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Blender Benchmark vs Cinebench: catalog facts
Blender Benchmark	Cinebench
Free Free and open source from the Blender Foundation.	Free Free to download from Maxon.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS
Uses real Blender render workloads for CPU and GPU tests Large public database of comparable results	Tests both CPU and GPU with one scene Supports Apple Silicon and Arm64 Windows
Measures Blender rendering only, not general system performance Comparisons depend on community-submitted results	No Linux version Measures rendering workloads rather than general use
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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