For now, let’s jump into an out-of-the-box C4D: Rendering PerformanceĬinema 4D’s viewport utilizing one CPU thread As mentioned and linked-to above, we have other articles that tackle rendering in other engines, for both CPU and GPU. While a GPU is listed here, it doesn’t matter much for any one of the tests we’ve included here. The most important aspects are that motherboards are configured with MCE off and XMP enabled, tests are run at least twice, with additional runs to verify results if required, although they are usually <1% deltas. Here’s a quick look at our tested hardware:ĪMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X (64C/128T 2.9GHz)ĪMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X (32C/64T 3.7GHz)ĪMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X (24C/48T 3.8GHz)ĪMD X399: Cooler Master MasterCase H500P MeshĪll product links in this table are affiliated, and support the website.įor details on our testing methodology, you can check out our other CPU reviews linked previously. We’ll explain more about each test as we come to them. We’ve also added an abstract art animation, although as we’ll see later, the scaling won’t differ much from single-frame rendering. These include a render of an energy drink, such as for advertising use, and a bedroom render that makes us want to improve our own living spaces. In this article, we’re including the same Cinebench results that we benchmarked for our Threadripper 3990WX review, but have since reinstalled each CPU to test C4D R21.115 with some fresh real-world projects. Those interested in CPU rendering performance for Arnold, Corona, KeyShot, or V-Ray should check out our AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X review, while those after GPU rendering performance for Arnold, Redshift, Octane, or V-Ray should check out our article from early January. The focus in this article is going to revolve around C4D’s Physical renderer, which uses Intel’s Embree as its backend. That is, unless you use a third-party option. Whichever of these renderers you use will dictate which hardware you should prioritize in a new workstation. A secondary built-in renderer is AMD’s Radeon ProRender, which can render to the CPU, but has primary focus on the GPU.

Cinema 4D’s default render engine is Physical, which is completely CPU bound, and thus benefits greatly from high core counts.

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