Gaming Performance: iGPU

All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests here were run using integrated graphics, with a variation of 720p resolutions and at minimum settings.

We are using DDR5 memory for Alder Lake at the following settings:

  • DDR5-4800(B) CL40

All of AMD's Ryzen APUs were tested with DDR4 memory at the relevant JEDEC specifications of each chip.

Final Fantasy 14

IGP Final Fantasy 14 - 768p Min - Average FPS

World of Tanks

IGP World of Tanks - 768p Min - Average FPS

Borderlands 3

IGP Borderlands 3 - 360p VLow - Average FPS

Far Cry 5

IGP Far Cry 5 - 720p Low - Average FPS

Gears Tactics

IGP Gears Tactics - 720p Low - Average FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

IGP Grand Theft Auto V - 720p Low - Average FPS

Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)

IGP Strange Brigade DX12 - 720p Low - Average FPS

Performance on Intel's UHD 770 integrated graphics when compared to AMD's Ryzen APUs came solely down to the intensity of the game title. In scenarios where titles favor CPU grunt, the 12th Gen Core series processors did well, but when it came to graphical performance, UHD 770 clearly trails AMD's integrated Radeon graphics.

The consensus here is that in all scenarios, AMD's Ryzen APUs are superior to Intel for low-budget gaming systems where discrete graphics aren't used. Intel really only makes the bare minimum investment in die space for their iGPU here, and it shows: UHD 770 is good enough for the bare minimum in gaming, and that's about it.

CPU Benchmark Performance: Legacy and Web Gaming Performance: 1080p
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  • larry9 - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    Note the difference : a closed platform design, an open cpu silicon design.
    You want to build a PC, you can't use an Apple chip. You want to run windows, you can't use an Apple chip. You want to add memory, a second drive, an input card?
    You are catching on.
  • Blastdoor - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    Let me guess, due to the unfreezing process, you have no internal monologue?

    Anandtech has done some of the best reviews of Apple Silicon on the Internet, your internal monologue notwithstanding. I'm hoping to see a new one of the Mac Studio with its M1 Ultra. If there isn't going to be one, I'd just like to know so I can stop checking every day.
  • lmcd - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    Andrei is gone, don't hold your breath. It's a skeleton crew at Anandtech now that leadership at Future has basically left the site to die.
  • Hifihedgehog - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    Future is speedily becoming another TechTarget, acquiring and discarding sites after they serve their revenue-devouring purposes. I wager AnandTech forums will be closed down much like all the TechTarget forums (BrightHand, NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, etc.) now are.
  • Hifihedgehog - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    Give it 5-7 years but the forums here will be closed as well. With Ian and Andrei gone, this site now has an expiration date.
  • Blastdoor - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    shoot -- I hadn't realized. What a shame :-(
  • Calin - Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - link

    There are applications that run on both platforms - some of them (like Cinebench) are even in this review.
    Also, there was a rough comparison between the Apple mobile phone core performance versus Intel server CPU core performance a couple of years ago.
    So, plenty of prior examples for an Apple vs Intel article, even if it's M1 versus Zen3 or whatever else.
  • Khanan - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link

    Do you really need an review for that? If you want Apple you buy it, it’s good. If you don’t want Apple you won’t buy it anyway.
  • mode_13h - Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - link

    We want detailed benchmarks. We want to know how good the Ultra really is, particularly how well CPU and GPU performance scale up to dual-die. We want to see Apple's claims on performance and efficiency tested. I'm never going to buy a Mac, but I still want to know if their architecture lives up to their claims.

    Since Apple is leading on the innovation front, this could be taken as a harbinger of what's to come for other CPUs and GPUs.

    Detailed analysis of leading-edge tech is/was what this site is/was all about.
  • Khanan - Sunday, April 3, 2022 - link

    Did I talk to you? No. I realize you’re a huge nerd that has to comment on everything here. You don’t own this website and you should get a therapist for that, it’s a bit alarming what you do and not a good showing for this site.

    That said, I’m not gonna waste my time with you again. You should know why. Didn’t read your comment either.

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