Intel Core i7 12700K specifications and performance
Intel Core i7 12700K is a 12 cores and 20 threads CPU processor produced by Intel. Intel Core i7 12700K was released on 2021-10-27, the fabrication process is 10nm (nanometer), the CPU codename is Alder Lake, the instruction set architecture is x86-64, and the CPU's integrated graphics (iGPU) is UHD Graphics 770.
| Vendor / Supplier | Intel | 
|---|---|
| Short name | i7 12700k | 
| Release date | 2021-10-27 | 
| CPU code name | Alder Lake | 
| Fabrication process | 10nm (nanometer) | 
| Instruction set architecture | x86-64 | 
| Market | Desktop | 
| Integrated Graphics (iGPU) | UHD Graphics 770 | 
| Total number of cores | 12 cores | 
|---|---|
| Total number of threads | 20 threads | 
| Number of performance cores | 8 cores | 
| Number of performance core threads | 16 threads | 
| Performance core base frequency / main frequency | 3.6GHz | 
| Performance core maximum turbo frequency | 4.9GHz | 
| Number of energy efficiency cores | 4 cores | 
| Number of energy-efficient core threads | 4 threads | 
| Energy efficiency core basic frequency / main frequency | 2.7GHz | 
| Energy efficiency core maximum turbo frequency | 3.8GHz | 
| Bus frequency | 100MHz | 
|---|---|
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | 
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | 
| L3 Cache | 25 MB | 
| Unlock multiplier | Yes | 
| Maximum supported memory | 128GB | 
|---|---|
| Memory frequency support | 
 | 
| Maximum number of memory channels | 2 | 
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 76.8GB/s | 
| ECC support | Yes | 
| CPU Socket | LGA-1700 | 
|---|---|
| Default thermal design power / TDP PL1 | 125W | 
| Maximum Turbo Power Consumption / TDP PL2 | 190W | 
| Maximum temperature | 100°C | 
| PCIe interface | PCIe 5.0 | 
| PCIe lane count | 20 | 
| Integrated Graphics (iGPU) | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | 
|---|---|
| Base frequency | 300MHz | 
| Maximum acceleration frequency | 1500MHz | 
| Number of execution units | 32 | 
| Stream Processors / Shading Units | 256 | 
| Texture Units / TMUs | 16 | 
| Raster Operations Units / ROPs | 8 | 
| Total Graphics Power / TGP | 15W | 
| FP32 computing performance | 
                                
                                0.78TFLOPS
                               | 
| Single core performance score | 
                                
                                1943
                               | 
|---|---|
| Multi-core performance score | 
                                
                                23042
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| Single core performance score | 
                                
                                4050
                               | 
|---|---|
| Multi-core performance score | 
                                
                                34722
                               | 
| Integer math | 114 GOps/sec | 
| Floating point math | 89 GOps/sec | 
| Find prime numbers | 117 Million Primes/sec (Millions find prime numbers per second) | 
| Random string sorting | 46.4 Million Strings/sec (Millions random string sorting per second) | 
| Data encryption | 23.6 GBytes/sec (Gigabits per second) | 
| Data compression | 450.3 MBytes/sec (megabits per second) | 
| Physics simulation | 1801 Frames/sec (FPS) | 
| Extended instruction test | 29.1 Billion Matrices/sec (Billions matrix operations per second) | 
| Single core performance | 
                                
                                2627
                               | 
|---|---|
| Multi-core performance | 
                                
                                14714
                               | 
| File compression | 1230 MB/sec (megabits per second) | 
| clang compilation | 122.3 Klines/sec (thousands lines per second) | 
| HTML5 browsing | 382.6 pages/sec (pages per second) | 
| PDF rendering | 374.5 Mpixels/sec (megapixels per second) | 
| Text processing | 267.6 pages/sec (pages per second) | 
| Background blur | 55.9 images/sec (images per second) | 
| Photo processing | 98.2 images/sec (images per second) | 
| Ray tracing | 29.6 Mpixels/sec (megapixels per second) | 
