Gaming Performance: 1080p

While a quad core processor is not going to be the first choice for gaming these days (especially when consoles have had 8 cores for the past two generations), 4 Golden Cove P cores still put up enough of a fight that the CPU is never too much of a limiting factor. Here we never drop below a 60fps average on any game.

All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests were with an RTX 2080 Ti.

For the Core i3-12300, we are running DDR5 memory at the following settings:

  • DDR5-4800(B) CL40

Civilization VI

(b-7) Civilization VI - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(b-8) Civilization VI - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

(c-7) Deus Ex MD - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(c-8) Deus Ex MD - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Final Fantasy 14

(d-4) Final Fantasy 14 - 1080p Max - Average FPS

Final Fantasy 15

(e-3) Final Fantasy 15 - 1080p Standard - Average FPS

(e-4) Final Fantasy 15 - 1080p Standard - 95th Percentile

World of Tanks

(f-3) World of Tanks - 1080p Standard - Average FPS

(f-4) World of Tanks - 1080p Standard - 95th Percentile

(f-5) World of Tanks - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(f-6) World of Tanks - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Borderlands 3

(g-7) Borderlands 3 - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(g-8) Borderlands 3 - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Far Cry 5

(i-7) Far Cry 5 - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(i-8) Far Cry 5 - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Gears Tactics

(j-7) Gears Tactics - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(j-8) Gears Tactics - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Grand Theft Auto V

(k-7) Grand Theft Auto V - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(k-8) Grand Theft Auto V - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Red Dead Redemption 2

(l-7) Red Dead 2 - 1080p Max - Average FPS

(l-8) Red Dead 2 - 1080p Max - 95th Percentile

Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)

(m-7) Strange Brigade DX12 - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(m-8) Strange Brigade DX12 - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

Strange Brigade (Vulcan)

(n-7) Strange Brigade Vulkan - 1080p Ultra - Average FPS

(n-8) Strange Brigade Vulkan - 1080p Ultra - 95th Percentile

CPU Benchmark Performance: Legacy and Web Conclusion
Comments Locked

140 Comments

View All Comments

  • 29a - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    No iGPU benchmarks, why?
  • Calin - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    Integrated GPUs live or die by the memory bandwidth, and using DDR5 would bring a huge difference.
    On the other hand, DDR5 is more expensive and might not "fit" a low-budget computer.
    Basically, people that buy a cheap i3 with expensive RAM and no dedicated GPU aren't that many.
  • mode_13h - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    As its iGPU has only 24 Execution Units, I doubt DDR5 will have such a momentous impact. Even if it does, there's still no way its iGPU performance is going to be terribly interesting or even competitive with 8 CU (512 shader) competition from AMD.
  • mode_13h - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    By comparison, consider that Tiger Lake needed up to 96 EU of a roughly comparable iGPU architecture to eke out a win over AMD's 8 CU iGPUs. So, that should set a very modest expectation for the iGPU performance of these chips.
  • 29a - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    If they would have benchmarked the iGPU we would know how it performs. I've heard for the last 2 years now how awesome Xe is going to be.
  • mode_13h - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    Then you need only look for a review of Tiger Lake's iGPU. Alder Lake is only a minor refresh of it.

    https://www.anandtech.com/show/16084/intel-tiger-l...
  • WaltC - Friday, March 4, 2022 - link

    They don't want to say how bad it is...;) Just another one of those inexplicable omissions AT seems to enjoy making in product reviews, I guess. Even if it's terrible, it should be demonstrated. Anyway, I'll say that Intel has a long and somewhat stagnant history of 2-4 core CPUs...;)
  • mode_13h - Saturday, March 5, 2022 - link

    Yeah, I think it could've done with a single page of 720p or 1080p benchmarks for a selection of relevant titles.
  • MDD1963 - Monday, April 25, 2022 - link

    "Intel has a long and somewhat stagnant history of 2-4 core CPUs" Must be quite frustrating from AMD fans seeing the 'stagnant' i3 occasionally defeat the 5600X in gaming benchmarks, too...
  • DannyH246 - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - link

    LOL - We all know why.

Log in

Don't have an account? Sign up now