The Intel Core i3-12300 Review: Quad-Core Alder Lake Shines
by Gavin Bonshor on March 3, 2022 8:30 AM ESTGaming 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
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 15
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Far Cry 5
Gears Tactics
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)
Strange Brigade (Vulcan)
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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.