Maxon’s latest release of Cinebench features performance enhancements and adds support for the latest Nvidia and AMD GPUs as well as Apple Silicon.
Maxon's new Cinebench has been a cornerstone in computer performance evaluation for two decades. That's meant it has had to constantly adapt to the introduction of new technologies as it matches its Redshift rendering engine to the available CPUs and GPUs on the market.
As a result, Cinebench 2026, the first update since Cinebench 2024, supports a broad range of hardware configurations, including systems running Windows x86-64, Windows ARM64, and macOS, and uses real-world 3D rendering workloads to assess performance.
For the 2026 edition it adds compatibility with Nvidia’s new Blackwell GPUs (5000 series) and AMD 9000 series GPUs on Windows. It also now supports Apple M4 and M5 powered systems, and adds Nvidia Hopper and Blackwell data center GPUs, highlighting how far and wide it's used nowadays.
To better utilize modern hardware, it's been updated to the latest Redshift Rendering engine. This also allows users to more accurately predict the performance they can expect in Cinema 4D 2026 based on the results of Cinebench. Thanks to a new test that evaluates the performance of SMT-enabled (Simultaneous Multithreading) CPU cores, users can directly assess the performance gains offered by SMT compared to single-threaded execution.
Maxon says that it's crucial to note that Cinebench 2026 scores cannot be compared to those of its predecessor, Cinebench 2024. "With the incorporation of the latest Redshift technology and optimized performance, Cinebench 2026 offers a distinctly enhanced and accurate evaluation of modern hardware capabilities."
Cinebench 2026 is available free-of-charge from the official Maxon website.