12th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 Processors
Intel® Core™ i9-12900KF Processor
Manufacturer-published desktop processor specifications with visible source links and verification dates.
At a glance
- Launch period
- Architecture
- Alder Lake
- CPU configuration
- 16 cores24 threads
- Maximum boost
- 5.2 GHz
- Socket
- FCLGA1700
Before you upgrade
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- Motherboard and BIOS
This CPU lists FCLGA1700. Match the exact processor against your motherboard manufacturer's CPU support list. Check the board model, revision and required BIOS version before buying or replacing the processor.
- Display connection
This CPU has no integrated graphics. Plan for a separate graphics card to connect a display; the motherboard's display connectors do not add graphics to the processor.
- Memory you can reuse
Published memory support: Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s / Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s. DDR4 and DDR5 modules are not interchangeable. Choose the generation supported by your exact motherboard. Check its supported kit list and population rules before reusing existing modules.
Manufacturer guidance
Hardware specifications
Core configuration
- Architecture
- Alder Lake
- Process
- Intel 7
- Total cores
- 16
- Performance cores
- 8
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 24
Clocks and cache
- Performance-core base clock
- 3.2 GHz
- Efficiency-core base clock
- 2.4 GHz
- Maximum boost clock
- 5.2 GHz
- L2 cache
- 14 MB
- L3 cache
- 30 MB
Platform and memory
- Socket
- FCLGA1700
- Memory types
- Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s / Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
- Memory channels
- 2
- Maximum memory
- 128 GB
- PCIe generation
- 5.0 and 4.0
- PCIe lanes
- 20
Power and thermals
- Processor base power
- 125 W
- Maximum turbo power
- 241 W
- Maximum operating temperature
- 100 °C
Integrated graphics
- Integrated graphics
- No integrated graphics
Evidence record
Sources and verification
Specifications for Intel® Core™ i9-12900KF Processor were checked against the official manufacturer sources listed here. Last verified .
Values are manufacturer-published specifications and may change after a manufacturer revision.
- Intel® Core™ i9-12900KF Processor specifications
Intel - Product page
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- 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 Processors
Intel - Product collection
Retrieved
- Intel Boxed Desktop Processors with No Intel Processor Graphics
Intel - Support article
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Where to buy
Intel® Core™ i9-12900KF Processor
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Intel Core i9-12900KF boxed processor
Part number: BX8071512900KF
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