Rendering Performance
We will now take a look at how rendering performance compares.
Cinebench R23
Cinebench also shows the difference in core/thread count, but it’s pretty spectacular how well the 8600G is keeping up with the 5700G even though it has fewer cores/threads, it really has a big architecture improvement. The 8700G is 26% faster than the 5700G and 29% difference between the 8700G and 8600G.
In single-core performance, the 8700G is 19% faster than the 5700G and the 8600G is 16% faster. The difference between the 8700G and 8600G is 3% in single-core performance.
Blender Open Data Benchmark
For the Blender Benchmark testing, we are using the CPU for rendering, so core/thread count does make a big difference as well here. The 8700G is 26% faster than the 5700G and the difference between the 8700G and 8600G is 33%.
In junkshop the 8700G is 24% faster than the 5700G and the difference between the 8700G and 8600G is 30%.
In classroom the 8700G is 25% faster than the 5700G and the difference between the 8700G and 8600G is 33%.
V-RAY Benchmark
In V-Ray using the CPU, the 8700G is 41% faster than the 5700G and the 8600G is 11% faster. The difference between the 8700G and 8600G is 27%.
We also ran the GPU test in V-Ray and found that the 8700G is 26% faster than the 5700G and 31% faster than the 8600G.
HandBrake
We are going to test HandBrake performance encoding a 10-minute video using H.264 on the CPU and then the GPU. Remember, we are looking for the lowest time to encode here, the lowest result is the best one.
In this graph, we are running the transcoding on the CPU, and we definitely find the 8700G has a big advantage over the 5700G at about 22% faster. Even the 8600G, with fewer cores, is slightly faster than the 5700G, which is impressive.
We also ran this test on the integrated graphics with AMD VCE, and we see a dramatic decrease in time compared to CPU only. The 8700G and 8600G are similar in performance with the integrated graphics transcoding performance, which is a massive 44% performance improvement compared to the 5700G.