As the saying goes, beauty comes from mixing rich heritage with modern views.
I tested Renderman, Octane, Luxcore, CyclesX and Prorender
and made a render of the same scene with each.
This is a combination of all the renders into one
(resulted in mixing 6 renders: CyclesX, Prorender, Octane, Renderman, Luxcore CPU bidir and Luxcore GPU Path)
You can watch the livestream I made on testing all these free render engines for Blender
https://youtu.be/sJGGYrhjhzM
Jewelry design made with 3Design v10