart Cache\nTotal L2 Cache\n12 MB\nProcessor Base Power\n125 W\nMaximum Turbo Power\n190 W\nSupplemental Information\nMarketing Status\nLaunched\nLaunch Date\nQ4'21\nEmbedded Options Available\nNo\nDatasheet\nView now\nMemory Specifications\nMax Memory Size (dependent on memory type)\n128 GB\nMemory Types\nUp to DDR5 4800 MT/s\nUp to DDR4 3200 MT/s\nMax # of Memory Channels\n2\nMax Memory Bandwidth\n76.8 GB/s\nExpansion Options\nDirect Media Interface (DMI) Revision\n4.0\nMax # of DMI Lanes\n8\nScalability\n1S Only\nPCI Express Revision\n5.0 and 4.0\nPCI Express Configurations ‡\nUp to 1x16+4, 2x8+4\nMax # of PCI Express Lanes\n20\nPackage Specifications\nSockets Supported\nFCLGA1700\nMax CPU Configuration\n1\nThermal Solution Specification\nPCG 2020A\nTJUNCTION\n100°C\nPackage Size\n45.0 mm x 37.5 mm\nAdvanced Technologies\nIntel® Gaussian & Neural Accelerator\n3.0\nIntel® Thread Director\nYes\nIntel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)\nYes\nIntel® Optane™ Memory Supported ‡\nYes\nIntel® Speed Shift Technology\nYes\nIntel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 ‡\nYes\nIntel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡\n2.0\nIntel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡\nYes\nIntel® 64 ‡\nYes\nInstruction Set\n64-bit\nInstruction Set Extensions\nIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2\nIdle States\nYes\nEnhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology\nYes\nThermal Monitoring Technologies\nYes\nIntel® Volume Management Device (VMD)\nYes\nSecurity & Reliability\nIntel® Standard Manageability (ISM) ‡\nYes\nIntel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology\nYes\nIntel® AES New Instructions\nYes\nSecure Key\nYes\nIntel® OS Guard\nYes\nExecute Disable Bit ‡\nYes\nIntel® Boot Guard\nYes\nMode-based Execute Control (MBEC)\nYes\nIntel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡\nYes\nIntel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡\nYes\nIntel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡\nYes\n\n