Rendering Performance
Cinebench R23
In Cinebench R23 we see an 11% performance improvement with the Ryzen 5 5600X versus the Ryzen 5 3600X. They have the same core count and thread count, so these advantages are mostly down to architecture improvements. PBO does not add much here.
The big advantage once again is in the single-thread performance. In Cinebench R23 single-core testing the Ryzen 5 5600X is 18% faster than the Ryzen 5 3600X, showing its impressive IPC improvement. Even PBO here adds an additional 3% performance.
Blender Open Data Benchmark
Remember, here we are looking for the lowest result. The less time it takes to render, the fastest it is, and the better you’ll be. The Ryzen 5 5600X does improve the render time, technically, but it is very small for the bmw27 scene. It’s really small, and for this scene, you won’t notice the difference.
That changes a bit more in the classroom scene, we are saving almost a full minute off the rendering time. Therefore, the longer the render time, the more the Ryzen 5 5600X will benefit over the Ryzen 5 3600X.
Similar to the bmw27 scene, here in Blender the Ryzen 5 5600X in pavillon_barcelona doesn’t appear to be that advantageous over the Ryzen 5 3600X. It barely affects render time, so far the classroom scene showed the most benefit.
The victor scene in Blender by far shows the largest advantage, and it is a much longer render. We see a 7% performance advantage with the Ryzen 7 5600X versus the Ryzen 5 3600X here, saving us almost 2 minutes of render time. In something that takes a long time to render, the Ryzen 5 5600X will help more, the longer the render, the better it provides an advantage. If you can save a few minutes off your render, it can add up.
V-Ray
In V-Ray 5 we see a larger advantage than with Blender, here the Ryzen 5 5600X is 13% faster than the Ryzen 5 3600X, so it does improve rendering time a noticeable amount in V-Ray.
HandBrake
The Ryzen 5 5600X does improve upon transcoding or exporting/rendering time when it comes to video. The Ryzen 5 5600X improves upon exporting this video by 10%, which is a noticeable reduction in the time for encoding. We shaved more than a minute off the render time, so imagine if this is a very long video, 30 minutes, or hours long, that’s a noticeable amount of time saved.
Discussion (3 replies)
Join Discussion →Has this review really been chillin’ behind the scenes here for 18 months or so and we just never knew about it?
Good review btw -
That said I'd really be interested in a Re:Review. Comparing the 3600x 5600x and 7600x in modern games. Same for the 8 core ones.
Especially in 4K, I know it would be gpu limited, and that's exactly the point, to see how much an older CPU holds you back irl.
I'm not so sure about the 3600K but I definitely have seen CPU bottleneck in 4K with my 4930K (@4.3 GHz) with more modern RT games. No matter what GPU I've paired it with a 3090 and 3090 Ti it has shown significant issues with games like Spider-Man Remastered, CB 2077, and The Witcher 3 Enhanced, Crysis Remastered. I haven't gotten around to testing Hogwarts on it yet. However, it still does well with just about anything not using more advanced/demanding RT features. The 3700X seems to be doing pretty well with most things still though.