Cinebench

Cinebench is a free cross‑platform benchmark that measures the performance of a computer’s CPU and GPU using the Redshift rendering engine from Cinema 4D. It runs a single scene file for both processor and graphics tests, allowing users to see how their system handles a real‑world 3D rendering workload. The suite supports x86/64 Intel and AMD CPUs on Windows and macOS, Apple Silicon on macOS, and Arm64 CPUs on Windows, ensuring compatibility with current hardware architectures.

The tool is aimed at anyone who needs to assess hardware capabilities: individual users can gauge their own machines, IT administrators can compare systems for procurement decisions, journalists can reference results in reviews, and hardware manufacturers can use the data to fine‑tune products. By reflecting typical tasks performed in Cinema 4D and Redshift, Cinebench provides a practical performance metric rather than synthetic scores alone.

Cinebench is part of Maxon’s broader creative suite, but it functions independently as a lightweight utility. It is stable, regularly updated, and available for download at no cost, making it a practical option for performance testing across a wide range of configurations.