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Redshift Benchmark results are not easy to find, that is why I compiled a list for everyone to take a look at. I myself use Redshift for Rendering Projects on a daily basis and recently purchased a new Rendernode with lots of GPUs.
When you build a new PC or Rendernode for Rendering, there is no way around digging deep into benchmarks.
Cinebench Scores are great for comparing CPU Rendering performance, but if you use Redshift heavily, these benchmark results will be invaluable:
Note that there are new Redshift versions coming out every couple of weeks, which might perform better or worse than the scores you can find in the following lists.
Unless there are major feature updates, the relative performance between GPUs should stay roughly the same though.
Redshift 3.0.26 Benchmark Results [RTX ON]
| GPU(s) | VRAM | Time (Minutes) | Price | Perf / $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x GTX 1080 Ti | 11 | 08.56 | 300 | |
| 1x RTX 2060 SUPER | 8 | 06.31 | 350 | |
| 1x RTX 2070 | 8 | 06.28 | 400 | |
| 1x RTX 2070 SUPER | 8 | 06.12 | 450 | |
| 1x RTX 2080 | 8 | 06.01 | 600 | |
| 1x RTX 2080 SUPER | 8 | 05.47 | 650 | |
| 1x RTX 3080 | 10 | 03.07 | 850 | |
| 2x RTX 2070 SUPER | 8 | 03.03 | 900 | |
| 1x RTX 2080 Ti | 11 | 04.27 | 1200 | |
| 2x RTX 2080 | 8 | 03.10 | 1200 | |
| 2x RTX 2080 SUPER | 8 | 02.58 | 1300 | |
| 4x RTX 2070 | 8 | 01.56 | 1600 | |
| 1x RTX 3090 | 24 | 02.42 | 1750 | |
| 4x RTX 2070 SUPER | 8 | 01.42 | 1800 | |
| 2x RTX 2080 Ti | 11 | 02.18 | 2400 | |
| 4x RTX 2080 | 8 | 01.36 | 2400 | |
| 4x RTX 2080 SUPER | 8 | 01.32 | 2600 | |
| 1x RTX Titan | 24 | 04.16 | 2700 | |
| 4x RTX 2080 Ti | 11 | 01.07 | 4800 | |
| 8x RTX 2080 Ti | 11 | 00.49 | 9600 | |
| GPU(s) | VRAM | Time (Minutes) | Price | Perf / $ |
Redshift 2.6.53 Benchmark Results
| GPU(s) | OS | CPU Threads | CPU GHz | Time (Minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8x RTX 2080Ti 11GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 01.29 |
| RTX 2070 8GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 12.50 |
| 4x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 03.25 |
| 8x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 01.57 |
| 8x RTX 2070 8GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 01.56 |
| 8x GTX 1080 8GB | Windows | 40 | 2.2 | 02.26 |
| 4x GTX 980 Ti 6GB | Windows | 56 | 2.3 | 04.48 |
| Quadro K5200 8GB | Windows | 24 | 2.6 | 38.50 |
| 2x GTX 1060 6GB | Windows | 32 | 2.6 | 11.07 |
| RTX 2080 8GB | Windows | 36 | 2.6 | 10.59 |
| RTX 2080 Ti 11GB | Windows | 36 | 2.6 | 08.38 |
| GTX 1080 8GB | MacOS | 8 | 2.9 | 16.00 |
| 4x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 36 | 2.35 | 03.21 |
| GTX 960 2GB | Windows | 4 | 2.68 | 44.56 |
| 8x Tesla V100-SXM2 16GB | Linux | 64 | 2.74 | 01.03 |
| GTX 780 3GB | Windows | 8 | 2.81 | 31.05 |
| Titan V 12GB | Linux | 12 | 2.90 | 07.06 |
| 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11GB | Windows | 16 | 2.99 | 06.15 |
| 2x RTX 2070 8GB | Windows | 16 | 3.0 | 06.29 |
| Quadro RTX 6000 | Windows | 20 | 3.1 | 08.47 |
| 2x GTX 1080 8GB | Windows | 12 | 3.2 | 07.26 |
| 2x TITAN Xp 12GB | Linux | 16 | 3.2 | 06.16 |
| 2x GTX 1070 Ti + 1x GTX 1070 | Windows | 12 | 3.2 | 06.12 |
| GTX TITANX 12GB | Windows | 32 | 3.3 | 17.33 |
| 1x GTX 1070 + 1x GTX 1070 Ti | MacOS | 12 | 3.3 | 08.17 |
| GTX 780Ti 3GB | Windows | 12 | 3.4 | 25.58 |
| GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB | Windows | 12 | 3.4 | 11.44 |
| GTX TITANX 12GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 15.40 |
| Quadro M6000 24GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 15.42 |
| 2x Quadro P6000 24GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 06.28 |
| 4x GTX 1070 8GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 04.15 |
| GTX 1070 8GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 17.11 |
| GTX TITANX 12GB | MacOS | 12 | 3.5 | 14.25 |
| GTX 980 4GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 23.21 |
| GTX 970 4GB | MacOS | 12 | 3.5 | 27.22 |
| Quadro M6000 24GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 14.33 |
| GTX TITANX Pascal 12GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 11.59 |
| Quadro M6000 12GB | Linux | 12 | 3.5 | 14.23 |
| Quadro P6000 24GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 12.30 |
