Blender

Blender is an open-source 3D creation and modeling software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles performance with various sample files. GPU computing via NVIDIA OptiX and NVIDIA CUDA is currently supported as well as HIP for AMD Radeon GPUs and Intel oneAPI for Intel Graphics.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark blender.

Project Site

blender.org

Source Repository

git.blender.org

Test Created

11 July 2016

Last Updated

14 November 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

52 Seconds

Average Run Time

6 Minutes, 58 Seconds

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results + Recently Updated Test Profile

Supported Platforms

Supported Architectures

x86_64

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* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 27 November 2023.

Revision History

pts/blender-4.0.0 [View Source] Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:55:43 GMT
Update against Blender 4.0 upstream.

pts/blender-3.6.0 [View Source] Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:54:02 GMT
Update against Blender 3.6 upstream.

pts/blender-3.5.0 [View Source] Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:57:14 GMT
Update against Blender 3.5 upstream.

pts/blender-3.4.0 [View Source] Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:54:02 GMT
Update against Blender 3.4 upstream.

pts/blender-3.3.1 [View Source] Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:57:49 GMT
Update SHA256 / MD5 for Blender 3.3 Linux as upstream appears to have respun that build. Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/671

pts/blender-3.3.0 [View Source] Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:44:20 GMT
Update against Blender 3.3 upstream, add Intel oneAPI back-end option.

pts/blender-3.2.0 [View Source] Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:25:18 GMT
Update against Blender 3.2 upstram, expose Radeon HIP option, switch to using --cycles-device option in recent versions for setting device acceleration.

pts/blender-3.0.0 [View Source] Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:08:32 GMT
Update against Blender 3.0 upstream release.

pts/blender-1.9.1 [View Source] Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:22:17 GMT
Update download links for Barbershop blend files, old mirror broke.

pts/blender-1.9.0 [View Source] Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:02:18 GMT
Update against Blender 2.92 upstream.

pts/blender-1.8.0 [View Source] Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:54:31 GMT
Update against upstream Blender 2.90.

pts/blender-1.7.1 [View Source] Sun, 17 May 2020 15:33:56 GMT
Add macOS support, add more download mirrors.

pts/blender-1.7.0 [View Source] Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:07:03 GMT
Update against Blender 2.82 upstream.

pts/blender-1.6.0 [View Source] Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:28:12 GMT
Update against Blender 2.81.

pts/blender-1.5.1 [View Source] Sun, 29 Sep 2019 11:55:34 GMT
Fix for Blender 2.80 Python API preferences handling for GPU selection.

pts/blender-1.5.0 [View Source] Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:39:52 GMT
Update against Blender 2.80 upstream.

pts/blender-1.4.1 [View Source] Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:47:17 GMT
Square away the Windows support.

pts/blender-1.4.0 [View Source] Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:43:14 GMT
Update against Blender 2.79a, plumb in initial Windows support.

pts/blender-1.3.2 [View Source] Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:05:28 GMT
Fix GPU download link

pts/blender-1.3.1 [View Source] Sat, 25 Nov 2017 09:34:23 GMT
Add new Barbershop scene.

pts/blender-1.3.0 [View Source] Sat, 16 Sep 2017 11:15:52 GMT
Update against Blender 2.79 upstream

pts/blender-1.2.0 [View Source] Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:35:10 GMT
Update to upstream 2.78c

pts/blender-1.1.1 [View Source] Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:44:56 GMT
Add explicit CPU-only / NONE acceleration option

pts/blender-1.1.0 [View Source] Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:02:29 GMT
Update against upstream Blender 2.78a

pts/blender-1.0.0 [View Source] Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:09:41 GMT
Initial commit

Suites Using This Test

Multi-Core

OpenCL

Common Workstation Benchmarks

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads

Server CPU Tests

Renderers

NVIDIA GPU Compute

Game Development

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Blender 4.0

Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 135 public results since 14 November 2023 with the latest data as of 2 December 2023.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

Seconds (Average)

