Blender Blender is an open-source 3D creation and modeling software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles benchmark with various sample files. GPU computing via NVIDIA OptiX and NVIDIA CUDA is currently 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 3 December 2021
Test Type System
Average Install Time 27 Seconds
Average Run Time 6 Minutes, 58 Seconds
Accolades + 5k+ Public Benchmark ResultsSupported Architectures x86_64
Public Result Uploads * Reported Installs ** Reported Test Completions ** Test Profile Page Views *** 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 2021.03 2021.05 2021.07 2021.09 2021.11 2022.01 2022.03 2022.05 9K 18K 27K 36K 45K * 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.opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
Classroom 17.9% BMW27 31.6% Barbershop 15.0% Fishy Cat 18.1% Pabellon Barcelona 17.5% Blend File Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org NVIDIA OptiX 13.0% CPU-Only 74.2% CUDA 12.8% Compute Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org 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
Analyze Test Configuration: pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-3.0.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.9.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.8.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.7.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: NVIDIA OptiX pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.6.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.5.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.4.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.3.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.3.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.2.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.1.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only pts/blender-1.1.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL pts/blender-1.1.x - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA pts/blender-1.1.x - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA Blender 3.0 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 463 public results since 3 December 2021 with the latest data as of 25 May 2022 .
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)
OpenBenchmarking.org Distribution Of Public Results - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only 463 Results Range From 142 To 3391 Seconds 142 207 272 337 402 467 532 597 662 727 792 857 922 987 1052 1117 1182 1247 1312 1377 1442 1507 1572 1637 1702 1767 1832 1897 1962 2027 2092 2157 2222 2287 2352 2417 2482 2547 2612 2677 2742 2807 2872 2937 3002 3067 3132 3197 3262 3327 3392 14 28 42 56 70 Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Blender 3.0 - Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only ) has an average run-time of 50 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 30 60 90 120 150 Min: 7 / Avg: 49.65 / Max: 170 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.
Intel AMD OpenBenchmarking.org Relative Core Scaling To Base Blender CPU Core Scaling Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only 6 8 16 32 64 128 3 6 9 12 15 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.
PUNPCKLQDQ PADDQ PSUBQ SHUFPD MOVDQA SUBSD MOVDQU CVTSS2SD CVTSI2SD ADDSD MULSD CVTSD2SS SQRTSD DIVSD MOVAPD CVTTSD2SI MOVD UCOMISD COMISD CVTSD2SI MINSD MAXSD PSRLDQ CVTDQ2PS CVTPS2DQ ANDPD ANDNPD CMPNLESD ORPD XORPD CMPLTSD PSHUFD PMULUDQ PUNPCKHQDQ CMPNLTSD MULPD ADDPD UNPCKHPD MOVUPD UNPCKLPD DIVPD SUBPD MOVLPD MAXPD MOVMSKPD MOVHPD SQRTPD CMPLESD CVTTPS2DQ PSHUFLW PSHUFHW CVTDQ2PD CVTPD2PS PSLLDQ MOVNTDQ CVTPS2PD CVTPI2PD MOVDQ2Q MOVQ2DQ CVTTPD2DQ CMPLTPD CMPNLEPD CMPLEPD CMPNLTPD
SSE3 (SSE3)
Used by default on supported hardware.
HADDPS MOVSHDUP LDDQU ADDSUBPS MOVDDUP HSUBPS MOVSLDUP
SSSE3 (SSSE3)
Used by default on supported hardware.
PABSW PSIGNW PMULHRSW PSHUFB PMADDUBSW PALIGNR PABSD PSIGND PHADDD PABSB PHADDW
Used by default on supported hardware.Bulldozer (2011). POPCNT
Used by default on supported hardware.Sandy Bridge (2011).Bulldozer (2011). VZEROUPPER VPERMILPS VBROADCASTSS VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VMASKMOVPS VPERM2F128 VBROADCASTSD VBROADCASTF128
Used by default on supported hardware.Haswell (2013).Excavator (2016). VINSERTI128 VPBROADCASTD VPMASKMOVD VEXTRACTI128 VGATHERDPS VPGATHERDD VPBLENDD VPERM2I128 VPERMQ VPBROADCASTQ VGATHERQPS VPERMD VPBROADCASTB VPBROADCASTW VPERMPS VPSRAVD VPSLLVD VPGATHERQQ
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Used by default on supported hardware.
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
Used by default on supported hardware.Haswell (2013).Bulldozer (2011). VFMADD132SS VFMADD231SS VFMADD231PS VFMADD132PS VFMADD213SS VFNMADD231SS VFNMADD132SS VFNMADD231PS VFMSUB132PS VFMSUB231SS VFMSUB132SS VFMADD213PS VFNMSUB132SS VFNMADD213SS VFNMADD213PS VFNMADD132PS VFMSUB213PS VFMSUB231PS VFMSUB213SS VFNMSUB231PS VFMADD231PD VFMADD213PD
Last automated analysis: 17 January 2022
This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries librt.so.1, libutil.so.1, libpthread.so.0, libdl.so.2, libX11.so.6, libXi.so.6, libXxf86vm.so.1, libXfixes.so.3, libXrender.so.1, libm.so.6, libGL.so.1, libc.so.6, libxcb.so.1, libXext.so.6, libGLdispatch.so.0, libGLX.so.0, libXau.so.6, libXdmcp.so.6, libbsd.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)
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - 2 x 16384 MB 3200MHz F4-4000C16-16GVKA
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro N Build 19044 - 10.0.19044.1706 - 30.0.21017.1000
1 System - 3 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI - AMD Starship
ManjaroLinux 21.2.6 - 5.17.9-1-MANJARO - KDE Plasma 5.24.5
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - AMD Renoir
Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-33-generic - GNOME Shell 42.0
10 Systems - 68 Benchmark Results
AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core - TYAN B8026T70AE24HR - AMD Family 17h
Ubuntu 18.10 - 4.18.0-8-generic - GCC 8.2.0
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
Intel Core i5-10500T - Dell OptiPlex 3080 [0J56FD] - Intel Comet Lake-S 6c
Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-27-generic - GNOME Shell 42.0
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - AMD Renoir
Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-30-generic - GNOME Shell 42.0
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - 2 x 16384 MB 3600MHz F4-4000C16-16GVKA
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro N Build 19044 - 10.0.19044.1706 - 30.0.15021.11005
1 System - 30 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - 2 x 16 GB DDR4-3600MT
Debian 11 - 5.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - AMD Renoir
Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-30-generic - GNOME Shell 42.0
2 Systems - 203 Benchmark Results
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 - Intel M50CYP2SB2U - Intel Device 0998
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 - 4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64 - X Server 1.20.11
1 System - 30 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - 2 x 16 GB DDR4-3600MT
Debian 11 - 5.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - AMD Renoir
Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-30-generic - GNOME Shell 42.0
1 System - 30 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - 2 x 16 GB DDR4-3600MT
Debian 11 - 5.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - BIOSTAR X470GTQ - 2 x 16384 MB 3200MHz F4-4000C16-16GVKA
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro N Build 19044 - 10.0.19044.1706 - 30.0.15021.11005
1 System - 30 Benchmark Results
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - 2 x 16 GB DDR4-3600MT
Debian 11 - 5.10.0-14-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
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