Minecraft CPU Benchmarks: Modded 1.18.2 with Shaders

Published: Apr. 14, 2024

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."

	Average FPS	1% Low FPS
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D	92 206
Intel Core i7-12700KF	89 178
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	96 177
AMD Ryzen 5 5600	69 149
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	53 98
AMD Ryzen 5 2600	38 73
Intel Core i5-5675C	30 66
Intel Core i5-4460	21 49
AMD FX-8350	22 43
	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.