Intel announces its new baby canyon nuc with kaby lake processors

Intel has announced its new generation of ultra-compact NUC Baby Canyon equipment upgrading to the seventh-generation Core processors better known as Kaby Lake. All of them mount an Alpine Ridge controller to rescue the Thunderbolt 3 interface that had been missing in previous generations.

New NUC Baby Canyon with Kaby Lake and Thunderbolt 3

The only exception to Thunderbolt 3 support is found in the model with i3 processor that sees how its USB Type-C port is limited to USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Display Port 1.2, of course the higher models with i5 and i7 processors offer full support for Thunderbolt 3. All new devices make use of a UCFF NUC form factor chassis, models with a K- terminated name do not support SATA storage drives, so they settle for M.2 format drives. The new chassis look slightly more elegant than the previous ones and offer us the possibility of installing a microSD memory card.

Thanks to the new Kaby Lake processors, the performance is improved compared to the previous generation by 7-11%, as happens on the Z270 platform, the Kaby Lake also bring support for the new Intel Optane storage technology that promises to undo the NAND some day. Models with i5 and i7 processors feature powerful Intel Iris Plus integrated graphics with 64MB of eDRAM memory.

Intel Baby Canyon NUC PCs
	NUC7i7BNH	NUC7i5BNH	NUC7i5BNK	NUC7i3BNH	NUC7i3BNK
CPU	Core i7-7567U 2C / 4T 28 W TDP	Core i5-7260U 2C / 4T 15 W TDP	Core i3-7100U 2C / 4T 15 W TDP
GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640	Intel HD Graphics 620
PCH	Intel Sunrise Point-LP for Kaby Lake-U
Memory	Two SO-DIMM slots, up to 32GB DDR4-2133
Bay 2.5 ″	one		one
M.2 slot	M.2-2280 with SATA3 or PCIe 3.0 x4 interface
Wi-Fi / BT	Intel Wireless-AC 8265 (802.11ac 2 × 2 + BT 4.2) with WiDi support
Ethernet	Intel I219V Gigabit Ethernet controller
Video outputs	DisplayPort 1.2 via USB-C HDMI 2.0
Audio	jack 3.5 mm 7.1 channels via HDMI or DP
Thunderbolt & USB-C	1x Thunderbolt 3 Type-C (40 Gbps) (USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Display Port)	1x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (Display Port)
USB	4 USB 3.0 Type-A (5 Gbps)
Other I / O	MicroSDXC with UHS-I support Infrared receiver
Size (mm)	115 × 111 × 51	115 × 111 × 31	115 × 111 × 51	115 × 111 × 31
PSU	External, 65 W
YOU	Compatible with Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10
Product page	NUC7i7BNH Specifications	NUC7i5BNH Specifications	NUC7i5BNK Specifications	NUC7i3BNH Specifications	NUC7i3BNK Specifications

Source: anandtech