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12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors
Built for the
next generation
of gaming.
No matter how you play, Intel’s performance hybrid architecture will take your game to the next level.
Change the game, not how you play.
Ultraportable
laptops
Get competitive gaming to go on these thin and light laptops.
Mobile gaming
workstations
Elite gaming and professional content creation, anywhere.
Desktop PCs
Top-tier speed, power and multitasking for exceptional gaming.
Boxed processors
Realize your dream build with broad platform compatibility.
Put your best performance first.
Intel’s new performance hybrid architecture integrates two core families into a single CPU, keeping everything in your gaming universe running smoothly.¹
Intel® Thread Director
Prioritizes and manages workloads, sending tasks to the best core for the job.²
Up to
8 Performance-cores
P-cores are built for performance
across single and lightly-threaded
workloads, enhancing activities like
gaming and productivity.
Up to
8 Efficient-cores
E-cores are optimized for
multi-threaded performance,
minimizing interruptions from
secondary tasks.
Performance beyond the cores.
Intel’s new processor architecture is compatible with the latest platform innovations, giving you improvements throughout your PC.
Eliminate the wait
Support for PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5 for high-performance components like memory and graphics.
Best-in-class gaming connectivity
Thunderbolt™ 4 and Intel® Killer™
Wi-Fi 6/6E (Gig+) enable fast transfer
speeds and connections to peripherals.³
Streamlined overclocking customization
Separate overclocking controls for
both types of cores gives you
nuanced personalization.4
Choose the 12th Gen Intel® Core™
processor for the way you play.
Find your 12th Gen Intel® Core™ powered PC.
¹Not available on certain 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors. 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 Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processors and lower) do not support performance hybrid architecture, only P-cores.
²On select SKUs only; requires OS enablement. Built into the hardware, Intel® Thread Director is provided only in performance hybrid architecture configurations of 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors; OS enablement is required. Available features and functionality vary by OS.
³Visit www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex (connectivity) for more details.
4Unlocked features are present with select chipsets and processor combinations. Altering clock frequency or voltage may void any product warranties and reduce stability, security, performance, and life of the processor and other components.
No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary.
Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or services, some of which may not be available on all systems. Please check with the manufacturer for full system specifications.
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