Alder Lake S
12th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors for IoT applications with performance hybrid architecture1, combining Performance-cores and Efficient-cores into a single die with Intel® Thread Director2, enable IoT use cases with up to 1.36x times faster in single-thread performance 3 and up to 1.35x times faster in multi-thread performance 3 vs. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors.
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Key features on Alder Lake S
With up to 16 cores and 24 threads, enhanced AI, Intel® UHD Graphics 770 driven by Intel® Xe Architecture, I/O featuring PCIe 5.0 ready/PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, support for discrete Wi-Fi 6E, and real-time capabilities help expand your IoT potential. The addition of a fourth display pipe and support for up to 8K video allow for video wall deployments.4
Innovative new high-performance chip design
12th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors are the first Intel® Core™ processors to feature performance hybrid architecture1, Intel’s largest leap in Intel® Core™ Processor architecture and performance in years. This revolutionary chip design integrates up to eight Performance-cores, or P-cores, that enhance IoT workload consolidation, and up to eight Efficient-cores, or E-cores, that enhance background task management and multitasking. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors drive up to 1.36x times faster in single-thread performance3 and up to 1.35x times faster in multi-thread performance3 vs. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors.
Enhanced graphics performance for immersive, engaging video
Up to 32 graphics execution units (EUs) in the CPU design, based on Intel® UHD Graphics 770 driven by Intel® Xe Architecture, allows for eye-catching visuals. Delivers up to 1.94x times faster graphics performance compared to 10th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors.3 Up to four display pipes allow solution providers to deploy up to four independent 4K displays or up to 8K resolution in one display. Genlock video synchronization for Windows enables smooth video walls.
Fast AI with hardware acceleration and Intel® Xe Architecture
12th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors enable high-performing AI for machine vision use cases with fast AI inferencing. Up to 32 graphics execution units allow for a high degree of parallelization for AI workloads, combined with built-in AI acceleration from Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) and the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit. Up to 2.81x times faster in GPU image classification inference performance.3
Real-Time Capabilities
Real-time-capable features Intel® Time Coordinated Computing (Intel® TCC) and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) help ensure smooth operation across multiple edge devices in industrial implementations.
Topline specifications
- Intel® 7 process technology
- New performance hybrid architecture1 featuring Performance-cores and Efficient-cores
- Up to 16 cores, up to 24 threads in IoT SKUs
- Up to 30 MB Intel® Smart Cache
- Intel® UHD Graphics 770 driven by Xe Architecture with up to 32 EUs
- Support for up to four independent displays at up to 4K resolution or one display at 8K resolution
- Genlock video synchronization for Windows and Single Root I/O Virtualization (SRIOV)
- Graphics and display virtualization
- Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) with VNNI instructions
- Up to DDR5 4800, up to DDR4 3200
- Up to 16 lanes PCIe 5.0 ready, up to four lanes PCIe 4.0 on the CPU4
- Long-life availability5
- Mainstream and IoT products available
- Real-Time capability in select SKUs
- Intel vPro® Platform eligible6
What you can do with Alder Lake S
Retail
Enable capabilities at ATMs or intelligent vending machines, object detection for cashier-free checkout and audience analytics. High resolution graphics and media deliver stunning next-gen video walls.
Industrial manufacturing
Higher performance platform with TDP ranges for applications like Industrial PCs, Human Machine Interfaces. AI capabilities also deliver fast/accurate machine vision.
Healthcare
Healthcare providers are using data analytics and artificial intelligence to transform healthcare.
Video and security
The digital video industry continues to evolve with new technologies and market trends. Such as the increased widespread consumer demand for 8K video, the need for artificial intelligence-based video analytics at the edge, and the diversification of display module form factors.
