Intel Processor

Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Processor

Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Processor, up to 5.10 GHz, 16 cores, 30.00 MB cache

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Cores Cores

16 Cores

Multitasking and productivity baseline

Max Boost Clock Boost Clock

5.1 GHz

5.10 GHz

Single-core burst performance reference

L3 Cache L3 / Cache

30 MB

30.00 MB

Cache size and access efficiency reference

Specifications

Key Specs

33 items

# of Efficient-cores 8

# of Performance-cores 8

Cache 30.00 MB

Code Name Alder Lake

Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency 3.80 GHz

Instruction Set 64-bit

Instruction Set Extensions Intel® SSE4.1,Intel® SSE4.2,Intel® AVX2

Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) on CPU Yes

Intel® Gaussian & Neural Accelerator 3.0

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Yes

Intel® Thread Director Yes

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) Yes

Launch Date Q1'22

Lithography Intel 7

Marketing Status Launched

Max # of Memory Channels 2

Max # of PCI Express Lanes 20

Max Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Size 128.00 GB

Max Turbo Frequency 5.10 GHz

Memory Types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s

Performance-core Base Frequency 2.40 GHz

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency 5.00 GHz

Processor Number i9-12900F

Product Collection 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 Processors

Sockets Supported FCLGA1700

TJUNCTION 100.00 ℃

Total Cores 16 Cores

Total Threads 24

Vertical Segment Desktop

FAQ

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