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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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
Lovely pictures, awesome these are looking so funny interesting but professional and artistic pics.<a href="https://starboardgroup.com/team/">andrew levy starboard</a>
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.