CPU 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.

We are using DDR5 memory at the following settings:

  • DDR5-4800(B) CL40

Simulation

(3-1) DigiCortex 1.35 (32k Neuron, 1.8B Synapse)

(3-2a) Dwarf Fortress 0.44.12 World Gen 65x65, 250 Yr

(3-2b) Dwarf Fortress 0.44.12 World Gen 129x129, 550 Yr

(3-2c) Dwarf Fortress 0.44.12 World Gen 257x257, 550 Yr

(3-3) Dolphin 5.0 Render Test

(3-4a) Factorio v1.1.26 Test, 10K Trains

(3-4b) Factorio v1.1.26 Test, 10K Belts

(3-4c) Factorio v1.1.26 Test, 20K Hybrid

When it comes to simulation, the combination of high core frequency and better IPC performance gives Intel's 12th Gen Core series the advantage here in most situations.

Rendering

(4-1) Blender 2.83 Custom Render Test

(4-2) Corona 1.3 Benchmark

(4-3a) Crysis CPU Render at 320x200 Low

(4-3b) Crysis CPU Render at 1080p Low

(4-3c) Crysis CPU Render at 1080p Medium

(4-4) POV-Ray 3.7.1

(4-5) V-Ray Renderer

(4-6a) CineBench R20 Single Thread

(4-6b) CineBench R20 Multi-Thread

(4-7a) CineBench R23 Single Thread

(4-7b) CineBench R23 Multi-Thread

Looking at performance in the rendering section of our test suite, both the Core i7 and Core i5 performed creditably. The biggest factor to consider here is a higher core and thread count plus IPC performance will equal more rendering power.

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  • Qasar - Sunday, April 3, 2022 - link

    most of those i know that are now looking to upgrade, arent even looking at intel right now.
  • Papaspud - Monday, April 4, 2022 - link

    I just bought a i7 1200k...so.
  • Qasar - Monday, April 4, 2022 - link

    and i dont know you so, that doesnt count :-) i meant co workers and friends.
  • Mike Bruzzone - Sunday, April 3, 2022 - link

    @Khanan, you got it, that's my job. [Intel] "they had a strong control over the market, we don’t need Intel to be completely dominating it again, they will be strong enough anyway"

    That is right, Intel never needed Intel Inside to tie channels financially, Intel processors for the most part were always good enough to move without what's called 'extra economic' incentives.

    Processor launches I was closely associated all the while Intel was recruiting me to steal from my employers which I ignored, reported to my superiors and in certain instances a mistake they were working for Intel clandestinely, and then my first report to FBI in summer of 1996; Cyrix FasMath, embedded 387, 486SLC, 486DLC, 486S, Arm Thumb TDMI, StrongARM, C-Cube PC MPEG encoder, NexGen 586, AMD 486 120/133 and K5, Samsung Alpha 21164, IDT Centaur WinChip and since May 1998 my FTC role. It's been an eye opener. mb
  • mode_13h - Monday, April 4, 2022 - link

    I had a Cyrix math coprocessor. And later, an AMD 486DX4-100.
  • mode_13h - Monday, April 4, 2022 - link

    > Better is if Intel loses more share of the market to AMD so it evens out at about 50% each

    That would depend on TSMC scaling fab capacity at an unreasonable pace. Even AMD isn't that unrealistic. If you comb through their reports and disclosures, you can find what targets they've set for themselves.

    To have a real market influence, I think AMD needs only about 20%. But they also can't be completely chained down by supply constraints.
  • Mike Bruzzone - Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - link

    @mode_13th,

    My last AMD share report is q4 here in the comment string;

    https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5030701-mike-br...

    AMD desktop share is typically higher than stated by commercial analysts.

    AMD mobile share is typically less than stated by commercial analysts. Its a financial and executive MBO validation game; sleezy combined with commercial analysts to validate executives quarterly MBOs this way.

    AMD commercial (server) share is more or less vis-a-vis Intel dependent calculating on channel share vs production share. AMD server share is typically less than commercial analyst statement when determined on channel and when calculating on quarterly production vs Intel its been more.

    My estimate in on that SA pointer is precise and gives cross category share a number of ways.

    Part of my FTC auditor monitor job is to determine when and where Intel share falls to less than 80%.

    mb
  • Khanan - Thursday, April 7, 2022 - link

    Yea we will see about that, for now I don’t care much about your comment, you don’t know much about the future.
  • drothgery - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    So's Raptor Lake.
    And Meteor Lake is coming next year (with a tile-based design).
  • Khanan - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    I wouldn’t hold my breath for Intels as per usual abysmal 5% IPC gain and 0% gain on the E cores because the old ones will be reused. And then 24 cores / 48 threads vs 24 / 32 threads doesn’t look that good for Intel either.

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