Top 4 best Multi-GPU rendering engines you need to know
As the benefits of GPU rendering become more and more overwhelming in both speed and quality, more and more software supports GPU rendering. Along with that development, the concept of single GPU & multi-GPU is also widely used. In the previous article, we talked about the concept of single-GPU and those rendering engines, in this article, let’s explore the top best multi-GPU rendering. Let’s find out.
What is Multi-GPU Rendering engine?
As we know, GPU rendering is a rendering process that uses a Graphics Processing Unit in the automatic generation of two-dimensional or three-dimensional images from a model by means of computer programs. So, GPU render engine based on GPU. It has two types: based on single-GPU and multi-GPU rendering. Therefore, we can easy to know that multi-GPU rendering engines render engine use multi-GPU to render projects.
Why use Multi-GPU rendering engine? That is a simple question for you. The rendering time of GPU is faster than CPU and many GPUs you have, the shortens rendering time you can. Especially, leveraging Multi-GPU rendering simultaneously to render can be 5 or 10 times faster than that of a single GPU.
Nowadays, we have many Multi-GPU rendering engines, but some of them are more popular and powerful. Such as Redshift, Octane renderer, V-Ray GPU, and Maxwell. There are our best Multi-GPU rendering engines we are talking about.
4 best Multi-GPU rendering engines
Redshift by Maxon
Redshift is one of the first GPU-accelerated, biased renderers in the world. This render engine was developed in 2021 in California. Nowadays, Redshift is part of the Maxon family and one of the most popular render engines in the 3D industry.
Redshift support for almost 3D software such as Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, 3Ds max, Katana, Blender, and so on. Because of that flexibility, Redshift is now widely used by freelancers, small studios to famous studios. Especially, you can easy to find the render farm support for Redshift with the 3D software that you use.
Considering rendering speed, Redshift is one of the fastest Multi-GPU rendering engines with uncompromising quality results. And this render engine allows the user to adjust the quality of individual techniques in order to get the best performance for their projects.
Price:
- Annual: from 1.29€ per month to 112.64€ per month.
- Monthly: from 1.99€ per month to 170.97€ per month.
Read the detail of Redshift render here!
Octane Renderer by Otoy
OctaneRender is the first and fastest unbiased multi-GPU Rendering Engine in the world. It is a spectral correction GPU rendering engine, that delivers quality and speed. OctaneRenderer has advanced state-of-the-art graphics technologies with groundbreaking machine-learning optimizations and out-of-core geometry support. It can massive 10 – 100x speed gains in the scene graph and RTX raytracing GPU hardware acceleration. When using OctaneRender, users can modify scenes close to real-time without the speed malus of CPU rendering.
OctaneRender was developed in 2012. This Multi-GPU rendering engine support for much popular software like Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, 3Ds Max, etc. Currently, OctaneRender is more popular and it is one of the best choices for those who want to have fast results with the best quality rendering.
Price for Studio:
- Annual: 19.99€ per month.
- Monthly: 23.95€ per month.
Read the detail of OctaneRender here!
V-Ray GPU by Chaos
V-Ray GPU is a full-featured 3D Multi-GPU rendering Engine, was developed by Chaos. V-Ray GPU is based on GPU, so that delivers fast, photorealistic results and instant feedback more than V-Ray CPU. V-Ray GPU is now become more popular and is one of the best choices for 3D artists, studios, etc.
V-Ray GPU comes within the following V-Ray product and you can easy to transition from V-Ray GPU to V-Ray without losing any work. You can find out V-Ray GPU for the following software: 3Ds Max, Maya, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, Cinema 4D, Houdini, and Nuke.
V-ray GPU doesn’t limit anything about the render farm either. You can leverage the power of GPU render farm to speed up the rendering process with V-Ray GPU.
Price:
- V-Ray Solo: Annual – $38.90 per month, $77.90 per month.
- V-Ray Premium: Annual – $57.90 per month, $114.90 per month.
- V-Ray Enterprise: Annual – $49.90 per month per license.
Read the detail of V-Ray GPU here!
Maxwell Render
Maxwell Render is an unbiased 3D render engine. It was developed by Next Limit Technologies in Spain. This stand-alone software is used in the film, animation, the VFX industry, architectural, and product design visualization.
If you consider Maxwell is slow, but from Maxwell 5, the story has changed. Maxwell 5 is Multi-GPU Rendering Engine, it is very fast. For example, Maxwell 5 can deliver final results in minutes and accurate previews in seconds, keeping physical accuracy intact. With Maxwell 5, you can get a new experience – faster than ever.
Maxwell Render supports almost 3D software such as Photoshop, Rhino, SketchUp, Cinema 4D, 3Ds max, and so on.
Price:
- Maxwell Bundle: from 745.00€ per month.
- Maxwell Studio: from 495.00€ per month.
- Maxwell Rhinoceros/Sketchup/Cinema 4D/Archicad/Maya/3Ds Max/From Z: from 495.00€ per month.
- Maxwell Nodes: from 195.00 € per month.
See the detail of Maxwell Render here!
Wrap up
These are our 5 best Multi-GPU rendering engines. Through this article, Radarrender hopes you can have knowledge about Multi-GPU Rendering and find out the right Rendering Engines for your work.
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