Not that I care who processes what, or what software application/s they use to do it, but one thing I really like about the newer versions of ACR is the "Auto" button. Somewhere around version 10.0.0 Adobe changed how the Auto button in ACR is configured and these latest versions work really,
really well. I seem to recall Adobe saying something about implementing what it calls "Sensei AI", whatever that means. However it does what it does, the Auto button generates a really good, really clean base-image from which to start working on probably +90% of the time. The Auto button in ACR is so good I almost always give it a shot, straight away, just to see what it will give me. It's a huge time saver and, combined with the Hue Light profiles for my camera bodies, cuts down on my processing time significantly.
Blake Rudis has a
really good video on this topic.