The Intel Core i3-12300 Review: Quad-Core Alder Lake Shines
by Gavin Bonshor on March 3, 2022 8:30 AM ESTCPU Benchmark Performance: Simulation And Rendering
Simulation and Science have a lot of overlap in the benchmarking world, however for this distinction we’re separating into two segments mostly based on the utility of the resulting data. The benchmarks that fall under Science have a distinct use for the data they output – in our Simulation section, these act more like synthetics but at some level are still trying to simulate a given environment.
For the Core i3-12300, we are running DDR5 memory at the following settings:
- DDR5-4800(B) CL40
Simulation
In tests that can utilize the higher IPC and lower core count, the Alder Lake i3 reigns supreme. The Core i3-12300 does struggle though in the tests that can really make use of a larger number of cores/threads.
Rendering
It's clear that the Core i3-12300 doesn't perform well in high core and thread situations such as rendering, although single-threaded performance is superb due to the Golden Cove-based P-cores.
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Ryan Smith - Friday, March 4, 2022 - link
"No iGPU benchmarks, why?"Frankly, we haven't been doing iGPU benchmarks for desktop processors for a while. It's been a shortcut to get CPU reviews done on time.
That needs to (and will be) changing. But right now if we benchmarked the i3-12300's iGPU, we wouldn't have sufficient data to compare it to anyhow.
nandnandnand - Sunday, March 6, 2022 - link
Comparing it to the Vega 6 in the 5300G should get the point across: UHD 730 is weak.kkilobyte - Sunday, March 6, 2022 - link
Really? I've checked the archives in the 'CPU' section of anandtech. The last extensive review of an AMD Desktop CPU seems to be the 5300G/5600G/5700G... And it featured two pages of iGPU tests... And the first page of the same review was 'Power Consumption'.So your 'shortcuts' seem to be a bit... Selective, I'd say.
DannyH246 - Sunday, March 6, 2022 - link
Intel cannot be shown in ANY bad light.paulwalker - Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - link
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Spunjji - Monday, March 7, 2022 - link
It's bad. How bad? Take Vega 6, divide by two (or three depending on application).MDD1963 - Monday, April 25, 2022 - link
Suspect your desired iGPU performance figures of 12300's performance would still best those of the 5900X and 5950X....? :)fmyhr - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
What's the status of ECC RAM support for Alder Lake CPUs? Does DDR5 support imply ECC support? Are there different levels of ECC for DDR5? Intel Ark is no help. Thanks for any hints.mode_13h - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
Yes, according to ark.intel.com, ECC support is *not* listed for this or its sibling. They *do* list ECC support for the "E" and "TE" variants, but I don't know if you'll be able to source those easily, or how you'll find motherboard compatibility.Basically, plan on using an E-series Xeon, if you want ECC on Alder Lake.
Slash3 - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link
The -E/TE are BGA variants for embedded applications. It will need to be a Xeon.