During CES 2022 at the beginning of the year, Intel unveiled the Alder Lake 12th generation Core full line of products, covering desktop desktops, mobile notebooks, commercial and other fields.
Now, based on the 12th generation of Core high-performance mobile H series of the new generation of games is being released and listed, we also took the opportunity to do some communication with Intel related experts, and have a deeper understanding of this generation of products.
The 12th generation Core H series is the most powerful notebook processor to date, on the one hand, thanks to the new CPU architecture design and higher IPC, single-core performance is 10-20% higher than the previous generation, on the other hand, due to the hybrid architecture design of performance core and energy efficiency core, multi-core performance has increased by 30-40%, coupled with DDR5 memory, Wi-Fi 6E wireless network, etc., it is known as the world's best mobile game platform.
In addition, the 12th generation Core H series has also greatly improved the efficiency of professional content creation, and not only image and video processing, but also a wide range of industry fields such as architecture, programming, industrial design, etc. Intel works closely with related enterprises and engineers to optimize the real application scenario experience.
Multi-memory support is a major feature of the 12th generation Core H series, of which DDR5 has the best performance, LPDDR5 has the best throughput performance and lower power consumption, DDR4, LPDDR4 takes into account the cost, notebook manufacturers can choose the design according to their needs.
In terms of expansion, it supports 16 PCIe 4.0, of which 8 are used to connect discrete graphics cards, two 4 channels are connected to two SSDs, and four Thunderbolt 4s, which are 40Gbps per channel, and wi-Fi 6E with higher speed and lower latency.
Note that unlike the desktop, PCIe 5.0 is not supported here, because the new standard SSD, graphics card products will not enter the commercial market for the time being, and because of the frequency band allocation problem, Wi-Fi 6E can only use 2.4GHz and 5GHz in China, and it is not available for 6GHz.
The list of model specifications will not be repeated. As can be seen from the released products, the most common models are the high-end i9-12900H, the mainstream i7-12700H, i5-12500H.
The H series here is exactly the H45 series, and there will be a higher power consumption and higher performance H55 series on top of it, which will be released later, and the two coexist, but this time there is no H35 series.
Whether compared with the previous generation or competitors, the performance and energy efficiency of the 12th generation Core H series are much better, and can achieve higher power consumption release.
In addition, do not be fooled by the myth of Apple's M series, also at 35W power consumption, the performance of the i9-12900HK is significantly better than the M1 Max.
Compared with the i9-12900HK and the i-11980HK, the actual game performance is improved by an average of up to 28%, and the Ryzen 9 5900HX is even more ahead, which is far inferior to the benchmark running score due to the limitations of cache and PCIe.
Of course, the Ryzen 6000H series was also released, and finally joined PCIe 4.0, but the process architecture is only a slight upgrade, and the performance is certainly not as good as the 12th-generation Core H series, which can only continue to focus on cost performance.
At the same time, Intel also pays great attention to the game optimization of hybrid architecture, such as in "Killer 3", the performance core optimizes the performance of high-load rendering threads and game threads, and the energy efficiency core is responsible for the relatively low load of physics, animation, AI, background, audio, etc. that can be processed asynchronously, and the frame rate can be increased by an additional 8%.
In addition to games, high-performance notebook content creation is becoming more and more common, Intel's cooperation with industry software vendors has been quite in-depth, especially can optimize the use of hybrid architecture, improve creative efficiency, graphic design, broadcast live broadcast, media entertainment, architectural engineering, design and manufacturing, scientific visualization and simulation and so on covering all walks of life.
The official data on performance, just look at it, not only crush the previous generation and competitors, compared to Apple M1 Max is also a significant performance advantage, and better compatibility, the latter some software can not run at all.
The optimization of the 12th-generation Core hybrid architecture of ordinary software is also continuously advancing, especially on notebooks, which can be targeted to deliberately execute some threads on the energy efficiency core, thereby extending the battery life, including plug-in, different battery states, and optimization strategies under different system settings.
In terms of platform technology, Wi-Fi 6E, Raiden 4 have been mentioned earlier, among which for latency-sensitive games, a new technology called Double Connect has been added, which is suitable for high-end network card model Killer AX1690, players can specify game-related data to be placed on the 5G or 6G band, and download and other background network applications are placed on the 2.4G band, just like the CPU hybrid architecture, which does not affect each other.
Deep Link is a unique cheat, which will dynamically adjust and distribute platform power consumption between CPU and GPU according to the load, and can also make independent graphics cards and integrated graphics cards work together more efficiently.
Of course, it only supports Intel graphics, including the upcoming Arc Brilliant Discrete graphics card – just as the AMD SmartShift only supports AMD processors and AMD graphics cards.
For NVIDIA's similar technology Dynamic Boost, there is also a new cooperation on the 12th generation Core H platform, with RTX graphics card when designing a new API interface, because its strategy is related to CPU frequency, can help better adjust the frequency, upgrade the BIOS, driver can be supported.
The 12th generation Core H notebook has more than 100 product designs, covering major brands, as well as various forms such as light and thin, fever-grade, and ashes-grade.
Next, let's talk about Intel Evo's rigorous certification.
After the initial Athena plan, two consecutive editions of Evo standards, Evo notebooks now have more than 100 models, covering many brands.
Now, with the release of the 12th generation of Core, the Evo standard has also come to the third edition, adding a new intelligent collaboration in the Key Experience Indicators (KEI), and adding Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+), connectivity performance suite (Windows only), dynamic background sound cancellation, Full HD or higher cameras, visual perception technology (optional) and so on.
Among them, dynamic background sound cancellation is based on Intel GNA Gauss and neuro-accelerator units, and processing efficiency and effect can be greatly improved through AI acceleration.
Connectivity Suites automate the prioritization of critical communications, dynamic Wi-Fi connection optimization, and smooth speed or latency-sensitive applications.
Evo certified notebooks have been mainly thin and light in the past, but this time they include the 12th generation core H high-performance platform, including the upcoming Arc Sharp graphics card, Deep Link collaboration technology, and the screen can also be enlarged to 15-16 inches, which is more suitable for content creation.
In order to further strengthen the recognition of the Evo brand, Intel has also updated the Evo logo, the color is darker, and the Evo and vPro logos have made a better distinction, which integrates vPro and Evo into a single logo to facilitate commercial user identification.
For Evo and Evo vPro, Intel launched the Lightning Accessories Program in September last year, and has a large number of products, including docking stations, displays, storage devices, etc., from Samsung, Belkin, Kensington, Dell, HP, Lenovo and many other brands.
Folding screens are more and more on mobile phones, notebooks are also emerging, which is also what Intel has been vigorously promoting, and has more forms and application scenarios, and fully complies with Evo standards, and there will be a number of products on the market this year.
However, the folding screen design on the notebook once the challenge is not less than the mobile phone, especially the C-side design, the tradition is the keyboard and mouse touchpad operation, if also made into a screen, it is necessary to completely change the operation logic of the notebook, including the display mode, the placement of the hand, which requires the chip manufacturers, notebook manufacturers and even the operating system of the joint research.
It is worth mentioning that Intel has also introduced a new desktop design into the Athena program, combined with the 12th generation Core and vPro, to take advantage of the new technology to meet the innovative experience needs of the modern work environment, of course, it is not part of Evo.
Appendix 12th Generation Core Desktop S Series Models:
H Series Models:
P Series Models:
U Series Models: