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12th Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors Comparisons

Intel® Core™ i9-12900K & i9-12900KF
Intel® Core™ i7-12700K & i7-12700KF
Intel® Core™ i5-12600K & i5-12600KF
Maximum Base Frequency (GHz)
Up to 5.2
Up to 5.0
Up to 4.9
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency [GHz]
Up to 5.2
Up to 5.0
n/a
Single P-core Turbo Frequency [GHz]
Up to 5.1
Up to 4.9
Up to 4.9
Single E-core Turbo Frequency [GHz]
Up to 3.9
Up to 3.8
Up to 3.6
P-core Base Frequency [GHz]
3.2
3.6
3.7
E-core Base Frequency [GHz]
2.4
2.7
2.8
Processor Cores (P-cores + E-cores)
16 (8P + 8E)
12 (8P + 4E)
10 (6P + 4E)
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Yes
Yes
Yes
Total Processor Threads
24
20
16
Intel® Thread Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Smart Cache (L3) Size [MB]
30
25
20
Total L2 Cache Size [MB]
14
12
9.5
Max Memory Speed [MT/s]
Up to DDR5 4800
Up to DDR4 3200
Up to DDR5 4800
Up to DDR4 3200
Up to DDR5 4800
Up to DDR4 3200
Number of Memory Channels
2
2
2
CPU PCIe 5.0 Lanes
16
16
16
CPU PCIe 4.0 Lanes
4
4
4
Enhanced Intel® UHD Graphics driven by Xe Architecture
Intel® UHD Graphics 770
Intel® UHD Graphics 770
Intel® UHD Graphics 770
Graphics Dynamic Frequency [MHz]
Up to 1550
Up to 1500
Up to 1450
Processor P-core/E-core/Graphics/Memory Overclocking
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel® AVX2)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Gaussian and Neural Accelerator (GNA) 3.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT-x / VT-d)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mode-based Execution Control (MBEC)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Threat Detection Technology (Intel® TDT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (Intel® CET)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® BIOS Guard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Boot Guard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® OS Guard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Virtualization (Intel® APIC-v)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Secure Key
Yes
Yes
Yes
Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT)
Yes
Yes
Yes

Product and Performance Information

  • 1.CPU PCIe lanes are only validated for discrete graphics (x16) and PCIe storage.
  • 2.Intel® Hybrid Storage devices such as Pyramid Glacier (H20) can’t attach to CPU PCIe due to PCIe 2x2 requirement.
  • 3.Unlocked features are present with select chipsets and processor combinations.
  • 4.Users must download this app from Intel.com.
  • 5.Discrete Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 (Maple Ridge) is only validated and supported from Intel® 500 Series Chipset PCIe lanes.
  • 6.Intel® WiFi 6 AX201 support using Intel® Integrated Connectivity (CNVi) requires specific hardware configurations. Discrete Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 available for chipsets not supporting connectivity integration.
  • 7.Results have been estimated or simulated based on internal Intel® analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. All dates and plans are subject to change without notice. For more complete information about performance and benchmark results, visit intel.com/benchmarks. Performance results are based on testing as of the date set forth in the configurations and may not reflect all publicly available updates.
  • 8.Available only on 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors featuring integrated graphics.
  • 9.802.11ax 2x2 160MHz enables 2402Mbps maximum theoretical data rates, ~3X (2.8X) faster than standard 802.11ac 2x2 80MHz (867Mbps) as documented in IEEE 802.11 wireless standard specifications, and require the use of similarly configured 802.11ax wireless network routers.
  • 10.Intel® Optane™ Memory H20 Test Configurations.