Intel spokesperson Thomas Hannaford told The Verge that laptop chips basically aren’t affected at all. “Confirming ... 1) processors Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen Desktop Processor BIOS Updates ...

Don't be fooled by the '12' in this CPU's model number either – the Alder Lake architecture used by this chip is very similar to the Raptor Lake architecture used in Intel's latest 14th gen CPUs ...

There are some other issues fixed with this release, though: Lower than average score observed in SPECViewperf 13 benchmark ... may be black on 10th Generation Intel® Core™ processors and ...