The 3D program Blender 4.5 was released. It offers long-term support until 2027, better node handling and should render more efficiently than its predecessor.

To greet the launch of the Blender 2.83 release, we loaded up our test rigs to generate fresh performance numbers. For rendering, we're going to pore over CPU, GPU, CPU and GPU, and NVIDIA's OptiX.

A new version of 3D creation software Blender has introduced Metal GPU rendering for Mac devices equipped with Apple Silicon chips or AMD graphics cards.

Blender 3.1 now has Metal GPU rendering for Macs with the M1 chip. The app renders up to 2x faster compared to standard CPU rendering.