Intel i7-12700KF CPU 3.6GHz (5.0GHz Turbo) 12th Gen LGA1700 12-Cores 20-Threads 25MB 125W Graphic Card Required Unlocked Retail Box Alder Lake Essentials Product Collection 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors Code Name Products formerly Alder Lake Vertical Segment Desktop Processor Number i7-12700KF Status Launched Launch Date Q4'21 Lithography Intel 7 Use Conditions PC/Client/Tablet CPU Specifications Total Cores 12 # of Performance-cores 8 # of Efficient-cores 4 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 Frequency 3.60 GHz Efficient-core Base Frequency 2.70 GHz Cache 25 MB Intel® Smart Cache Total L2 Cache 12 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) Revision 4 Max # of DMI Lanes 8 Scalability 1S Only PCI Express Revision 5.0 and 4.0 PCI Express Configurations ‡ Up to 1x16+4 | 2x8+4 Max # of PCI Express Lanes 20