Monday, December 27th 2021
Intel Core i3-12100 and i3-12300 "Alder Lake" Quad-Core Chips Tested
Intel's upcoming Core i3-12100 and i3-12300 quad-core processors that form the value-end of the 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake-S" desktop processor family, pack an incredible mix of performance for their segment, which puts them ahead of six-core parts from the previous-generation, according to performance testing on the ChipHell forums. The two chips are based on the "H0" silicon, and feature four "Golden Cove" P-cores with HyperThreading enabled; no E-cores, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache. From what we can tell, the i3-12100 and i3-12300 are segment only by a 100 MHz maximum boost frequency value, and possibly at the iGPU-level.
Among the tests run by ChipHell are Cinebench R20, Cinebench R23, CPU-Z bench, CS:GO; and power/thermal testing using AIDA64. Right off the bat, we see the two chips flex their high IPC in the CPU-Z bench, scoring 687 points (i3-12100), and 702.5 points (i3-12300). An AMD "Zen 3" based quad-core chip, such as the OEM-only Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G, should score roughly 620 points, while the slowest "Rocket Lake" part, the i5-11400, only does 566 points. The multi-threaded test sees scores ranging between 3407 to 3482 points for the two.
CB R20 and R23 see the i3-12100 and i3-12300 top the performance charts in comparison to the Ryzen 3 5350G, posting 21-25% higher single-threaded scores in CB R20; and 22-25% in CB R23 single-thread. Both chips offer proportionately high multi-threaded performance compared to the 5350G. The i3-12300 ends up 17% slower in multi-threaded CB R23 than the six-core i5-11400, and 28% slower than the 5600G. Find these results and more, in the source links below.
Sources:
VideoCardz, ChipHell, 3DCenter.org, WCCFTech
Among the tests run by ChipHell are Cinebench R20, Cinebench R23, CPU-Z bench, CS:GO; and power/thermal testing using AIDA64. Right off the bat, we see the two chips flex their high IPC in the CPU-Z bench, scoring 687 points (i3-12100), and 702.5 points (i3-12300). An AMD "Zen 3" based quad-core chip, such as the OEM-only Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G, should score roughly 620 points, while the slowest "Rocket Lake" part, the i5-11400, only does 566 points. The multi-threaded test sees scores ranging between 3407 to 3482 points for the two.
97 Comments on Intel Core i3-12100 and i3-12300 "Alder Lake" Quad-Core Chips Tested
AMD desperately needs a new budget SKU to compete with Alder Lake in this market.
While u can get a 10100F for 76€.
:laugh:
Amd will be faster back on its low market % than they tough, on the GPU market they are now with a lower % than 10 years ago.
AMD GPU (inc. IGP):
2011 18,96%
2021 16,74%
:peace::peace::peace::peace:
Intel is going to sweep the budget market, and then ironically if those people every want something more expensive/powerful they now have the platform to buy a raptor lake i7/i9 down the line.
AMd is banking too hard on their "long life platform" and the community's rabid defense of their CPUs now matter how poor the value is.
3000G 90€
Pentium 56€
I3 xyzF 75-95€
3600 200€
10400F 136€
11400F 156€
3700 321€
10700F 254€
11700F 289€
If you ask people hwy they still bought AMD, you'll usually get either "well $iNtEl BaD" or something about syhtetics or some production benchmark favoring AMD as to why they bought it for a gaming computer. For all the whinging the AMD community spouts over nvidia's "mindshare", they have no issue doing the same thing in reverse with CPUs. Go onto forums for AMD and ask about the 5600x, and there will be 10 ready to tell you how great it is for every 1 who points out how overpriced it is.
The ONLY thing that will force AMD to be competitive again is if intel starts cutting deep into sales, even then so long as sales are healthy AMD would likely keep the prices the same and shift some of that 7nm node into their GPUs that are woefully out of stock constantly.
They won't have anything to compete against 12100/300, they showed profit was more important with Zen3, not even bothering to replace the 3100/3300, Probably internallly just decided 4 cores are a waste of their time and no one would want them and 6 cores was the new entry level even at stupidly high prices. I couldn't afford Zen 3 in Australia early this year, no way I was paying $200-300 more for price of admission than Zen 2, so just got a 3700X. Early 2023 I'll be upgrading my other PC from 1700X and unless Zen 4 greatly improves the price per performance ratio in Australia I'll probably go with Rocket Lake.
Dropping prices further would eat into their profit margin, it has nothing to do with admitting their product is inferior.
Intel undercut AMD intentionally with the 10400 and 11400 to gain market share on the low end of the market, that is all.
www.jw.com.au/intel-core-i5-11400f-processor-502490
Intel Core i5 11400F $269.00 AUD
www.jw.com.au/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-processor-453761
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X $458.00 AUD
And quite the shill like following turned up, scarcely commenting on the product just denigrating the company they're not happy with, wow.
We're on the budget end of the price scale, Z690 motherboards are all that's available currently for LGA1700. You make up the price differential on the motherboard alone, then let's start talking about DDR5 (if you want that). AMD will only drop prices when the Intel offering is so compelling people stop buying AMD. They're both corporations with a duty to their shareholders. Historically speaking AMD is the less evil and anti-competitive of the two though, so many (myself included) feel they get some points in their favour for that.
www.techpowerup.com/290116/intel-65-w-alder-lake-s-pricing-confirmed
In terms of gaming. If you play 1440p, the difference between AMD and Intel is barely there across the board.