How To Choose The Best Computer For Blender (4 key hardware specs)

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Thank you for this tutorial, quick and easy explanation of all the hardware specs!

Great video!

I have a question about prioritizing specs when it comes to Blender and similar programs.

Due to my budget I have to make sacrifices with either the CPU, GPU or RAM.

Could you help me decide which specs are better to sacrifice when it comes to a smooth workflow?

These are the options:

i7-12700H > i5 -13500HX

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 > NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

36RAM > 16RAM

I know you recommend 32RAM, but it really ramps up the price so I guess I'd have to sacrifice both CPU and GPU for that.

BTW, I am getting a Lenovo Legion 5i Pro.

Thank you for your help, guys!

I am working on a short film in blender that will require animation and simulations (cloth sim, rigid body collision’s etc.) Are these specs good for that? 12900k, rtx 4080, Asus Gaming E motherboard, 128gb of ram

what about if it has a 2.9 ghs? Ive heard that's fast

This has been really informative, as I'm getting a new laptop or desktop in the new year. I've had my Lenovo z710 laptop for like 9 years and it struggles on a NVIDIA GeForce GT745M 2GB graphics supporting DirectX 11, with an intel i7, so getting something new on a budget of 1200 will be a better difference hopefully

When baking a material to a mesh in blender the processor starts working 100% after 4 minutes, it works for 2 minutes and goes down to 3% usage 😢 my laptop is i7 13700HX with RTX 4070 and 32gb Ram😢

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hey there bro i have i913900HX processor with 16 Gb of ram and a gpu of RTX 4070ti are they a good specifications for blender?

I've been a Mac user all my life and have never purchased or custom built any kind of PC in the past. Is there an 'off the shelf' pc that would be a good mid to low range computer for running blender. I'm imagining doing mostly low poly work. Thanks in advance.

Hi I'm currently considering learning Blender to change a job within the company I'm currently working with but I'm using a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with following specs ;
Processor ; 2,5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
Memory ; 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics ; Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

Works that I'll be doing requires NO animations, but rather heavily-detailed luxury product 3D modelling.

What should I do?
(PS this model is one of the last MacBook that some parts are still upgradeable)

Greatly appreciated for any advices.

im a blender beginner.. i only have a i7 8700k with 32gb ram... no gpu... i can do alot with it but some stuff, like rendering just take for ever... i got me a 4060 and its alot better now lol

Hello, can you please tell me if I can make renderings with an RTX 3050 Ti video card? Together with i7-12700H and 16gb DDR5 Ram. Thanks

I use an AMD 7950X3D with two RTX 4090 and 64GB RAM - runs quite smooth but i use C4d and Maya mainly

Hello, I’m planning to buy a 2019 16inch macbook pro for blender

Core i9-9980HK, 2.4ghz, 8core, 16gb ram, AMD Radeon Pro 560X, for 570$
I have the choice between AMD Radeon Pro 560X or AMD Radeon Pro 5300M

Should i go for it or you think it won’t be enough?

Macbook Pro 13,3 with 8 cores for Blender? Are you kidding? :)
For video editing yes, but for Blender... no

This is my system. is this enough for aniamtion for belender?

CPU Type: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.8GHz 8-Cores

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X570-P

Memory (RAM): Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 32GB (16GBx2) 3200MHz CL16 DDR4

Graphic Card : NVIDIA GeForce ROG STRIX GTX 1650 SUPER O4G

SSD Drive: Samsung SSD 860 EVO SATA (500GB)

SSD Drive(Windows & Programs installation): Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus NVME M.2 (250GB)

I'm hesitating on getting a 7900x with rtx 4060 or a 5600 with rtx 4070.ram will be 64gb ddr4 vs ddr5.it's about the same budget.

For the love of god people DO NOT BUY APPLE COMPUTERS you get more bang for your buck with windows

do you think the recent model of amd graphic card can be a good alternative to the expensive nvidia option ? 😢

I am aiming for 3d animation, 3d rendering and also motion graphics. Does 16Vram enough for me? or should I aim for 24Vram gpu?

i did a project where a single rendered frame took about 30 minutes on an m1 pro mac book pro, and less than 45 seconds on my i7 12700k with 64gb ram and a nvidia 4070 master.. the working experience on booth systems is almost the same, but the render speed differences are enormous.

You probably should have mentioned the diminishing returns of multiple gpus, and that mixing gpus makes it slower more often than not. You are far better off with a single very fast gpu with lots cores and memory, than two lesser ones that would cost the same. Personally I only recommend the RTX 4070ti and up for Blender gpu rendering. It isn't a power hog, has 12 gig of memory, and does renders very fast.

