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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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.