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: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 521 public results since 31 August 2020 with the latest data as of 24 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: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only 521 Results Range From 91 To 3306 Seconds 91 156 221 286 351 416 481 546 611 676 741 806 871 936 1001 1066 1131 1196 1261 1326 1391 1456 1521 1586 1651 1716 1781 1846 1911 1976 2041 2106 2171 2236 2301 2366 2431 2496 2561 2626 2691 2756 2821 2886 2951 3016 3081 3146 3211 3276 3341 15 30 45 60 75 Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Blender 2.90 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only ) has an average run-time of 27 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: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Run-Time 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 1 / Avg: 26.7 / Max: 115 Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.3% .
OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Average Deviation Between Runs Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Deviation 2 4 6 8 10 Min: 0 / Avg: 0.29 / Max: 6 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.
AMD Intel OpenBenchmarking.org Relative Core Scaling To Base Blender CPU Core Scaling Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 3 6 9 12 15
3 Systems - 376 Benchmark Results
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
3 Systems - 376 Benchmark Results
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100rc4daily20210122-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
1 System - 466 Benchmark Results
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.10.9-051009-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
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 - 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
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
Featured Processor Comparison
Intel Xeon Gold 5217 - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.0
5 Systems - 158 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
EndeavourOS rolling - 5.8.13-arch1-1 - Xfce 4.14
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 - 5.8.0-050800-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
3 Systems - 259 Benchmark Results
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-rc4-pts-patch - 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 - 5.8.0-rc2-phx-fgkaslr - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
7 Systems - 84 Benchmark Results
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core - Supermicro H11DSi-NT v2.00 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-050800rc6daily20200721-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
20 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers
Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.4.0-42-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
20 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - ASRock X570 Pro4 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-42-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.1
3 Systems - 46 Benchmark Results
Intel Core i7-8700B - Apple Mac mini - 2 x 4 GB DDR4-2667MHz
macOS 11.0 - 20.0.0 - GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 11.0.0
2 Systems - 46 Benchmark Results
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship
Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc3daily20200902-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.