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.
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I know.
I am a cynic and I firmly believe that most of the gains were from unifying and therefore expanding the effective cache size per core. It was low-hanging fruit and the OS-scheduler issues with two CCXs not sharing the L3 cache were initially rectified in software but the added benefit of unifying the cache not only removed the reliance on the schedular but also doubled the effective cache per core.
- The main reason AL is good is more cache.
- The main reason Zen3 is good is more cache.
- AMD's counterargument to AL is more cache.
Call me a cynic, but I think cache is really goddamn important for IPC and the APUs are cache-starved which, coincidentally, aligns with their performance deficit.Perhaps it's not that simple; perhaps I'm confusing causation with correlation; Who cares? What matters right now is that (until proven otherwise) cache size per core is absolutely the key metric for a high-performing CPU.
the second one is: On the 10400F u can use 0815 Value Ram while u need DDR4000+ for the 5600G IGP which cost nearly 40 - 50% more than Value Ram.
And what did u mean with RP (RP is for Indonesian Rupia) ? and that cant be true cause 1050rp are 9 Cents
A real compare:
11 400F 151€
16GB DDR4 2933 56€
H 510 with 1x M2 61€
GT 1030 GDDR5 89€
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357€
2600G 258€
16GB 4000 86€
A520 64€
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408€
Yeah but ddr 4 for Alderlake seems pointless for future proofing. PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 are the way of the future ! Asus are working on an adapter ddr5 to ddr4.
But i would rather wait for 12 months and let everything settle. DDR5 speeds will increase and, prices will hopefully come down and it will all mature! Then you will really see some good gains with DDR5.
Tbh I can't really see massive benefit for gaming upgrading my current system to Alderlake . Kinda pointless, would want to be a big jump. Plus I don't have the money to waste atm.
Def not interested in non k cpu.
Also when Ryzen zen 4 and Raptorlake are both out we shall see how they both compare.
Should be very interesting!
But you still ignore my initial comment i already built myself a new system 12 months ago and Alder lake won't be much faster for gaming than what I already have, so why would I bother switching now !
Just a waste of money for me !
ryzen 5600x cm hyper 212 black rgb,
msi x570 tomahawk
32gb 4x8 gskill ripjaw V F4-3600c16d-gvk
rtx 2070 super
Samsung 970 evo 500gb M.2
rm 850w corsair psu,
fractal design define 5 case .
I tweaked it here and there :) .
I had to relearn everything but that's ok.
I didnt want to spend much on it .
I'm very happy with it, runs really well no issues and good temps always under 70C for everything!
I was going to buy a rtx3080 but they were hard to get so I thought I would wait. I only game at 1920x1080 anyway.
Upgraded from 2600k @4.6ghz gtx 970 in sli 16gb 2x8gb etc . So no matter what i got it was going to massive boost !
Think i have just spent about £1300 on chip, board, case, cpu block, pump/res, Radiator, fans.
www.newegg.com/intel-core-i5-12400f-core-i5-12th-gen/p/N82E16819118360
Intel Core i5-12400F $179.99
www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-5600x/p/N82E16819113666
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X $299.00
Picture quality is way better than I thought it would be.
Not as good as IPS but still quite good !
I would have thought 1080p on 32 inch would be quite blocky ?
www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/core-i5-12400-processor-review,1.html