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Essentials:

• Product Collection: 12th Generation Intel Core i9 Processors
• Code Name: Products formerly Alder Lake
• Vertical Segment: Desktop
• Processor Number: i9-12900
• 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

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
• 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
• TJUNCTION: 100°C
• Package Size: 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm

Advanced Technologies:

• Intel Gaussian & Neural Accelerator: 3
• 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
• Intel vPro Platform Eligibility: Yes
• Intel Hyper-Threading Technology: 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
• 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 Stable IT Platform Program (SIPP): Yes
• Intel Volume Management Device (VMD): Yes

Security & Reliability:

• Intel Standard Manageability (ISM): 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 Control-Flow Enforcement Technology: Yes