The Intel Core i3-12300 Review: Quad-Core Alder Lake Shines
by Gavin Bonshor on March 3, 2022 8:30 AM ESTCPU Benchmark Performance: Encoding
One of the interesting elements on modern processors is encoding performance. This covers two main areas: encryption/decryption for secure data transfer, and video transcoding from one video format to another.
In the encrypt/decrypt scenario, how data is transferred and by what mechanism is pertinent to on-the-fly encryption of sensitive data - a process by which more modern devices are leaning to for software security.
Video transcoding as a tool to adjust the quality, file size and resolution of a video file has boomed in recent years, such as providing the optimum video for devices before consumption, or for game streamers who are wanting to upload the output from their video camera in real-time. As we move into live 3D video, this task will only get more strenuous, and it turns out that the performance of certain algorithms is a function of the input/output of the content.
For the Core i3-12300, we are running DDR5 memory at the following settings:
- DDR5-4800(B) CL40
Encoding
The Intel Core i3-12300 struggles compared with chips that have more cores and threads when it comes to encoding.
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mode_13h - Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - link
> The Apple Lisa had ECC. That was 1983 tech.Integrated circuit fabrication technology changes and no doubt DRAM chip design, along with it. Maybe memory errors were relatively more common, in the memory available at the time, and Lisa surely needed a lot of it.
mode_13h - Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - link
The problem with ECC is that it adds cost. So, if merely adequate stability can be delivered without it, then they're not going to require it.Oxford Guy - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
JEDEC has been baffling for quite some time now. No ECC mandate yet ultra-high latency with low clocks in the name of stability.Cooe - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
The Ryzen 3 5300G APU has literally HALF the amount of L3 cache as other Zen 3 CPU's, so trying to use that part to claim AMD couldn't be make a competitive quad core CPU right now if they needed to based on just that data alone is pretty god-tier idiotic. I expect better of this site.TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
Ok, so where is the Ryzen quad core with all that cache?lmcd - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
Disabled with the cores that had the cache. Oh wait!Targon - Friday, March 4, 2022 - link
AMD went from 4 core per CCX with the Zen2 generation to 8 core per CCD in the Zen3 generation. As a result, AMD doesn't have non-APU chips with only 4 cores. Monolithic design means AMD isn't using chiplets for that 5300G. If you are limited by fab capacity, do you divert a lot of capacity for low-margin and low end products?Zen4 may switch things up a bit, or, AMD could potentially put low end Zen4 on 7nm since having the best efficiency and performance won't be needed for the low end products.
Calin - Friday, March 4, 2022 - link
AMD couldn't make a competitive 4-core Zen3 CPU at the price Intel is selling their latest generation. Comparisons with cheaper or more expensive processors is useful only to a point...And making a true comparison (i.e. platform costs) is a quagmire of "if this, if that, if ...".
Not to mention that - at least for a while - the prices will be volatile, so no comparison based on "price bracket" will be long-lived.
Targon - Friday, March 4, 2022 - link
When Zen3 chiplets are based around 8 cores per CCD, the only quad-core chips will be monolithic APUs. With any luck, AMD will relegate Ryzen 3 CPUs to 7nm while Ryzen 5, 7, and 9 will be on 5nm.lmcd - Friday, March 4, 2022 - link
7 and 5 don't necessarily share the same libraries and quirks. That's a lot of engineering resources for questionable gain. I don't disagree that it'd be nice but I don't think it's likely.