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
Test Dependencies BZIP2 + OpenGL Utility Kit (GLUT) + OpenCL
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 18.2% Fishy Cat 19.3% Barbershop 18.2% BMW27 23.8% Classroom 20.6% Blend File Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org CUDA 23.5% NVIDIA OptiX 26.1% CPU-Only 26.8% OpenCL 23.7% 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: BMW27 - 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: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL 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: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL 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: 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: NVIDIA OptiX 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: OpenCL 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: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only 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: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL 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: 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: Pabellon Barcelona - 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: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.6.x - Blender 2.81 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL 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: 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: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only 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-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: 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: 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: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL 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: 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-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.3.x - Blender 2.79 - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - 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-1.2.x - Blender 2.78c - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - 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: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA 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: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA Blender 2.90 Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 460 public results since 31 August 2020 with the latest data as of 13 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: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only 460 Results Range From 34 To 1650 Seconds 34 74 114 154 194 234 274 314 354 394 434 474 514 554 594 634 674 714 754 794 834 874 914 954 994 1034 1074 1114 1154 1194 1234 1274 1314 1354 1394 1434 1474 1514 1554 1594 1634 1674 20 40 60 80 100 Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only ) has an average run-time of 11 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: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Run-Time 10 20 30 40 50 Min: 2 / Avg: 10.24 / Max: 47 Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.1% .
OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Average Deviation Between Runs Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Deviation 2 4 6 8 10 Min: 0 / Avg: 0.1 / Max: 5 Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores? Yes , based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.
OpenBenchmarking.org Relative Core Scaling To Base Blender CPU Core Scaling Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only 6 8 12 16 24 32 64 3 6 9 12 15
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-9880H - Apple MacBook Pro - 2 x 16 GB DDR4-2667MHz
macOS 11.1 - 20.2.0 - X Server 1.18.4
Featured Graphics Comparison
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 - 40 Benchmark Results
8 x AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 15.2 - 5.3.18-24.9-default - GNOME Shell 3.34.4
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 - 40 Benchmark Results
8 x AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 15.2 - 5.3.18-24.9-default - GNOME Shell 3.34.4
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 - 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
11 Systems - 217 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD 17h
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3 Systems - 174 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH
Fedora 32 - 5.8.11-200.fc32.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.36.6
12 Systems - 229 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3 Systems - 138 Benchmark Results
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 - MSI C236A WORKSTATION - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-37-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.2
5 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200929 - 5.8.10-1-default - KDE Plasma 5.19.5
4 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-19-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.0
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
3 Systems - 147 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - ASRock X570 Pro4 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201003-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3 Systems - 259 Benchmark Results
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-pts - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Featured Kernel Comparison
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R - TYAN S7106 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
5 Systems - 200 Benchmark Results
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-rc5-14sep-patch - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
7 Systems - 84 Benchmark Results
2 x AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-050800rc6daily20200721-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
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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.