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

99th

2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core

96th

2 x AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core

93rd

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores

82nd

15 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core

78th

Mid-Tier

75th

> 17

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

70th

18 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

65th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

61st

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

58th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

53rd

48 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

51st

Median

50th

Intel Core i9-14900K

49th

Intel Core i9-10980XE

45th

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

38th

146

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

38th

146

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

34th

155

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

32nd

158 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

29th

163 ^{+/- 1}

Low-Tier

25th

> 231

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

24th

232 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

19th

275 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

17th

282 ^{+/- 16}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

12th

363 ^{+/- 8}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

9th

417 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Custom APU 0405

6th

420 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

3rd

434 ^{+/- 4}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

1st

647 ^{+/- 24}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Blender 4.0 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only) has an average run-time of 5 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.1%.

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set

Support

Instructions Detected

SSE2 (SSE2)

Used by default on supported hardware.

MOVDQA PUNPCKLQDQ PADDQ PSUBQ SHUFPD MOVDQU SUBSD MOVD MULSD COMISD CVTTSD2SI MAXSD MINSD DIVSD UCOMISD CVTSS2SD CVTSI2SD ADDSD CVTSD2SS SQRTSD MOVAPD CVTSD2SI ADDPD UNPCKHPD UNPCKLPD MULPD SUBPD XORPD ANDPD ORPD PUNPCKHQDQ CMPLTSD ANDNPD DIVPD CMPNLESD PSHUFD PSHUFLW PSRLDQ CVTDQ2PS CVTPS2DQ CVTTPS2DQ PMULUDQ MOVUPD CMPEQPD MAXPD MOVHPD MOVLPD CVTPS2PD CVTPD2PS CMPNLTSD SQRTPD MOVMSKPD CVTDQ2PD PSLLDQ PSHUFHW MOVNTDQ CMPLESD MOVDQ2Q MOVQ2DQ CVTTPD2DQ CMPLTPD CMPNLEPD CMPLEPD CMPNLTPD

SSE3 (SSE3)

Used by default on supported hardware.

MOVSLDUP MOVSHDUP MOVDDUP HADDPS LDDQU ADDSUBPS

SSSE3 (SSSE3)

Used by default on supported hardware.

PSHUFB PABSW PSIGNW PMULHRSW PMADDUBSW PALIGNR PABSD PSIGND PHADDD PABSB PHADDW PHADDSW

SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

POPCNT

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VZEROUPPER VPERMILPS VBROADCASTSS VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VBROADCASTF128 VPERM2F128 VBROADCASTSD VPERMILPD VMASKMOVPS

Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

VPERM2I128 VINSERTI128 VPERMQ VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTD VPBROADCASTQ VGATHERQPS VPERMD VPERMPS VPBLENDD VPBROADCASTB VPBROADCASTW VPERMPD VGATHERDPD VGATHERDPS VPGATHERDD VPSRAVD VPSLLVD VPGATHERQQ VPMASKMOVD

Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)

Used by default on supported hardware.

(ZMM REGISTER USE)

AVX Vector Neural Network Instructions (AVX-VNNI)

Used by default on supported hardware.

VPDPBUSD

FMA (FMA)

Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

VFMADD231SS VFMADD213SS VFNMADD213SS VFMADD132PS VFMADD132SS VFNMADD132SS VFMADD231PS VFNMADD231SS VFNMADD132PS VFMSUB231PS VFMSUB132PS VFMADD213PS VFNMADD231PS VFMSUB132SS VFMSUB231SS VFNMADD213PS VFNMSUB132SS VFMSUB213PS VFNMSUB231SS VFMSUB213SS VFNMSUB231PS VFNMADD231PD VFMADD231PD VFMADD213PD VFMADDSUB213PS VFMSUBADD213PS VFMADDSUB231PS VFNMSUB213SS

