Lumion is a 3D visualization program which is compatible with most major CAD and 3D modeling applications. It is billed as a “rendering” tool, but differs from most traditional ray-tracing and path-tracing render engines in its approach to creating photo-realistic 3D images. In many ways, its behavior is more akin to 3D game engine – and like them, it primarily uses the video card in a computer to generate images, animations, and panoramas. This means it is also very fast, especially if the system running it is equipped with a powerful, modern GPU.
The folks who make Lumion maintain lists of minimum, recommended, and high-end system requirements on their website. Our advice below is drawn from there as well as other articles from Lumion and additional research which our expert consultants have done over the years.
What is the best CPU for Lumion?
Lumion is a single-threaded program, so going with high clock speeds is going to be the focus here. As such, mainstream CPUs from Intel like the Core i7 and i9 or AMD’s Ryzen 7 are likely to be the best options. This overlaps nicely with what many engineering and architecture programs also need from a CPU, so a system built for Lumion will work well in most of those applications too.
Our Lumion workstations are designed to let you focus on your design, creativity, and art without any hardware bottlenecks.
