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 150k+ DownloadsSupported 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. Data current as of Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:50:24 GMT.
Pabellon Barcelona 17.7% Fishy Cat 19.0% Barbershop 18.3% BMW27 24.0% Classroom 20.9% Blend File Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
CUDA 21.1% NVIDIA OptiX 24.5% CPU-Only 34.7% OpenCL 19.7% Compute Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
Revision Historypts/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
Performance MetricsAnalyze 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: 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: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA 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: OpenCL 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: 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: Pabellon Barcelona - 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: Pabellon Barcelona - 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: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA 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: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA 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-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - 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: Barbershop - 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: Pabellon Barcelona - 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: 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: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA 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: CPU-Only 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: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only 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: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only 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: 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: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA 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: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only 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: CPU-Only 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: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA 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-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: Classroom - 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: 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: Classroom - 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: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.1.x - Blender 2.78a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA Blender 2.90 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 387 public results since 31 August 2020 with the latest data as of 20 January 2021 .
Additional benchmark metrics will come after OpenBenchmarking.org has collected a sufficient data-set.
OpenBenchmarking.org Distribution Of Public Results - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL 387 Results Range From 243 To 1763 Seconds 243 282 321 360 399 438 477 516 555 594 633 672 711 750 789 828 867 906 945 984 1023 1062 1101 1140 1179 1218 1257 1296 1335 1374 1413 1452 1491 1530 1569 1608 1647 1686 1725 1764 20 40 60 80 100
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Blender 2.90 - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL ) has an average run-time of 25 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: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL Run-Time 12 24 36 48 60 Min: 12 / Avg: 24.64 / Max: 59
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.7% .
OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Average Deviation Between Runs Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL Deviation 3 6 9 12 15 Min: 0 / Avg: 1.71 / Max: 12
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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.