Blender Benchmark

The Blender community is all about people, all those who love Blender and use it as their go-to option for creating 3D graphics. With a plethora of individual communities around the world, the Blender family is also united when giving feedback and helping the development team of their favorite application. One of the ways to contribute is by benchmarking their system to provide performance reports to the Blender team. The backbone of this initiative is the Blender Benchmark tool.

Blender Benchmark is a desktop application that enables Blender users to assess the performance of their computer and their Blender version and then compare it to others. The ultimate purpose is to compare Blender installations and aid its development team.

The wizard-based interface makes working with Blender Benchmark extremely intuitive. First, you must select the version of Blender that you are currently using (the one that the application will test). Keep in mind that the application gathers information about the system’s hardware and software configuration, such as the operating system, graphics card, CPU manufacturer and model, or the system’s RAM. Evidently, it also logs the system performance evaluation while the benchmark test is running.

There are multiple tests the application can run, all being, in fact, production files that the Blender Benchmark renders on. You can opt to download them all, which takes about 600 MB of storage space, or select just the ones that you want.

Once the benchmark models are downloaded and available on your computer, Blender Benchmark prompts you to choose the device you want to benchmark, displaying the system’s CPU model. The benchmark test can be started with the push of a button and then all that is left for you to do is wait for it to complete the test and provide a report on the system’s performance.

Once the benchmark is completed, you have two options: you can either save the reports locally or upload them to the official Open Dataset of the entire Blender community, where you can then compare your results to that of users with similar hardware configurations.

Dedicated to Blender users, the Blender Benchmark makes it possible for them to evaluate their Blender installation and compare its performance with others. It is a way for Blender users to test their Blender distribution and also contribute to their favorite community.