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Blender Benchmark vs Novabench: catalog facts
Blender Benchmark	Novabench
Free Free and open source from the Blender Foundation.	Free Free to use; a separate Novabench for Work offering exists for organisations.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Uses real Blender render workloads for CPU and GPU tests Large public database of comparable results	Covers CPU, GPU, memory, storage and NPU in one run Local LLM performance benchmark
Measures Blender rendering only, not general system performance Comparisons depend on community-submitted results	Closed source Business features are a separate offering
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 2, 2026

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