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3 Feature Descriptions
3.1 System Memory
Figure 1 illustrates the memory channel and SO-DIMM configuration.
3.1.1 Intel® NUC Mini PC Memory Information
Intel® NUC Mini PCs NUC12SNKi72VA can be purchased with 2 x 8 GB DDR4 3200 MHz SODIMMs
included. More information about available Intel® NUC Mini PC NUC12SNKi72VA can be found in
Section 1.1.1 Summary of Mini PC SKUs. For Product Codes and MM#s visit https://ark.intel.com.
3.2 Processor Graphics Subsystem
Intel® NUC12SNKi72 supports Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics.
3.2.1 General Power and Memory Guidance for Optimal
Graphics Performance
Intel® NUC12SNKi72 performance is significantly impacted by power levels and memory
selection. For the best performance:
• Allow for higher system power level budgets
• Recommend DDR4-3200 128bit 2Rx8
o 128bit (Dual Channel) memory is better performing than 64bit (Single Channel)
memory
o A full list of tested memory modules is available on
https://compatibleproducts.intel.com
• Maximum multiple display utilization will require 2Rx32 (64GB system RAM)
3.2.2 Intel
®
Iris
®
Xe Graphics
Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics supports the following features:
• The HW decode is exposed by the graphics driver using the following APIs: Direct3D* 9
Video API (DXVA2), Direct3D11 Video API, Intel Media SDK, MFT filters, Intel VA API
• Full HW accelerated video decoding for AVC/VC1/MPEG2/HEVC/VP9/JPEG/AV1
• The HW encode is exposed by the graphics driver using the following APIs:
o Intel® Media SDK, MFT filters
o Full HW accelerated video encoding for AVC/HEVC/VP9/JPEG
• Four display pipes – supporting blending, color adjustments, scaling and dithering
• Direct 3D* 2015, Direct3D* 12
• OpenGL* 4.6
• Open CL* 3.0
• HDR (High Dynamic Range) support
• HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) 2.2 and 1.4