Mini PCs Gaming

The Intel ® 600 Series Chipset

  • Supports 12th Gen Intel ® Core (Alder Lake-S) processors
  • Integrated Intel ® Wi-Fi 6E (Gig+)(via CNVi)
    • 2×2 Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) & R2 160MHz Bluetooth 5.2; 2230 & 1216 (Garfield Peak 2)
  • Integrated USB3 (20G) Ports3
  • Support for Intel ® Optane ™ Memory H20 with Solid State Storage
  • Support for Intel ® Smart Sound Technology with Programmable (Open FW SDK) Quad-Core Audio DSP3
  • Intel ® Platform Trust Technology
  • Intel ® Boot Guard
  • Integrated Gigabit Ethernet MAC
    • Supports Intel ® Ethernet Connection 1219 (Jacksonville LAN PHY)
  1. Some features and capabilities require SSDs and/or multiple HDDs
  2. Maximum lanes / port counts available may vary depending on platform implementation
  3. Certain features may not be present in all system configurations
  4. Intel ® SIPP, Intel vPro ®, & Intel AMT support requires select Alder Lake-S processors and select Intel ® 600 series chipsets
  5. Requires 2 physical HSIO USB lanes
Key Feature Differentiation Q670 Z690 H670 B660 H610
Intel ® ME Firmware SKU ME 16 Commercial ME 16 Consumer  ME 16 Consumer  ME 16 Consumer  ME 16 Consumer
Processor PCI Express 5.0 Configuration Support 1×16 or 2×8 1×16 or 2×8 1×16 or 2×8 1×16 1×16
Processor PCI Express 4.0 Configuration Support 1×4 1×4 1×4 1×4 N/A
Independent Display Ports / Pipes Support 4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 3/4
Memory Channels / DIMMs per Channel 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/1
Overclocking No IA. BLCK, Memory Memory Memory No
Integrated Intel ® Wireless-AX Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Intel ® Smart Sound Technology (USB and Bluetooth offload) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Intel ® SIPP Eligible4 Yes No No No No
Intel ® vPro Technology Eligible4 Yes No No No No
Intel ® Active Management Technology4 Yes No No No No
Intel ® Standard Manageability Yes No No No No
Intel ® Optane Memory H2) with Solid State Storage Yes Yes Yes Yes No
eSPI Chip Select (number of devices supported) 4 4 2 2 2
DMI 4.0 Lanes 8 8 8 4 4
Maximum High Speed I/O Lanes (HSIO) 34 38 32 24 12
Maximum USB 2 Ports2 14 14 14 12 10
Maximum USB3 (20G) Ports2 4 4 2 2 0
Maximum USB3 (10G) Ports2 8 10 4 4 2
Maximum USB3 (5G) Ports2 10 10 8 6 4
Maximum SATA 3.0 Ports (6 Gb/s)2 8 8 8 4 4
Maximum PCI Express 4.0 lanes2 12 12 12 6 0
Maximum PCI Express 3.0 lanes2 12 16 12 8 8
Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology w/ Intel @reg; VMD Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Intel ® RST PCIe RAID 0, 1, 51, 101 Yes Yes Yes No No
Intel ® RST SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, 101 Yes Yes Yes Yes No