Last automated analysis: 14 November 2023

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libtbb.so.2, libutil.so.1, libpthread.so.0, libdl.so.2, libm.so.6, libmvec.so.1, libosdGPU.so.3.5.0, libosdCPU.so.3.5.0, libX11.so.6, libXrender.so.1, libXxf86vm.so.1, libXfixes.so.3, libXi.so.6, libxkbcommon.so.0, libembree4.so.4, libsycl.so.6, libOpenImageIO.so.2.4, libOpenColorIO.so.2.2, libMaterialXFormat.so.1, libMaterialXCore.so.1, libopenvdb.so.10.0, libIex.so.30, libOpenEXR.so.30, libOpenEXRCore.so.30, libIlmThread.so.30, libImath.so.30, libc.so.6, libxcb.so.1, libXext.so.6, librt.so.1, libSM.so.6, libICE.so.6, libGL.so.1, libMaterialXRender.so.1, libMaterialXGenGlsl.so.1, libMaterialXGenShader.so.1, libz.so.1, libXau.so.6, libXdmcp.so.6, libuuid.so.1, libbsd.so.0, libGLdispatch.so.0, libGLX.so.0, libmd.so.0.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture

Kernel Identifier

Verified On

Intel / AMD x86 64-bit

x86_64

(Many Processors)

h 1 System - 3 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 - MACHINIST X99 E5-RS9 - Intel Xeon E7 v3 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-37-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
ajaeg-ubu-workstation-2dec23 1 System - 20 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - 64GB - 0GB Virtual Disk + 17GB Virtual Disk + 2 x 1100GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Wayland
hp-elitedesk-800-g1-mini-8gb 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-8100 - HP 83E1 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-89-generic - 1.3.238
hp-elitedesk-800-g1-mini-8gb 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-8500 - HP 845A - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-89-generic - 1.3.238
AIO1 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G - ASUS PRIME B550M-A - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-13-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
gpu_blender 1 System - 5 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-13-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
ajaeg-ubu-game-dev-1dec23 1 System - 45 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - 64GB - 0GB Virtual Disk + 17GB Virtual Disk + 3 x 1100GB Virtual Disk Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - Wayland
BlenderCPU+GPU 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core - ASUS PRIME B550M-A - AMD Starship ManjaroLinux 23.1.0 - 6.6.2-7-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 5.27.9
Steam Deck LCD 1 System - 101 Benchmark Results	AMD Custom APU 0405 - Valve Jupiter v1 - AMD VanGogh Root Complex SteamOS rolling - 6.1.52-valve9-1-neptune-61 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5
ddd 2 Systems - 78 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-phx-bcachefs - GNOME Shell 45.0
bench 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - HP 8916 v79.31 - AMD Renoir Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.10-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.1
blendercpu 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Apple M2 - Apple MacBook Pro - 16GB macOS 14.1.1 - 23.1.0 - GCC 15.0.0 + Clang 15.0.0 + Xcode 15.0.1
first_test_cpu 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO - AMD Starship Debian - 6.5.0-4-amd64 - KDE Plasma
tg 2 Systems - 29 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1280P - MSI MS-14C6 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
fedora-catchup 2 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - GPD G1619-04 - AMD Device 14e8 Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.8

pytorch blender 3 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell 0GG9PT - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D ECC@5200 2 Systems - 339 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core - ASUS ProArt B650-CREATOR - AMD Device 14d8 Debian 12 - 6.5.0-0.deb12.1-amd64 - Xfce 4.18
new ice 3 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 44.3
rabbit blender 4.0 2 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
tr blender 4.0 2 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-36-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
epyc extra 10 Systems - 143 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
AMD Threadripper 7980X Cooling 3 Systems - 435 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX - Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux 4 Systems - 113 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores - HP 8B24 - 8 x 16384 MB 5200MHz Hynix HMCG78AGBRA190N Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22631 - 10.0.22631.2715 - 537.42
blend 2 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
new 2 Systems - 31 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework FRANMDCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
cap 2 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
new 2 Systems - 31 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework FRANMDCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
cap 2 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
Siena Blender 4.0 5 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX - Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux 3 Systems - 113 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores - HP 8B24 - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0

Blender

Project Site

Source Repository

Test Created

Last Updated

Test Maintainer

Test Type

Average Install Time

Average Run Time

Accolades

Supported Platforms

Supported Architectures

Revision History

Suites Using This Test

Performance Metrics

Blender 4.0

Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Tested CPU Architectures

Recent Test Results

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