Comments on: Autodesk’s new Arnold 6 offers production rendering on both CPU and GPU https://architosh.com/2020/01/autodesks-new-arnold-6-offers-production-rendering-on-both-cpu-and-gpu/ architoshâ„¢ — a global-leading CAD / 3D / AEC industry technology publication and #1 source for Mac and iOS users in these segments. Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Jonathan Levitt https://architosh.com/2020/01/autodesks-new-arnold-6-offers-production-rendering-on-both-cpu-and-gpu/#comment-55807 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:57:08 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=28482#comment-55807 Probably a few things. It’s slow relative to Redshift probably because it’s beta and not fully optimized yet, but also because it’s unbiased and Redshift is biased. Meaning, and this is a huge oversimplification, that Redshift cheats calculations to optimize, and Arnold doesn’t.

GPU is slow relative to the CPU also because beta, but also because part of the benefit of GPU renderers is that it’s much easier to scale GPUs than CPUs. This test is indicative of one CPU vs one GPU as reviewed in https://redbytesite.com. It’s much easier (and hugely less expensive) to slap 4 GPUs in your box than 4 CPUs.

]]> By: Jonathan Levitt https://architosh.com/2020/01/autodesks-new-arnold-6-offers-production-rendering-on-both-cpu-and-gpu/#comment-56192 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:57:08 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=28482#comment-56192 Probably a few things. It’s slow relative to Redshift probably because it’s beta and not fully optimized yet, but also because it’s unbiased and Redshift is biased. Meaning, and this is a huge oversimplification, that Redshift cheats calculations to optimize, and Arnold doesn’t.

GPU is slow relative to the CPU also because beta, but also because part of the benefit of GPU renderers is that it’s much easier to scale GPUs than CPUs. This test is indicative of one CPU vs one GPU as reviewed in https://redbytesite.com. It’s much easier (and hugely less expensive) to slap 4 GPUs in your box than 4 CPUs.

]]> By: Jonathan Levitt https://architosh.com/2020/01/autodesks-new-arnold-6-offers-production-rendering-on-both-cpu-and-gpu/#comment-60439 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:57:08 +0000 https://architosh.com/?p=28482#comment-60439 Probably a few things. It’s slow relative to Redshift probably because it’s beta and not fully optimized yet, but also because it’s unbiased and Redshift is biased. Meaning, and this is a huge oversimplification, that Redshift cheats calculations to optimize, and Arnold doesn’t.

GPU is slow relative to the CPU also because beta, but also because part of the benefit of GPU renderers is that it’s much easier to scale GPUs than CPUs. This test is indicative of one CPU vs one GPU as reviewed in https://redbytesite.com. It’s much easier (and hugely less expensive) to slap 4 GPUs in your box than 4 CPUs.

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