SPECviewperf 15 adds support for DirectX 12, Vulkan, new industry workloads, and updated application versions.
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) has released the SPECviewperf 15 benchmark, an update to its tool for measuring graphics performance using professional applications. This version includes support for DirectX 12 and Vulkan graphics APIs, updated workloads reflecting new industry use cases, and compatibility with the latest application versions. These updates help users evaluate how newer applications perform on current hardware platforms.
The SPECviewperf benchmark measures the 3D graphics performance of systems running under the OpenGL, DirectX, and Vulkan application programming interfaces (APIs). The benchmark can be run without installing licenses for the represented applications and is frequently used as the basis for performance measurement and the estimation of new hardware, such as GPUs and system platforms. The diverse set of modern workloads are easy to install and run, and provide high-quality, consistent results.
Key new features of the SPECviewperf 15 benchmark
- New workloads representing significant new use-cases:
- blender-01 – an OpenGL benchmark highlighting the use of Blender 3.6 LTS in content-creation use cases
- unreal_engine-01 – a DirectX 12 benchmark highlighting content-creation use cases that rely on Epic’s Unreal Engine 5.4 with advanced rendering technologies such as Lumen, Nanite, and Temporal Super Resolution
- Enscape-01 – a Vulkan benchmark highlighting GPU-accelerated ray tracing as used by the Chaos Enscape 4.0 application in architectural visualization
- Updated workloads based on new versions of represented professional applications:
- 3dsmax-08 – updated with traces from Autodesk 3ds Max 2023, including subsets of KitBash3D’s Mission to Minerva model and materials Kit, based on real-world production data commonly used by game developers and filmmakers.
- catia-07 – updated with traces from the 2022x version of Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA. Traces from CATIA v5 are also included in the workload.
- creo-04 – updated with traces from PTC Creo 9
- maya-07 – updated with traces from Autodesk Maya 2025. Two new models, “Apollo” and “Sol and Solette” are also included.
- solidworks-08 – updated with traces from Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS 2024
- Significant usability improvements, including an all-new graphical user interface (GUI) and updated installation and configuration processes.
For more information, visit spec.org.
