Intel® NUC 12 Extreme NUC12DCMi9 Dragon Canyon
ModelNUC 12 Extreme Kit - NUC12DCMi9
Product CollectionNUC Kit with 12th Generation Intel® Core Processors
Processor IncludedIntel® Core i9-12900 Processor (30M Cache | up to 5.10 GHz)
Discrete GraphicsVia PCIe add-in card
Board NumberNUC12EDBi9
Board ChipsetIntel® Z690 Chipset
Supported Operating SystemsWindows 11 | 64-bit* | Windows 10 | 64-bit*
Marketing StatusLaunched
Launch DateQ1'22
CPU Total Cores16
CPU Total Threads24
Max Turbo Frequency5.10 GHz
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)64 GB
# of Memory Slots2
Memory TypesDDR4 3200MHz 1.2V SO-DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz 1.35V SO-DIMM - XMP is required to enable 1.35V memory
Max # of Memory Channels2
Max Memory Bandwidth51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported*No
Internal Drive Form FactorM.2 SSD
# of Internal Drives Supported3
Removable Memory Card SlotSDXC with UHS-II support
M.2 Card Slot (storage)2x via PCH + 1x via CPU (NVMe)
Graphics Output2x Thunderbolt 4 | HDMI 2.0b
# of Displays Supported*3
# of Thunderbolt Ports2x Thunderbolt 4
# of USB Ports12
USB ConfigurationRear: 6x USB 3.2g2 | 2x TB4 (USB 3.2g2); Front: USB 3.2g2 Type-A and Type-C; Internal Header: 2x USB 2.0
USB Revision3.2 Gen2 | 2.0
USB 2.0 Configuration (External + Internal)2x int.
Total # of SATA Ports2
Max # of SATA 6.0 Gb/s Ports2
RAID Configuration2x M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD (RAID-0 RAID-1)
Audio (back channel + front channel)7.1 digital; L+R+mic (F)
Integrated LAN10GbE (AQC113) + Intel® i225-LM
Wireless IncludedIntel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (Gig+)
Bluetooth Version5.3
M.2 Card Slot (wireless)Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211
Additional Headers2x USB2.0 | FRONT_PANEL
Expansion Options PCIE RevisionGen5 | Gen4
Expansion Options PCIE Configurations*2x M.2 PCIe X4 Gen4 slots (PCH) | M.2 PCIe X4 Gen4 slots (CPU); Double-wide PCIe X16 Gen5 (CPU) slot | 12'' max card length
Thermal Design Power65 W
Chassis Dimensions357 x 189 x 120mm
Board Form FactorPCIe
Intel® Rapid Storage TechnologyYes
Intel® Optane Memory Supported*Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) *Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)*Yes
Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT)Yes
Intel® AES New InstructionsYes