Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer's hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D's ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.

In October 2020 Maxon launched Cinebench R23. This release formulated an updated test that defined a notational runtime of 10 minutes for both single and multicore tests, minimising the impact of initial performance spikes caused by a high Turbo/Boost clock at the start. The scores generated are not directly comparable to the R20 results, but we've included them here for reference.



From these results we can clearly see the IPC gained by AMD with the release of the Ryzen 5000-series. The Ryzen 7 5800X - a similar 8-core, 16-thread CPU clocked at far lower frequencies - easily eclipses both single and multicore scores of the i7-10700KF by achieving 618 and 5792 respectively.



This finding is underscored by the Cinebench R23 scores gathered over much longer test runs. In simple terms: the 5800X is a more advanced CPU with great performance metrics, but it’s also a fair amount more expensive.


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7-Zip is open-source software which unpacks compressed (zipped) files. It also features a benchmark which measures your systems ability to unpack files, typically stressing CPU and memory performance.



7-Zip’s multi-core benchmark tells a similar tail, garnering a total score of 69548 versus a crushing 92035 on the 5800X. This really underscores AMD’s architectural lead pre-Rocket Lake, but doesn’t necessarily translate into large gains in tests more representative of real-world scenarios.