Render farm speed test: render with Cinema 4D and Octane renderer

In the past article, we listed and reviewed some best render farms for Octane renderer or the best render farm for Cinema 4D and Octane renderer. If you still have doubts about the list and ranking, we will show you the test result about render farm speed in this article.

This test was created on 18 Nov 2022. And to ensure accuracy, we will do the test again after 6 months.

Description of the test project

In this test, we will use Cinema 4D – the best popular 3D software with Octane Renderer.

Here are the details of the test:

• Date & time: 18 Nov 2022
• Projects: 80-frame full HD 1920×1080
• Software: Cinema 4D R26 and Octane for Cinema 4D – 2021.1.6-R4
• Render farms used in this test:
• Rebus Farm
• Ranch Computing
• iRender Farm
• Xesktop
• Fox Render Farm: doesn’t support Octane.

We tried many times to upload in Xesktop and boot the server, but we always received the message that the device was full. Therefore, we could not test on Xesktop. So at this time, we just test on Rebus Farm, Ranch Computing, and iRender Farm. Let’s explore our results and rendering process below.

Cinema 4D and Octane Renderer render test on render farms

Rebus Farm

First, we tested this project on Rebus Farm with a 3 notes package. Overall, the interface of Rebus Farm is very easy to use and the uploading is also extremely fast. We just need to set some parameters and upload files through RebusDrop. RebusDrop will check and put the file on the queue list. When it’s our turn, the file will be rendered.

Although the upload time is quite fast, one point that makes us unsatisfied is the long wait time for our turn. This is simply because the more files have in the queue, the longer it will take for your turn.

So after rendering, the results are as follows.

• Total rendering time: 35 min 68 seconds.
• Total price: 17.29 points

This is the process we used to render using Rebus Farm:

Ranch Computing

Let’s jump up to the rendering process on Ranch Computing.

First, Ranch Computing has a very simple and easy-to-use interface and operation. To use this render farm, install Ranch Checker – your file-checking software, it will help you check if the software versions, render engines, and plugins are suitable for the render farm or not.

In this test, we checked the file and it is very suitable for Ranch Computing. After checking the file, we proceeded to send the file to Ranch Computing to wait for rendering. And the rest is just waiting for results.

The render results are as follows:

• Total rendering time: 3 min 32 seconds.
• Total price: 25.04 points

This is the process we used to render using Ranch Computing:

iRender Farm

iRender is much different than Ranch Computing and Rebus Farm because this farm is an IaaS render farm. In the first time use, you need to set up your work environment. This means you need to install your 3D software, render engines, and plugins,… like your computer. This process will take a little time, but, you just need to set it up one time. Moreover, iRender always bonuses 20% for the first charge, and this farm will support any version of the software, render engines, plugins, script, and so on you need for your projects.

In this test, we use iRender GPU server 4P: 2xRTX 3090. After setting up the work environment, we open Cinema 4D and Octane renderer settings. We set the parameters and real-time rendering with iRender through live views.

The render results are as follows:

• Total rendering time: 48 min 04 seconds.
• Total price: 5.7648 points.

This is the process we used to render using iRender Farm:

Wrap up

Take a look at the results: Render an 80-frame 1920×1080 with Cinema 4D R26 and Octane for C4D – 2021.1.6-R4.

• Rebus Farm – Total price: 17.29 points – Total time: 35 min 68 seconds.
• Ranch Computing – Total price: 25.04 points – Total time: 3 min 32 seconds.
• iRender Farm – Total price: 5.7648 points – Total time: 48 min 04 seconds.

Through the test results, we can see that Ranch Computing is the fastest render farm, and iRender is the cheapest render farm. We want to note that, you can choose another package of render farm to speed up your rendering process. So these results will be changed if you choose different packages, especially on iRender Farm we just render on the lowest package. We will upload the render farm speed test on VFXrendering YouTube channel. Please wait.

See more: Top 5 best render farms 2023 for CPU & GPU