Rendering Performance
We will now take a look at how rendering performance compares.
Cinebench R23
We are using Cinebench R23 to look at multi-core and single-core performance, which is shown in separate graphs below.
The new AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is performing at about 1.4% faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X in Multi-Core workload. The impressive part here is that the Ryzen 7 9700X is doing it while using a lot less power, and frequency. This puts the 9700X, however, 16% behind the 14600K and 41% behind the 14700K. Compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D however, the new 9700X is 11% faster.
In Cinebench R23’s Single-Core testing the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X shines and pulls in the highest performance out of all the CPUs. The Ryzen 7 9700X is 11% faster than the Ryzen 7 7700X in Single-Core performance. The 9700X is also 21% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. The 9700X is also 8% faster than the 14600K and a smaller 2% faster than the 14700K.
Blender Open Data Benchmark
We are using the latest Blender Benchmark with Blender 4.2.0 downloaded, results are in samples per minute, with the highest being the best.
Core and thread count does matter for Blender rendering, so it isn’t surprising to see the 14700K and 14600K take the lead, though it is smaller against the 14600K. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is 2% faster than the 7700X in the monster scene, 4% faster in the junkshop scene, and 1% faster in the classroom scene. Overall, not significant differences, but consider the 9700X is running at a lower power and all-core frequency. If you look at performance compared to the 7800X3D it’s a little better. The 9700X is 5% faster than the 7800X3D in monster, 11% faster in junkshop, and 8% faster in classroom.
V-Ray 6 Benchmark
In the V-Ray 6 Benchmark, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X has a performance uplift of 13% over the 7700X, which looks better than Blender or Cinebench. At this performance level, the 9700X is actually on par with Intel Core i5-14600K performance, but it is 30% behind the 14700K with more threads. The Ryzen 7 9700X is 18% faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
HandBrake
In HandBrake, we transcode a 10-minute video file to the Creator 2160p60 4K H.264 profile preset, rendering on the CPU only. The time in minutes is reported, and lower is better.
Oddly enough, the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X was slower than the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X in transcoding this video file. It took 13 minutes on the 9700X and 12.28 minutes on the 7700X. This must be down to the difference in CPU clock frequency when running all-core loads. The Ryzen 7 9700X is faster than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, however, by 30 seconds, or 2%. The Intel Core i5-14600K and 14700K take the lead in performance.