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Novabench vs Blender Benchmark: catalog facts
Novabench	Blender Benchmark
Free Free to use; a separate Novabench for Work offering exists for organisations.	Free Free and open source from the Blender Foundation.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Command line
Covers CPU, GPU, memory, storage and NPU in one run Local LLM performance benchmark	Uses real Blender render workloads for CPU and GPU tests Large public database of comparable results
Closed source Business features are a separate offering	Measures Blender rendering only, not general system performance Comparisons depend on community-submitted results
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
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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