With the recent updates to Adobe's Creative Cloud suite of applications, Puget Systems is also releasing a number of updates to the PugetBench series of benchmarks. Most of the updates are relatively minor in order to add support for the new Adobe application versions, but the PugetBench for After Effects benchmark has received a major update that changes the tests and scoring.

Update notes:

CLI (Command Line Utility)

All CLI utilities now use the Adobe application version number rather than the version year for the "/app_version" argument. For example, rather than using '/app_version "2021"', you would now use '/app_version "22"'
'/activateonly' argument added. If this argument is used, the benchmark is not run, but the license key is activated on the local system. Activation is typically done each time the benchmark is run, but if you need the system to be offline, you can use '/activateonly' to reset the 30 day grace period before taking the system offline and running the actual benchmark.
Reminder that you can use the "/?" argument to see all the command line switches - including what application versions are supported

PugetBench for Photoshop 0.93.1 BETA (minor update)

Added CLI support for Photoshop version 23.x

PugetBench for Lightroom Classic 0.93.1 BETA (minor update)

Added CLI support for Lightroom Classic version 11.x
Created dedicated Benchmark catalogs for LrC version 9, 10, and 11

PugetBench for Premiere Pro 0.95.3 BETA (minor update)

Added CLI support for Premiere Pro version 22.x
Starter benchmark project file, and individual test project files, updated for Premiere Pro 22.x

PugetBench for After Effects 0.95.0 BETA (major update)

Due to the changes to the tests and scoring, the results in this version cannot be directly compared to previous benchmark versions
Added CLI, RAM verification, and settings check support for After Effects version 22.x
Settings requirement added for disabling "Cache frames when idle" when running Ae version 22.x. This is necessary because otherwise After Effects may start rendering frames before the benchmark runs which would throw off the results
Tracking tests now run 3x each, with the best result being used for scoring. Adding loops because tracking can be more inconsistent between runs than preview or rendering
Overall Score adjusted to be weighted 40% RAM Preview, 40% Render, and 20% Tracking rather than being an even division between the three types of tests
Added new "Multi-Core Score" to show best-case performance for higher core count CPUs with MFR. Similar to how the "GPU Score" shows the largest difference you may see between GPUs in After Effects, the "Multi-Core Score" shows the largest difference you are likely to see with higher core count CPUs
Significant changes made to the tests - mostly due to the large performance gains experienced with MFR
Dropped tests:
- All RAM Preview (Half Res) tests. With MFR, performance may be real-time on some systems, which isn't desirable for showing the performance delta between hardware
- C4D Track - Did not provide significantly unique data from the C4D Text composition
Adjusted tests:
- Polygon - Increased difficulty by creating 3 sets of polygon pre-comps
- Glitch - Updated graphic to match new Puget Systems logo and removed tint effect (breaks randomly on some systems for an unknown reason)
- Realistic Rain - Updated graphic to match new Puget Systems logo
Added tests:
- Pulse - Slightly simplified version of the "AE Pulse Benchmark" project provided by Adobe to test multi-frame rendering. Shorted to 100 frames and removed unused layers
- Gaming Intro - slightly modified version of the "Gaming Intro" motion graphics template that is include in Premiere Pro

New versions of the benchmark plugins and assets are available for immediate download from the PugetBench for Adobe Creative Cloud page if you wish to install them manually, or they should be updated on the Adobe Exchange within the next week. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at benchmark-support@pugetsystems.com .

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