Essentials
Product Collection
12th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Code Name
Products formerly Alder Lake
Vertical Segment
Desktop
Processor Number
i7-12700F
Status
Launched
Launch Date
Q1’22
Lithography
Intel 7
CPU Specifications
Total Cores
12
# of Performance-cores
8
# of Efficient-cores
4
Total Threads
20
Max Turbo Frequency
4.90 GHz
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency*
4.90 GHz
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency
4.80 GHz
Performance-core Base Frequency
2.10 GHz
Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency
3.60 GHz
Efficient-core Base Frequency
1.60 GHz
Cache
25 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Total L2 Cache
12 MB
Processor Base Power
65 W
Maximum Turbo Power
180 W
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) Revision
4.0
Max # of DMI Lanes
8
Scalability
1S Only
PCI Express Revision
5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express Configurations*
Up to 1×16+4, 2×8+4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes
20
Package Specifications
Max CPU Configuration
1
Thermal Solution Specification
PCG 2020C
T JUNCTION
100°C
Package Size
45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Gaussian & Neural Accelerator
3.0
Intel® Thread Director
Yes
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 Guard
Yes
Execute Disable Bit*
Yes
Intel® Boot Guard
Yes
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Yes
Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology
Yes
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* This feature may not be available on all computing systems. Please check with the system vendor to determine if your system delivers this feature, or reference the system specifications (motherboard, processor, chipset, power supply, HDD, graphics controller, memory, BIOS, drivers, virtual machine monitor-VMM, platform software, and/or operating system) for feature compatibility. Functionality, performance, and other benefits of this feature may vary depending on system configuration.
| Total Cores | 12 |
| # of Performance-cores | 8 |
| # of Efficient-cores | 4 |
| Total Threads | 20 |
| Max Turbo Frequency | 4.90 GHz |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ‡ | 4.90 GHz |
| Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency | 4.80 GHz |
| Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency | 3.60 GHz |
| Performance-core Base Frequency | 2.10 GHz |
| Efficient-core Base Frequency | 1.60 GHz |
| Cache | 25 MB Intel® Smart Cache |
| Total L2 Cache | 12 MB |
| Processor Base Power | 65 W |
| Maximum Turbo Power | 180 W |
| 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 |
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