The Intel VAAPI on my i7 5600U renders h246 in #Kdenlive at almost the exact same speed that the AMD 570 used to.
It also helps that Kdenlive is a lot smoother and more optimized these days.
A 2:30 1080p video with color correction took 2:03 to render. I'm not picky so anything at or faster than real time is amazing!
@gunga I try to check it out once in a while. Last I looked was the Appimage for 20.11 but it looks like it's not seeing my GPU like the Flatpak version does. Not sure why.