Sodium Officially Supports 1.22: The Performance Mod That Doubles FPS

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Support Details

Sodium released its official Minecraft 1.22 build, surpassing 2 million downloads in its first week. Sodium achieves its performance leap by rewriting the rendering engine and is one of the best-regarded performance mods. The new version supports 1.22's cherry grove particles and new block rendering, plus fixes several Iris shader compatibility issues.

Performance Benchmarks

Tested on low-end PCs (integrated graphics / GTX 1050 class): Sodium delivers ~60-120% higher FPS than vanilla, most dramatically in particle-dense areas like cherry groves (doubling FPS in some scenes). Paired with Lithium (logic optimization) and Phosphor (lighting optimization) as the 'Sodium trio', even aging laptops run 1.22 smoothly.

Sodium vs OptiFine

The core difference: Sodium focuses on performance (bigger FPS gains), while OptiFine wins on features (shaders, dynamic lights, HD textures). The two cannot run together. Guidance: pure FPS — Sodium; shaders — OptiFine or Sodium + Iris. Tech-mod players (Create, etc.) should strongly prefer Sodium — OptiFine has compatibility issues with some tech mods.

Warning: Sodium and OptiFine cannot coexist — pick one. For shaders, use Sodium + Iris Shaders instead.

✓ Last verified on Minecraft 1.22 (2026-09-22) Minecraft mechanics change with every update — this guide is only guaranteed to work in the stated version.