Product Collection12th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors Code NameProducts formerly Alder Lake Vertical SegmentDesktop Processor Number i7-12700KF StatusLaunched Launch Date Q4'21 Lithography Intel 7 Use Conditions PC/Client/Tablet Total Cores 12 # of Performance-cores8 # of Efficient-cores4 Total Threads 20 Max Turbo Frequency 5.00 GHz Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ‡ 5.00 GHz Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency 4.90 GHz Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency 3.80 GHz Performance-core Base Frequency3.60 GHz Efficient-core Base Frequency2.70 GHz Cache 25 MB Intel® Smart Cache Total L2 Cache12 MB Processor Base Power 125 W Maximum Turbo Power 190 W Supplemental Information Embedded Options Available No Memory Specifications Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 128 GB Memory Types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Max # of Memory Channels 2 Max Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s Expansion Options Direct Media Interface (DMI) Revision4.0 Max # of DMI Lanes8 Scalability1S Only PCI Express Revision 5.0 and 4.0 PCI Express Configurations ‡ Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4 Max # of PCI Express Lanes 20 Package Specifications Sockets Supported FCLGA1700 Max CPU Configuration1 Thermal Solution Specification PCG 2020A TJUNCTION 100°C Package Size45.0 mm x 37.5 mm Advanced Technologies Intel® Gaussian & Neural Accelerator 3.0 Intel® Thread DirectorYes Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) Yes Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported ‡ Yes Intel® Speed Shift Technology Yes Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 ‡ Yes Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 2.0 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ Yes Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ Yes Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ Yes Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡ Yes Intel® 64 ‡ Yes Instruction Set 64-bit Instruction Set Extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 Idle States Yes Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Yes Thermal Monitoring Technologies Yes Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) Yes Security & Reliability Intel® AES New Instructions Yes Secure Key Yes Intel® OS GuardYes Execute Disable Bit ‡ Yes Intel® Boot Guard Yes Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC) Yes Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology Yes