Hardware Articles Archive

Lightroom Classic 15.2 Performance Analysis

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Evan Lagergren

We tested the new Puget Bench for Lightroom Classic 1.0 and Lightroom Classic 15.2 releases to see how modern CPUs and GPUs affects performance.

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Puget Bench for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve 2.0 Analysis

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Evan Lagergren

We examine the new Puget Bench for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve 2.0 releases to see how performance changed across different hardware.

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Blender 3.6: AMD Ray Tracing Performance

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Kelly Shipman

Blender expands AMD GPU support with HIP-RT integration. What is HIP-RT, and how much does it impreove rendering times?

Cinebench 2024: Redefining Rendering Performance Evaluation

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Kelly Shipman

Cinebench 2024 is with with new features and expanded compatibility. We look into what these features are and what this update means for benchmarking.

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Stable Diffusion Benchmark Testing Methodology

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Matt Bach

Stable Diffusion is a growing application of AI technology in the content creation space. Today, we will present our methodology for benchmarking various GPUs for Stable Diffusion.

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Redshift adds AMD GPU support

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Kelly Shipman

Maxon’s Redshift adds AMD GPU support. How do AMD’s video cards perform in the latest version of Redshift?

PugetBench for Adobe Creative Cloud

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Matt Bach

The free version of our benchmarks allow individuals to evaluate the performance of their own systems in popular Adobe Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. However, for commercial use (system reviewers, hardware/software developers, workstation manufacturers, etc.), we have but specific commercial use versions that include features that are often desired such as command line automation, result logging, and email support.