What Cinebench is

Cinebench is a free benchmarking tool for Windows and macOS. Its workload areas include CPU rendering, GPU rendering, ray tracing, shader execution, and geometry processing, so it covers both rendering and other graphics-related tasks. Users can create custom test profiles and use command-line or other automation for benchmark workflows. That means users who need benchmark output saved in a file should account for this limitation. Cinebench has a free plan and is available on the two listed desktop operating systems. Its range of workload types and support for custom profiles and automation offer ways to configure how benchmark runs are carried out, while its documented results handling remains limited to results that are not saved as files.

Who it suits

Cinebench suits users who want to run rendering and graphics-processing benchmarks on Windows or macOS. Custom profiles and automation may suit configurable or repeatable benchmark workflows.

What it does well

Free plan for Windows and macOS.
Includes CPU and GPU rendering workloads.
Supports ray tracing, shader execution, and geometry processing.
Custom test profiles and automation are supported.

What to know first

Results are not saved as a file.
No result export formats are documented.

Verdict

Cinebench covers several rendering and graphics workloads and supports custom profiles and automation. Its results are not saved to a file, and no export formats are documented.

Where Cinebench stands on Freedom251

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