Sapphire 2021 now features Metal GPU acceleration for all our host applications running on Apple hardware. Performance will vary depending on macOS, specific GPU, host application, and Sapphire effect. For Metal acceleration, Sapphire 2021 requires a minimum of macOS Mojave (10.14). For the best stability and results, we recommend macOS Catalina (10.15) and macOS Big Sur (11.01).
| Effect name | Sapphire 2020.5 | Sapphire Metal 2021 | X Times Faster | % Speed increase of 2021 vs 2020.5 |
| WarpRepeat | 156 | 25 | 6.24 | 83.97% |
| Streaks | 162 | 28 | 5.79 | 82.72% |
| Rays | 154 | 28 | 5.50 | 81.82% |
| BlurMotion | 137 | 31 | 4.42 | 77.37% |
| EdgeRays | 92 | 26 | 3.54 | 71.74% |
| DissolveRays | 85 | 27 | 3.15 | 68.24% |
| DissolveEdgeRays | 70 | 26 | 2.69 | 62.86% |
| DissolveShake | 60 | 24 | 2.50 | 60% |
| DistortBlur | 61 | 27 | 2.26 | 55.74% |
| Shake | 59 | 27 | 2.19 | 54.24% |
| WipeFlux | 58 | 32 | 1.81 | 44.83% |
| Swish3D | 63 | 36 | 1.75 | 42.86% |
| DistortRGB | 44 | 26 | 1.69 | 40.91% |
| CloudsMultiColor | 39 | 24 | 1.63 | 38.46% |
| WarpBubble2 | 43 | 27 | 1.59 | 37.21% |
| Grain | 36 | 24 | 1.50 | 33.33% |
| CloudsPsyko | 30 | 21 | 1.43 | 30% |
| DistortChroma | 48 | 34 | 1.41 | 29.17% |
| Clouds | 29 | 21 | 1.38 | 27.59% |
| WarpChroma | 31 | 23 | 1.35 | 25.81% |
| TextureFlux | 32 | 24 | 1.33 | 25% |
| TextureLoops | 32 | 25 | 1.28 | 21.88% |
| CloudsVortex | 28 | 22 | 1.27 | 21.43% |
| Sparkles | 33 | 26 | 1.27 | 21.21% |
| Scanlines | 33 | 26 | 1.27 | 21.21% |
| WarpBubble | 33 | 26 | 1.27 | 21.21% |
| TextureFolded | 29 | 23 | 1.26 | 20.69% |
| WipeBlobs | 34 | 27 | 1.26 | 20.59% |
| SparklesColor | 35 | 28 | 1.25 | 20% |
| CloudsColorSmooth | 30 | 24 | 1.25 | 20% |
| SwishPan | 31 | 25 | 1.24 | 19.35% |
| TextureNeurons | 31 | 25 | 1.24 | 19.35% |
| LaserBeam | 32 | 26 | 1.23 | 18.75% |
| DissolveDistort | 32 | 26 | 1.23 | 18.75% |
| DissolveVortex | 33 | 27 | 1.22 | 18.18% |
| CloudsPerspective | 28 | 23 | 1.22 | 17.86% |
| DissolvePuddle | 31 | 26 | 1.19 | 16.13% |
| TextureMicro | 25 | 21 | 1.19 | 16% |
| Distort | 28 | 24 | 1.17 | 14.29% |
| DissolveWaves | 30 | 26 | 1.15 | 13.33% |
| DissolveBubble | 33 | 29 | 1.14 | 12.12% |
| WarpWaves | 27 | 24 | 1.13 | 11.11% |
| Kaleido | 27 | 24 | 1.13 | 11.11% |
| GlowNoise | 27 | 24 | 1.13 | 11.11% |
| WarpPuddle | 28 | 25 | 1.12 | 10.71% |
| WarpWaves2 | 28 | 25 | 1.12 | 10.71% |
| WipeWeave | 28 | 25 | 1.12 | 10.71% |
| GrainRemove | 28 | 25 | 1.12 | 10.71% |
| KaleidoPolar | 28 | 25 | 1.12 | 10.71% |
| DissolveGlint | 32 | 29 | 1.10 | 9.38% |
| DissolveGlintRainbow | 37 | 34 | 1.09 | 8.11% |
| WarpPolar | 25 | 23 | 1.09 | 8% |
| Etching | 25 | 23 | 1.09 | 8% |
| WarpPuff | 26 | 24 | 1.08 | 7.69% |
| WarpVortex | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7.41% |
| WarpTransform | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7.41% |
| WarpFishEye | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7.41% |
| WarpPerspective | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7.41% |
| WipeMoire | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7.41% |
| GlowRings | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7.41% |
| ZebrafyColor | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 4.17% |
| TexturePlasma | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 4.17% |
| EdgeDetectDouble | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 4.17% |
| WipeWedge | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 4.17% |
| EdgesInDirection | 24 | 23 | 1.04 | 4.17% |
| WarpMagnify | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| GlowEdges | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| WipeStripes | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| ScanlinesMono | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| ShowBadColors | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| EdgeBlur | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| WipeClouds | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| GlowDarks | 25 | 24 | 1.04 | 4% |
| MatteOps | 26 | 25 | 1.04 | 3.85% |
| Glint | 27 | 26 | 1.04 | 3.70% |
| Zap | 27 | 26 | 1.04 | 3.70% |
| GlintRainbow | 30 | 29 | 1.03 | 3.33% |