Gaming Happens with Intel
12th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors
Built for the next generation of gaming.
Game and multitask without compromise powered by Intel’s new performance hybrid architecture on an unlocked processor.
12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors give you superior gaming performance while delivering the flexibility to seamlessly multitask. Innovative new architecture matches the right core to the right workload, so background tasks won’t interrupt your game. Giving you the freedom to chat, browse, stream, edit, record, and play without skipping a beat.
 Intel® Core™ Processor i9-12900K |
 Intel® Core™ Processor i7-12700K |
 Intel® Core™ Processor i5-12600K |
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Max Turbo Frequency [GHz] |
Up to 5.2 |
Up to 5.0 |
Up to 4.9 |
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Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Frequency [GHz] |
Up to 5.2 |
Up to 5.0 |
n/a |
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Single P-core Turbo Frequency [GHz] |
Up to 5.1 |
Up to 4.9 |
Up to 4.9 |
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Single E-core Turbo Frequency [GHz] |
Up to 3.9 |
Up to 3.8 |
Up to 3.6 |
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P-core Base Frequency [GHz] |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
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E-core Base Frequency [GHz] |
2.4 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
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Processor Cores (P-cores + E-cores) |
16 (8P + 8E) |
12 (8P + 4E) |
10 (6P + 4E) |
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Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Total Processor Threads |
24 |
20 |
16 |
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Intel® Thread Director3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Smart Cache (L3) Size [MB] |
30 |
25 |
20 |
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Total L2 Cache Size [MB] |
14 |
12 |
9.5 |
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Max Memory Speed [MT/s] |
Up to DDR5 4800 |
Up to DDR5 4800 |
Up to DDR5 4800 |
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Number of Memory Channels |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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CPU PCIe 5.0 Lanes |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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CPU PCIe 4.0 Lanes |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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Enhanced Intel® UHD Graphics driven by Xe Architecture |
Intel® UHD Graphics 770 |
Intel® UHD Graphics 770 |
Intel® UHD Graphics 770 |
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Graphics Dynamic Frequency [MHz] |
Up to 1550 |
Up to 1550 |
Up to 1450 |
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Processor P-core/E-core/Graphics/ Memory Overclocking4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Quick Sync Video |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel® AVX2) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Gaussian and Neural Accelerator (GNA) 3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT-x / VT-d) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mode-based Execution Control (MBEC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Threat Detection Technology (Intel® TDT) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (Intel® CET) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® BIOS Guard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Boot Guard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® OS Guard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Virtualization (Intel® APIC-v) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Secure Key |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Note: 600 series compatibility available on select motherboards only. Not all features present on all motherboards. Check with your motherboard manufacturer.
What’s New and Enhanced in This Generation
- Performance hybrid architecture, combining P-cores with E-cores
- Core architecture featuring IPC improvements
- Intel® Thread Director3
- Expandability Support
- CPU PCIe 5.0 (up to 16 lanes)
- PCH PCIe 4.0 (up to 12 lanes)
- Enhanced Core and memory overclocking4
- Intel® 7 process technology
- Integrated Intel® Wi-Fi 6E support
- Increased L2 cache and L3 shared Intel® Smart Cache
- Enhanced Intel® UHD graphics driven by Xe Architecture1
- And more!
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2 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology is only available on P-cores.
3 Intel® Thread Director is designed into 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors and helps supporting operating systems to more intelligently channel workloads to the right core. No user action required. See intel.com for details.
4 Altering clock frequency or voltage may damage or reduce the useful life of the processor and other system components and may reduce system stability and performance. Product warranties may not apply if the processor is operated beyond its specifications. Check with the manufacturers of system and components for additional details.
Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex. Performance results are based on testing as of dates shown in configurations and may not reflect all publicly available updates. See backup for configuration details. No product or component can be absolutely secure.
Your costs and results may vary. Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation.
Altering clock frequency or voltage may void any product warranties and reduce stability, security, performance, and life of the processor and other components. Check with system and component manufacturers for details.
For use only by product developers, software developers, and system integrators. For evaluation only; not FCC approved for resale.