# Blender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat support

Source: [Hacker News: Front Page](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-3/) · 2026-11-10 · Community
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/blender-5-3-released-with-gaussian-splat-support-ec3dea3256c7ac91
Kind: release · Impact: medium

## In brief

- Blender 5.3 is out as the newest stable release, per Phoronix.
- The release adds NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction support.
- Vulkan is the default graphics backend in this release.

## Why it matters

Blender users with NVIDIA GPUs get DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction for viewport rendering, and Vulkan becoming the default changes which graphics backend Blender uses out of the box.

## Versions

- Blender 5.3

## Timeline

- 2026-11-10: Blender 5.3 released

## Coverage

- [Blender 5.3 Released With NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, Vulkan Default](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.3-Released) — Phoronix, 2026-11-10
- [Blender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat support](https://www.blender.org/download/releases/5-3/) — Hacker News: Front Page, 2026-11-10

Tags: blender, 3d-modeling, vulkan, nvidia, dlss, release

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