What do you think about this build, because i want to upgrade to this:

- Ryzen 5 5600
- 32gb 3200Mhz ram
- rtx 3070

Are AMD GPUs an inferiour choice compared to NVIDIA? You didn't even mention them.

Which GPU will best For autoCad, Blender? 3070, 4060 12Gb, 4070 12gb?

I learned (through pain...) that the SPEED of RAM (measured in MHz) is as important as its size. It is a deal breaker if you buy a large, but slow, RAM.

Thank you so much!

After quite a bit of research, I ended up making my list with a Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3060, 32GB DDR4 (3600MHz) and two M2 ssds. If by the time I buy my new PC (later this year, November or December) the prices have dropped then I might go, depending on the said prices, with a RTX 4070.

I found the most helpful tip on how to calculate the Core and speed of the CPU.

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Whatd u say about this build for blender?

CPU Ryzen 9 5900X 12Cores 3.7GHz
ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

I know the CPU is a lot better than the GPU but with my Budget (1500€) a Ryzen 9 is almost the same as the 7 and that way I can upgrade my GPU later on (cause the 40 series is way too expensive rn)

Im struggling a little with the fans tbh. Rn I have 6 fans and a single fan for the CPU since it comes without one. Would 3 instead of 6 still be enough..?
Feedback? :]

Amazing video, really helpful. could you please suggest a laptop or a best mobile workstation for Blender and Aftereffects in the price range of ($1500-$2000).? thank you , sorry the link you have added is not working that's why.

I'm working on a YT video about Airplanes, and the file is getting bigger and bigger with thousands of lights and more polygons than I can spell
My system has
i5 8400,
16 GB RAM
12 GB 4070ti
The animations are rendering superfast, but the frame loading time is more than the rendering time, 20 sec of loading time and 6-8 sec of rendering and de-noising time.
Please help me, I don't know what is the main culprit, the large file?, low RAM? or my CPU?

For Blender My set up will be

Ryzen 9 5950x 16cores
128gb DDR4 3600 RAM
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM

I'm not going to Crossfire 2 4090's lol I'm gonna have to go with what I got.

hello sir, im planning to upgrade my pc in the future. ill also be using blender for my works, does rendering with both cpu and gpu really is faster than using the gpu alone?

Can I use blender in Dell precision 5550
Processor: Intel core i7 10875H
Ram: 32GB
SSD: 256 +1TB
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro T1000 with 4GB VRAM
Display: 1920x1080 resolution

Please help me to give information...

what about ryzen 7 5700g

I've been having such a hard time deciding between AMD's Ryzen 7800x3D, 7900x, or if there might be a better choice. Trying to find the right balance between gaming, 3d work, and render is hard. Is there a minimum number of cores/threads needed for rendering?

A very well done video!
Your explanations are very clear and engaging. Helped me decide the right CPU for my next PC.
Thanks a lot!

Just a quick thing that I would like to add. Some GPUs are very heavily optimised towards blender in comparison to other GPUs, so if you do more gaming than blender, it might be worth checking other benchmarks too. The other thing is, Nvidia 40 series isn't very worth it imho, since they tend to prioritise slightly higher performance with less vram... So also with investigating.
I'll give an example for both. For me, the RX 6700 XT, Arc 770, RTX 4060 and RTX 3060 are about the same price, but I'll probably end up buying the 3060 because it has more vram than the 4060, and it's optimised much better for blender in comparison to the Intel and AMD cards...
Hope that helps

I got an m2 beefed up Mac laptop and it is extremely fast. 8k images in 1-2 min or less. For larger files I use render farms. Laptop offers me mobility + speed and render farm offer unbelievably fast renders in the fly.

The best computer is the one you can afford.

I will add OS To the list. Blender works faster with Linux overall.

Perfect timing thanks, helpful info :)

Nice video but the point about Macs not benefitting from GPU is not correct. Blender now has Metal API support so the GPUs in the M1 and M2 chips does make a huge improvement as opposed to rendering on the CPU alone. Ofcourse this is still nowhere near as fast as what the latest NVIDIA GPUs can do. Also, the high end M series chips can have up to 128gb of RAM shared between the CPU and GPU, so unlike a High end NVIDIA GPU that has typically has a maximum of 24GB VRAM, High-end macs can theoretically handle much larger files without hitting the memory bottleneck.