After looking around the web for a while, I've gathered that GPU rendering in Blender is supposed to be much faster than CPU rendering, but on my machine, the CPU is actually slightly faster? My GPU is a GTX 1070ti with a 200mhz OC and my CPU is an i5-8400. Rendering a simple image takes around 45 seconds on the CPU and 50 seconds on the GPU even with the 200mhz OC. Is there something I messed up in the settings? Or is it supposed to be like this?
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2$\begingroup$ What tile size are you using when rendering on GPU? Usually for GPU you want to use large tiles ( like 28X128 or 256X256) whereas with GPU you want to use small tiles (16x16 or 32x32) $\endgroup$– user1853Jun 29, 2018 at 18:27
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$\begingroup$ "I've gathered that GPU rendering in Blender is supposed to be much faster than CPU rendering" That will largely depend on what CPU and what GPU you use and many other unforeseen performance factors $\endgroup$– Duarte Farrajota Ramos ♦Jun 29, 2018 at 18:51
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$\begingroup$ In case your tile-size is wrong, there is a usefull Add-on called "Auto Tile Size", which sets the best tile-size for your hardware. Works quite well and is easy to use. $\endgroup$– QuacksilberJun 30, 2018 at 10:52
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use the CPU she will be faster, leave the video card just for video, blender works best with CPU
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1$\begingroup$ Could you provide any references for your statement? There are multiple scenarios where people use GPU to render just fine, like e.g. some Blender 2.79 benchmarks and 1070 is far from simple card to not have CUDA support (so it actually has and works). $\endgroup$– Mr ZakJun 29, 2018 at 22:47