Platform components for Alder Lake S
Processors specifications7
| CPU part number | CPU category | Processor cores (P+E)8 | Processor threads | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) | Processor Base Power (W) | Single P-Core turbo freq9 | Single E-Core turbo freq9 | GFX execution units | ECC | Intel vPro® Platform | Real Time | PCHs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900E Processor | IoT | 16 (8+8) | 24 | 30MB | 65W | Up to 5 GHz | Up to 3.8 GHz | 32EU | Yes | Yes | Yes** | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610 chipset & Intel® H610E chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9- 12900TE Processor | IoT | 16 (8+8) | 24 | 30MB | 35W | Up to 4.8 GHz | Up to 3.6 GHz | 32EU | Yes | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610 chipset & Intel® H610E chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Processor | Mainstream | 16 (8+8) | 24 | 30MB | 65W | Up to 5 GHz | Up to 3.8 GHz | 32EU | Yes | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610 chipset & Intel® H610E chipset | |||||||||
For product specifications, please refer to ark.intel.com. **Real Time capable only using Intel® R680E chipset |
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Processors specifications7
| CPU part number | CPU category | Processor cores (P+E)8 | Processor threads | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) | Processor Base Power (W) | Single P-Core turbo freq9 | Single E-Core turbo freq9 | GFX execution units | ECC | Intel vPro® Platform | Real Time | PCHs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700E Processor | IoT | 12 (8+4) | 20 | 25MB | 65W | Up to 4.8 GHz | Up to 3.6 GHz | 32EU | Yes | Yes | Yes** | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610 chipset & Intel® H610E chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700TE Processor | IoT | 12 (8+4) | 20 | 25MB | 35W | Up to 4.7 GHz | Up to 3.6 GHz | 32EU | Yes | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610 chipset & Intel® H610E chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Processor | Mainstream | 12 (8+4) | 20 | 25MB | 65W | Up to 4.8 GHz | Up to 3.6 GHz | 32EU | Yes | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610 chipset & Intel® H610E chipset | |||||||||
For product specifications, please refer to ark.intel.com. **Real Time capable when used with Intel® R680E chipset |
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Processors specifications7
| CPU part number | CPU category | Processor cores (P+E)8 | Processor threads | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) | Processor Base Power (W) | Single P-Core turbo freq9 | Single E-Core turbo freq9 | GFX execution units | ECC | Intel vPro® Platform | Real Time | PCHs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500E Processor | IoT | 6 (6+0) | 12 | 18MB | 65W | Up to 4.5 GHz | NA | 32EU | Yes | Yes | Yes** | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500TE Processor | IoT | 6 (6+0) | 12 | 18MB | 35W | Up to 4.3 GHz | NA | 32EU | Yes | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500 Processor | Mainstream | 6 (6+0) | 12 | 18MB | 65W | Up to 4.6 GHz | NA | 32EU | Yes | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | Yes | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12400 Processor | Mainstream | 6 (6+0) | 12 | 18MB | 65W | Up to 4.4 GHz | NA | 24EU | No | No | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
For product specifications, please refer to ark.intel.com. **Real Time capable when used with Intel® R680E chipset |
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Processors specifications7
| CPU part number | CPU category | Processor cores (P+E)8 | Processor threads | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) | Processor Base Power (W) | Single P-Core turbo freq9 | Single E-Core turbo freq9 | GFX execution units | ECC | Intel vPro® Platform | Real Time | PCHs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-12100E Processor | IoT | 4 (4+0) | 8 | 12MB | 60W | Up to 4.2 GHz | NA | 24EU | Yes | No | Yes** | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-12100TE Processor | IoT | 4 (4+0) | 8 | 12MB | 35W | Up to 4.0 GHz | NA | 24EU | Yes | No | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
| 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Processor | Mainstream | 4 (4+0) | 8 | 12MB | 60W | Up to 4.3 GHz | NA | 24EU | Yes | No | No | Intel® R680E chipset & Intel® W680 chipset |
| No | No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||||
| No | No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||||
For product specifications, please refer to ark.intel.com. **Real Time capable when used with Intel® R680E chipset |
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Processors specifications7
| CPU part number | CPU category | Processor cores (P+E)8 | Processor threads | Intel® Smart Cache (L3) | Processor Base Power (W) | GFX execution units | ECC | Intel vPro® Platform | PCHs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400E Processor | IoT | 2 (2+0) | 4 | 6MB | 46W | 16EU | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset |
| No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||
| No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||
| Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400TE Processor | IoT | 2 (2+0) | 4 | 6MB | 35W | 16EU | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset |
| No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||
| No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||
| Intel® Celeron® G6900E Processor | IoT | 2 (2+0) | 2 | 4MB | 46W | 16EU | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset |
| No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||
| No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||
| Intel® Celeron® G6900TE Processor | IoT | 2 (2+0) | 2 | 4MB | 35W | 16EU | Yes | No | Intel® R680E chipset |
| No | No | Intel® Q670E chipset & Intel® Q670 chipset | |||||||
| No | No | Intel® H610E chipset & Intel® H610 chipset | |||||||
| For product specifications, please refer to ark.intel.com. | |||||||||
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Product and Performance Information
Performance hybrid architecture combines two new core microarchitectures, Performance-cores (P-cores) and Efficient-cores (E-cores), on a single processor die. Select 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors (certain 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors and lower) do not have performance hybrid architecture, only P-cores.
Intel® Thread Director: Built into the hardware, Intel® Thread Director is provided only in performance hybrid architecture configurations of 12th Gen or newer Intel® Core™ processors; OS enablement is required. Available features and functionality vary by OS.
Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.
Intel targets to get Desktop platforms ready for PCIe 5.0 on CPU attach. However, this support is contingent on PCIe* Gen5 third party ecosystem readiness. For more complete information about performance and benchmark results, visit intel.com/PerformanceIndex.
Intel does not commit or guarantee product availability or software support by way of road map guidance. Intel reserves the right to change road maps or discontinue products, software, and software support services through standard EOL/PDN processes. Contact your Intel account rep for additional information.
Available on select processor SKUs.
Not all features available on every SKU
Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. Processor cores listed first are the total number of cores in the processor followed by the number of Performance-cores and number of Efficient-cores in parentheses (P+E). Visit https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html for more information.
Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. Efficient-core frequencies are lower to optimize power usage. The frequency of cores and core types varies by workload, power consumption, and other factors. Visit https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html for more information.