ESP-12 is a low power consumption of the UART-WiFi module, with very competitive price in the industry and ultra low power consumption technology, designed specifically for mobile devices and IOT applications, user's physical device can be connected to a WiFi wireless network, Internet or intranet communication and networking capabilities.
From 2015/12/28 on, all shippment will be "ESP-12E", It's enhanced version of ESP-12 and 100% compatiable with ESP-12.
Specification
Model:ESP8266-12
802.11 b/g/n
Wi-Fi Direct (P2P), soft-AP
Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack
Integrated TR switch, balun, LNA, power amplifier and matching network
Integrated PLLs, regulators, DCXO and power management units
+19.5dBm output power in 802.11b mode
Power down leakage current of <10uA
Integrated low power 32-bit CPU could be used as application processor