Computer Model and Performance

iMac mid 2011
4gb RAM
2.5 GHz i5
10.9.1 Mavericks

Pig.jas file.
Still life render - height x width 2000x2000
Camera max samples set to 16x16

Only Cheetah and Safari running.

Time 1: 48.79 seconds.
Time 2: 47.11
Time 3: 47.13

4 less cores and only an 2.5ghz i5 processor and still blew my 2008 Mac Pro out of the water.
 
Macbook Pro late 2011
8gb RAM
2.4 GHz i7
10.9.1 Mavericks

Pig.jas file.
Still life render - height x width 2000x2000
Camera max samples set to 16x16

Only Cheetah and Safari running.

Time 1: 38.68 seconds.
Time 2: 40.10
Time 3: 39.75

So, the newest is the fastest, but the laptop's fans were running full bore. Wouldn't want to export an animation out of it; it might lift off from my desk, haha
 
It seems pretty clear here that unless you're really doing production stuff or cheetah 3d supports gpu acceleration you might as well just buy a well specced consumer machine. If you're doing production rendering, a bunch of mac minis would probably be the ticket.
 
Minis can get hot under load. I have a mini and used it as a render node for an app that has a built-in render node capability and the fan would start howling after about ten minutes.

Saw somewhere that a guy who has the nMP had it rendering for about 8 hours and the machine never made much noise.
 
OTB Designworks said:
iMac mid 2011
4gb RAM
2.5 GHz i5
10.9.1 Mavericks

4 less cores and only an 2.5ghz i5 processor and still blew my 2008 Mac Pro out of the water.
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Even harder... The i5 is dual core with hyperthreading. But no worry, that fits my experience with my mbp2012: i5 2,5GHz is roughly equal in renderpower to my quadcore MP2008. From that I expect my new mp to be roughly 4-5 times faster - 3 times the cores and each core ist at least 1GHz faster :p
 
iMac 21.5" - Late 2013
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
OS: OSX 10.10 Yosemite

Pig.jas (size 2000x2000, max samples 16x16)
Time 1: 30.69 sec
Time 2: 30.22
Time 3: 30.32


MacBook Air - Late 2010
Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
OS: OSX 10.9.1 Mavericks

Pig.jas (size 2000x2000, max samples 16x16)
Time 1: 208.05 sec
Time 2: 206.85
Time 3: 204.68


White Macbook - Early 2008
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2
OS: OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

Pig.jas (size 2000x2000, max samples 16x16)
Time 1: 207.55 sec
Time 2: 228.72
Time 3: 229.29
 
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Fastest Pig Contest

I have a ca. 2010 MacBook Pro 2.26 GHz with 2 GB memory running OS X 10.6.8 and Cheetah 3D V. 6.2.1.

pig.jas 2000 X 2000, camera max samples 16 X 16

157 seconds.

I predict a 200% speed boost once I plug in a Monster Brand cable.
 
Some data many of you might have been waiting for: 4-core Mac Pro (3.7GHz, 12GB RAM, 256SSD, D300, Mavericks 10.9.1).

Pig (max 16, 2000x2000)
(1) 32.04 sec
(2) 31.84 sec
(3) 32.07 sec
(4) 31.91 sec

3.4GHz i7 iMac = 30.06 sec , 2.6Ghz i7 Mac mini = 34.88 sec

Cartoon Jet (animation on base file)
121.87 sec (faster than the iMac which came in at 137.77)

Particle Marty (animation on base file)
306.18 sec

Rigid Body Spiral (animation of base file)
787.51 sec

Rigid Body Pivot (animation on base file)
282.31 sec

Soft Body Anchor (animation on base file)
103.90 sec

I test the animations because most of my work is in animation with rather simple surfaces, colors and lighting.

So, slightly slower than my 2012 4-core i7 iMac 3.4 with 16GB RAM and Fusion Drive, but faster than a Mac mini 2.4GHz i7. I really wonder how the hex core will fair. (I'm considering a hex as a render machine)
Also, it will be a treat to try this again once Martin harnesses the GPUs!
 
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Pig.jas, 2000 x 2000, 16 x 16 max samples
Cheetah3D v6.2 OS X 10.6.8

MacBookPro, 2.2GHz i7, 16GB RAM
62.44 seconds.

Mac Pro 1.1, dual 2.66 GHz dual core Xeon, 5 GB RAM
119.63 sec

Bill in MN
 
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Just cross checking my results between threads.

2009 iMac Intel i5 8GB 1x4 core @ 3.1GHz running Snow Leopard and Cheetah3D 6.3

Pig.jas file at 2000 x 2000 resolution and max. samples 16 x 16 - Average of 3 renders at 54.3 secs. Not much difference in any of them timewise.

Still seems pretty reasonable to me :)
 

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Dranix said:
Strange that I get 89.23s on my early 2008 Quadcore MP... Shouldn't you 8core be nearly double as fast?
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And finally being able to give the results for a nMP with 6cores: 16.65s...

5,36 times faster then my old MP ;P Yeah :icon_thumbup:

Edit: If I see right - current winner of the fastest Pig bragging rights :)
 
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Dranix said:
And finally being able to give the results for a nMP with 6cores: 16.65s...

5,36 times faster then my old MP ;P Yeah :icon_thumbup:

Edit: If I see right - current winner of the fastest Pig bragging rights :)
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Is that at the setting: Pig.jas (max 16x16, 2000px by 2000px) ???

If so, that is sweet! I have a hex-core on order but it won't arrive for a few more weeks...
 
Yep, Pig at 2000*2000 and 16 max samples. i'm a little shocked, as I only expected a speed up of 3-4 times...
 
Dranix — your time bodes very well for the ultimate performance of C3D on those cylinders. (And, based on what's been said about the current quality of Apple's driver support, I imagine the new Mac Pros will only get better with time as drivers improve.)
 
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My results

Haven't had time do any others, but Pig.jas renders as follows:

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010), Core i7, 2.93 GHz, 8 core, 12 GB RAM, 1 TB SATA drive, 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

Pig.jas (max 16x16, 2000px by 2000px) = 59.3 sec
 
I' beginning to think the pig is to simple for benchmarking.

My first test in Shade3d Pro gave only 3.13 boost. Am currently rendering a real complex one.

Edit: Further tests in Shade showed a boost of around 3. Will add Vue9 when done. Anyone willing to gift a complex scene for Cheetah benchmarking?
 
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Interesting. I wonder if some apps can make better use of the architecture than others?

Or could a future update to Shade increase its performance like Cheetah?

I also use several other 3D apps and hope they perform well...
 
Here's mine...

MBP 6,2

2000x2000
16x16 samples

Not too bad for 3 years old.
 

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