Blender Blender is an open-source 3D creation software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles benchmark with various sample files. GPU computing via OpenCL or CUDA is supported.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite , the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark blender .
Test Created 11 July 2016
Last Updated 31 August 2020
Test Maintainer Michael Larabel
Test Type System
Average Install Time 26 Seconds
Average Run Time 6 Minutes, 58 Seconds
Accolades Supported Architectures x86_64
Public Result Uploads Reported Installs* Test Completions* OpenBenchmarking.org Events Blender Popularity Statistics pts/blender 2016.07 2016.11 2017.01 2017.03 2017.05 2017.07 2017.09 2017.11 2018.01 2018.03 2018.05 2018.07 2018.09 2018.11 2019.01 2019.03 2019.05 2019.07 2019.09 2019.11 2020.01 2020.03 2020.05 2020.07 2020.09 2020.11 2021.01 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K * 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.
Pabellon Barcelona 17.1% Fishy Cat 18.7% Barbershop 18.4% BMW27 24.4% Classroom 21.4% Blend File Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org CUDA 17.7% NVIDIA OptiX 22.2% CPU-Only 46.0% OpenCL 14.1% Compute Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org 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
Analyze Test Configuration: pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blender 2.82 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blender 2.80 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA Blender 2.90 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 294 public results since 31 August 2020 with the latest data as of 11 January 2021 .
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
# Matching Public Results
Seconds (Average)
OpenBenchmarking.org Distribution Of Public Results - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX 294 Results Range From 54 To 3560 Seconds 54 125 196 267 338 409 480 551 622 693 764 835 906 977 1048 1119 1190 1261 1332 1403 1474 1545 1616 1687 1758 1829 1900 1971 2042 2113 2184 2255 2326 2397 2468 2539 2610 2681 2752 2823 2894 2965 3036 3107 3178 3249 3320 3391 3462 3533 3604 10 20 30 40 50 Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX ) has an average run-time of 37 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.
OpenBenchmarking.org Minutes Time Required To Complete Benchmark Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX Run-Time 30 60 90 120 150 Min: 3 / Avg: 36.93 / Max: 177 Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2% .
OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Average Deviation Between Runs Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX Deviation 2 4 6 8 10 Min: 0 / Avg: 0.18 / Max: 4
1 System - 49 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core - ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-36-lowlatency - X Server 1.20.9
1 System - 42 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz VMW-16384MB
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 18362 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 44 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 17134 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 45 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 8192 MB 0MHz VMW-8192MB
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 18362 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 45 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Build 17763 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 45 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 17134 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 45 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 8192 MB 0MHz VMW-8192MB
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 18362 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 45 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Build 17763 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
3 Systems - 253 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10885H - HP 8736 - Intel Comet Lake PCH
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.6.0-1034-oem - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
1 System - 42 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz VMW-16384MB
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 18362 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 43 Benchmark Results
2 x AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Build 17763 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
1 System - 44 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - 1 x 16384 MB 0MHz
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 17134 - 10.0 - 8.16.7.5
3 Systems - 75 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.3
12 Systems - 383 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-53-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Featured Graphics Comparison
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-45-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
18 Systems - 32 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-45-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3 Systems - 52 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i7-5775C - CompuLab v1.0 - Intel Broadwell-U DMI
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
4 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
11 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-45-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3 Systems - 165 Benchmark Results
Intel Xeon E-2288G - Compulab SBC-ATCFL v1.2 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
4 Systems - 41 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Featured Graphics Comparison
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-58-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Featured Graphics Comparison
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
1 System - 56 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
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User Comments
Download problem
I tried to install this test (#28 on the interactive list), and downloading of cycles_benchmark_20160228.zip was impossible. The first 200MB arrived in seconds, then it took over an hour to reach 425MB, where it finally stalled. This behaviour is repeatable; I have checked my broadband speed at 100Mbps.
Post by jonathan53 on 16 November 2020, 07.50.