Maxon's Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer's hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflected 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.



A Cinebench R20 multi-threaded score of 15324 is nothing short of chart-topping, easily ousting our previous best posted by a flagship Intel 12th Generation system. That's in part thanks to the eight additional Efficiency-cores which push the total core count from 16 to 24, but higher operating frequencies also add up. The single-core score, which assesses the performance of the processor's Performance-core only, is similarly impressive.



Cinebench R23 is a more representative test for modern many-core CPUs, and it really allows the i9-13900KS to stretch its legs. Hitting a score of over 40000 is intimidating, as is the high single threaded scores. These are very good conditions for the Raptor Lake, but it's very reliant on the Windows Scheduler to leverage that horsepower in the real world. Still, for CPU-based video rendering, there's surely no better CPU on the market today.