Intel Core i9-12900K at 3.9 GHz Top Level CPU 12th generation with Alder Lake core name, designed for work in Desktops with FCLGA1700 socket, date of announcement July 21, 2021. The processor produced by a 7 nm process. Intel Core i9-12900K has 16 cores and 24 Threads operating at 3.9 GHz (Turbo mode - 5.2 GHz) with typical Thermal Design Power 125 W. The rest of the technical specifications and more information about the processor like Die Size, Overclocking, Cashes Size, Memory Specification/Type, Architecture, 64 Bit support, Unlocked or not and other can be found below. To understand Intel Core i9-12900K is bad or good by looking at benchmark results and comparisons with other processors.
Intel Core i9-12900K specifications
General Info
Name
Intel Core i9-12900K
Core name
Alder Lake
Generation
12th
Architecture
x86
Release date
July 21, 2021
Price
589 USD
Frequency
3.9 GHz
Turbo frequency
5.2 GHz
Min frequency
3 GHz
Cores
16
Threads
24
Socket
FCLGA1700
Bus Speed
16 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
125 W
Min TDP
85 W
Max. Temperature
100 °C
Hyper-threading
Yes
L3 Cache
30 MB
Instruction Set Extensions
Intel AVX2 Intel SSE4.2 Intel SSE4.1
Word Size
64 bit
TSMC FinFET process (Lithography)
7 nm
Transistor count
12400 million
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Technologies
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) Instruction Set Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) Intel Turbo Boost Technology Thermal Monitoring Technologies Instruction Set Extensions Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) Intel 64 Intel Gaussian & Neural Accelerator Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Intel Speed Shift Technology Intel Optane Memory Supported Idle States Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost) Intel Thread Director
Security
Execute Disable Bit Intel OS Guard Secure Key Intel Boot Guard Intel Control-Flow Enforcement Technology Intel AES New Instructions Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Supported OS
Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition RHEL x86 64-Bit Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
Cinebench R15 Multi-Core
5150
Cinebench R15 Single-Core
489
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
11450
Cinebench R20 Single-Core
816
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
32950
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
2896
GeekBench 6, 5.2 Multi-Core
25262
GeekBench 6, 5.2 Single-Core
3641
PassMark
56332
Single Thread Mark
7546
Graphics
GPU
Intel UHD Graphics 770
Frequency
300 MHz
Max. frequency
1550 MHz
Cores
32
Graphics technologies
OpenGL: 4.5 Max Resolution (HDMI): 4096 x 2160 at 60Hz DirectX: 12 Intel Quick Sync Video Multi-Format Codec Engines Max Resolution (DP): 7680 x 4320 at 60Hz Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel): 5120 x 3200 at 120Hz Intel Clear Video HD Technology Graphics Output: eDP 1.4b, MIPI-DSI 2.0, DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b