Minecraft CPU Benchmarks: Modded 1.18.2 with Shaders
Test Information
This is actually quite a recent snapshot of a base taken from a private modded survival server I play on with friends. It is an advanced, but not quite late-game as far as modded is concerned, base with an Applied Energistics 2 ME System, fully automatic farms and a decent chunk of autocrafting. The test begins in an entry hallway to the base and follows a path through the main base area, ending up at a window to the "outside" (in a cave?) of the base.
As the entire area around the base has been thoroughly explored, no world generation takes place during the test pass.
The performance measurement begins immediately after the manually initiated chunk reload and ends with the video.
Most in-game settings were left at default. Render distance was set to 12 chunks. Complementary Shaders settings were also left at defaults. The full list of mods alongside the configuration files can be downloaded here as a 7zip archive.
Detailed Settings
If a setting option is not explicitly mentioned, it was left at the default value. The JVM settings are the same as what the official Minecraft launcher uses.
Java: 1.18 (18.0.2.1) JVM settings: -Xms512M -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M Render Distance: 12 chunks Max Framerate: Unlimited Master Volume: 25% (Music: OFF) Mouse Sensitivity: 65 Auto-Jump: OFF Sprint Keybind: Q Drop Item Keybind: Left Alt Pick Block Keybind: ; Complementary Shaders r5.1.1: All default
Performance Results
Minecraft - Modded 1.18.2 (27 Mods, OptiFine, Shaders)
2560x1440, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (Driver 551.86), Average of 3 runs
Default settings, 12 chunk render distance, Complementary Unbound Shaders
"Intermediate base with farms, AE system and auto-crafting."
| 1% Low FPS | Average FPS | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | ||
| Intel Core i7-12700KF | ||
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ||
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600 | ||
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | ||
| AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | ||
| Intel Core i5-5675C | ||
| Intel Core i5-4460 | ||
| AMD FX-8350 | ||
| Minecraft benchmarks by https://nemez.net | ||
This being a rather complicated base with lots of automation again means that framerates are lower to begin with, coupled with the use of shaders - which do put a lot of extra workload on the CPU, alongside the GPU of course - means that you will require a very powerful CPU to play this modpack without noticeable lag.
For 60Hz gaming, the Ryzen 5 3600 is enough, with frame dips into the 50s. But for high refreshrate gaming, you basically require a latest gen AMD Ryzen or Intel Core processor.