Relativistic time-dependent density functional calculations for the excited states of the cadmium dimer

► The achievement of CAMB3LYP functional for excited states in framework of TD-DFT. ► Relativistic 4-components calculations for the excited states of the Cd2 dimer. ► Relativistic Spin-Free calculations for the excited states of Cd2 dimer. ► A comparison of the achievements of different types of DFT approximations upon Cd2.