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UL Procyon
What UL Procyon is
UL Procyon is a paid benchmark suite for professional users in industry, enterprise, government, retail, and the press. Its workloads cover office productivity, photo editing, video editing, battery life, multitasking and web browsing, AI computer vision, AI image generation, and AI text generation. Procyon Essentials examines app startup, browsing, file operations, browser tabs, and video calls. Office tests use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; creative tests use Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. AI text generation uses seven prompts across four models, while image generation includes Stable Diffusion variants and several inference engines. Results can be compared in a database, exported as XML, PDF, CSV, or Procyon files, and run with custom profiles, command-line controls, or automation. Procyon supports Windows, macOS, and Android. Essentials requires Windows 11 version 23H2 or later, 16 GB RAM, an x86-64 or Arm64 processor, and a supported GPU. Pricing is on request, with no free plan; trials can be requested for selected benchmarks.
Who it suits
It suits IT procurement teams, device fleet managers, and press users evaluating defined workloads across PCs and mobile devices. Essentials is specifically aimed at compatible Windows 11 systems meeting its stated requirements.
What it does well
- Broad productivity, creative, battery, and AI workloads
- Comparison database
- XML, PDF, CSV, and native result exports
- Custom profiles and command-line automation
- Windows, macOS, and Android support
What to know first
- No free plan
- Pricing requires a request
- Essentials requires Windows 11 23H2 or later
- Essentials requires 16 GB RAM and a supported GPU
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Procyon benchmark suite | Flexible annual licensing per benchmark; single-seat and site licensing options · choose individual benchmarks or combinations · priority support via email and telephone | On request |
| Procyon AI Image Generation Benchmark site license | Annual site license · unlimited users · unlimited devices · priority support via email and telephone | On request |
| Procyon Essentials site license | Annual site license · unlimited users · unlimited devices · priority support via email and telephone | On request |
| Procyon AI Text Generation Benchmark site license | Annual site license · unlimited users · unlimited devices · priority support via email and telephone | On request |
As benchmarks.ul.com lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Procyon offers workload-specific benchmarking with comparison, export, custom profiles, and automation options. Its paid licensing and Essentials hardware requirements should be checked before purchase.
Facts from UL Procyon's own pages
- AI image generation
- The AI Image Generation Benchmark provides Stable Diffusion XL, Stable Diffusion 1.5 and Stable Diffusion 1.5 Light tests for different hardware classes. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- AI text generation
- The AI Text Generation Benchmark uses seven prompts, including retrieval-augmented and non-retrieval-augmented queries, and supports four AI models. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Command line
- The AI Text Generation and AI Image Generation benchmarks can be run through the Procyon application or from the command line. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Company and location
- UL Solutions says its benchmarks are developed in Finland just outside Helsinki and that it has a sales office in Silicon Valley. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- Procyon Essentials is built for Windows 11 and supports native Windows on Arm workloads. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Creative app integrations
- The Photo Editing Benchmark uses Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, while the Video Editing Benchmark uses Adobe Premiere Pro. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Essentials benchmark
- Procyon Essentials tests multitasking and browsing workloads, including app startup, web browsing, file operations, browser tabs and video calls. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1894 · benchmarks.ul.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Northbrook, Illinois, United States · benchmarks.ul.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Inference engines
- The AI Image Generation Benchmark lists NVIDIA TensorRT, Qualcomm QNN, Intel OpenVINO, ONNX with Microsoft DirectML, ONNX with RyzenAI and Apple Core ML as supported inference engines. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- UL describes Procyon as useful to IT procurement teams managing PC and mobile device purchasing and fleets, and offers licenses and support for press users. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Office app integrations
- The Office Productivity Benchmark uses Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for real-world productivity tasks. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Procyon is a benchmark suite for professional users in industry, enterprise, government, retail and press. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The Procyon product pages reviewed describe benchmark workloads and licensing but do not state security certifications or compliance standards. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- Procyon Essentials requires Windows 11 version 23H2 or later, an x86-64 or Arm64 processor, 16 GB RAM and a supported integrated or discrete GPU. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The Procyon Essentials, AI Text Generation and AI Image Generation pages provide a Request trial option without stating a trial duration. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Workloads
- The suite includes benchmarks for multitasking and browsing, AI, battery life, office productivity, photo editing, video editing and Android AI inference. · benchmarks.ul.com, 12 Oct 2026
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