Intel Core i9-12900F

Essentials

Product Collection

12th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 Processors

Code Name

Products formerly Alder Lake

Vertical Segment

Desktop

Processor Number 

i9-12900F

Lithography 

Intel 7

Use Conditions 

PC/Client/Tablet

CPU Specifications

Total Cores 

16

# of Performance-cores

8

# of Efficient-cores

8

Total Threads 

24

Max Turbo Frequency 

5.10 GHz

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency ^‡ 

5.10 GHz

Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency 

5.00 GHz

Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency 

3.80 GHz

Performance-core Base Frequency

2.40 GHz

Efficient-core Base Frequency

1.80 GHz

Cache 

30 MB Intel® Smart Cache

Total L2 Cache

14 MB

Processor Base Power 

65 W

Maximum Turbo Power 

202 W

Supplemental Information

Marketing Status

Launched

Launch Date 

Q1'22

Embedded Options Available 

No

Datasheet

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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 1x16+4, 2x8+4

Max # of PCI Express Lanes 

20

Package Specifications

Sockets Supported 

FCLGA1700

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® 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® Standard Manageability (ISM) ^‡ 

Yes

Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology 

Yes

Intel® AES New Instructions 

Yes

Secure Key 

Yes

Intel® OS Guard

Yes

Execute Disable Bit ^‡ 

Yes

Intel® Boot Guard 

Yes

Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC) 

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