Cycles Performance Comparison

Comparison of CPU Render Performance between Blender 2.63a and Blender 2.64.

System specifications

Times in seconds, always rendered twice, and built the average value. Rendered with 8x8 tiles in 2.64.

2.63a: 513 / 505 = 509

2.64: 436 / 445 = 440

Gain: 15%

2.63a: 158 / 159 = 158

2.64: 140 / 139 = 140

Gain: 12%

2.63a: 45 / 47 = 46

2.64: 45 / 46 = 46

Gain: 0%

2.63a: 70 / 66 = 65

2.64: 62 / 62 = 62

Gain: 5%