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Introduction
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Eevee's materials system uses the same node based approach as Cycles to define
:doc:`Cycles </render/materials/index>`.


Nodes Support
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Due to realtime constraints, not all Cycles features are available in Eevee.
See :doc:`/render/eevee/materials/nodes_support`.


Performance
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Performance is highly dependent on the number of BSDF nodes present in the node tree.

.. tip::

   Prefer using the Principled BSDF instead of multiple BSDF nodes because Eevee is optimized for it.


.. seealso:: :ref:`Limitations <eevee-limitations-materials>`.