Rendering Performance
We will now take a look at how rendering performance compares.
Cinebench R23
Keep in mind that the Intel Core i5-12600K does technically have 4 more threads over the Ryzen 5 5600X and 11600K. This seems to pay off immensely in Cinebench R23. The Intel Core i5-12600K is a whopping 61% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X! AMD, watch out. Yikes. Compared to the 11600K it’s 56% faster, talk about a generation-to-generation bump in performance!
Taking multi-threading out of the equation, we find that even in single-core rendering the Intel Core i5-12600K is vastly superior. It’s 25% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, which is majorly significant. Compared to the 11600K it’s 24% faster, again a huge bump generation-to-generation.
Blender Open Data Benchmark
In Blender is where we really see the new Intel Core i5-12600K show an advantage, it’s in the time saved rendering a scene. With the Ryzen 5 5600X, it takes 9 minutes and 43 seconds to render, with the 11600K it’s 9 minutes and 32 seconds, both are pretty close. With the new Intel Core i5-12600K though, that time is reduced down to 6 minutes and 35 seconds, that’s a savings of 33% off your time!
V-Ray
In V-Ray 5 once again the Intel Core i5-12600K smashes the other CPUs to bits. It’s 45% faster than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and 42% faster than the 11600K.
HandBrake
In HandBrake, transcoding a 10-minute video, we also see a nice time reduction using the new Intel Core i5-12600K. The Ryzen 5 5600X takes 13 minutes and 14 seconds, the 11600K is faster and takes 12 minutes and 58 seconds, but the new 12600K only takes 8 minutes and 55 seconds. That’s 35% faster than the Rzyen 5 5600X. BTW, this is without Intel QuickSync enabled, so imagine that with QuickSync this would be even faster.