Processor Intel Core i7-12700, Specifications

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Intel Core i7
• Generation
  12
• Name
  Intel Core i7-12700
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-11700
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Successor
  —

• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz
• C-Core
  —
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  12
• CPU Threads
  20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.1 GHz

• DirectX Version
  12
• Execution units
  32
• Generation
  12
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  4
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2021
• Shader
  256
• Technology
  10 nm

• AV1
  Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode
• VP8
  Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode

• ECC
  No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• Memory channels
  2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe lanes
  20
• PCIe version
  5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  —
• TDP down
  —
• TDP up
  —

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  2.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB
• Part Number
  —
• Release date
  Q4/2021
• Socket
  LGA 1700
• Technology
  10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

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