Heads up, tech enthusiasts everywhere, for a new version of one of your favorite benchmarks just dropped. Maxon just announced the minty fresh new Cinebench 2026, ready to beat the heck out of your processor and GPU with an updated, more demanding engine.

Cinebench 2026 uses the latest version of the Redshift engine that Maxon says ought to be six times harsher on multi-threaded tests compared to the the previous version. Predictably, the updated engine integrated into the benchmark should also better reflect the real-world demands of 3D artists everywhere, as well as offer better parity between test results and actual render tasks. Maxon notes that scores with the new engine cannot be compared with previous versions of Cinebench.

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