| 2x Quadro GP100 16GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 04.25 |
| Quadro P6000 24GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 11.31 |
| GTX TITANX Pascal 12GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 10.54 |
| Quadro GP100 16GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 09.57 |
| 2x Quadro GP100 16GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 05.04 |
| 2x Quadro P6000 24GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 05.55 |
| Quadro GP100 16GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 08.43 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | Windows | 8 | 3.6 | 23.11 |
| RTX 2060 6GB | Windows | 8 | 3.6 | 15.04 |
| GTX 1660Ti 6GB | Windows | 8 | 3.6 | 24.53 |
| RTX 2060 Super 8GB | Windows | 16 | 3.6 | 12.17 |
| RTX 2070 Super 8GB | Windows | 16 | 3.6 | 11.17 |
| RTX 2070 8GB | Windows | 6 | 3.6 | 11.35 |
| 4x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 12 | 3.6 | 03.07 |
| RTX 2080 Super 8GB | Windows | 16 | 3.6 | 10.15 |
| 2x RTX 2080Ti 11GB | Windows | 16 | 3.8 | 04.28 |
| GTX 1070 8GB | Linux | 12 | 3.8 | 15.05 |
| 4x RTX 2080Ti 11GB | Windows | 16 | 3.8 | 02.28 |
| GTX TITAN X 12 GB | Linux | 12 | 3.78 | 14.07 |
| 2x GTX 1070 8GB | Linux | 12 | 3.79 | 07.39 |
| 2x GTX 1070 8GB | Windows | 8 | 4.0 | 08.06 |
| 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11GB | MacOS | 8 | 4.00 | 06.30 |
| 4x GTX TITANX 12GB | Linux | 12 | 4.1 | 03.36 |
| 2x GTX 980Ti 6GB | Windows | 20 | 4.3 | 07.35 |
| 4x GTX TITAN X 12 GB | Windows | 16 | 4.3 | 04.28 |
| GPU | OS | CPU Threads | CPU GHz | Time |
Some interesting findings are, that Different OS’s have an impact on rendering performance.
Linux, for example, seems to be doing somewhat better than Windows. These benchmarks are also great in analyzing what CPU is best for GPU Rendering in Redshift and how low the Clock Speed can go before major performance impact is inevitable.
Multi-GPU Scaling seems to work quite well in Redshift, though with those 1-2 minute Results the benchmark probably is just too short to make good use of all that power.
This list is also available on the Redshift Forums, where some of these Scores originate from, so head on over if you have an account and get a good talk with all of the great Users.
If you are thinking about getting a new GPU Rendering Computer altogether, be sure to check out this article on what hardware to get for the best GPU Rendering Workstation.
Missing any GPU Benchmark Results or having trouble with one of your builds? Let me know in the comments.
Hi Alex, thanks for the update! Question: are to RTX founders edition cards stackable? Blower coolers are almost nonexistent right now and I’m looking to add two cards for a 4 GPU rendering setup (I currently have two 2080tis).
Thanks!
Hey Dominic,
None of the Founders edition Cards are blower style. The 2080Ti (20xx series) GPUs have two regular open air fans, and the 30xx series GPUs have one open air fan in the front and one in the back. None of these push air out of the case in a blower-style fashion unfortunately.
Of course, you can still stack them but blower style gpus tend to perform much better especially when you have a lot of them or they are very close to each other.
Cheers,
Alex
Hi Alex,
Yeah I figured. My 2080tis are both blowers and I have a GPU optimized case with 8 high speed fans (it sounds like a jet engine when I turn it on lol), but I’m not sure stacking two more cards inside without blower coolers is going to cause throttling. The only blower I’m seeing available right now is the RTX 3090 from Gigabyte, but it’s retailing for 2100 and that’s a bit steep, which I’m why I’ve been asking a million questions before purchasing lol.
Also, do you think two 3090s would be an excessive power draw when running at 90%? I’m not so much worried about my system as I’m running dual 2000W(redundant) PSUs, but with both 2080s, I’m worried about blowing the circuit breakers in my apartment. Most breakers are only rated for about 1800W and unlike the 2080s(~250W), I’ve read the 3090s can easily get up to 400W!
Thanks!
I understand completely. 2100 is way to steep for a 3090, and it would probably be even better to get a couple of 3080s as their value is higher (unless you need loads of vram).
There are blower style gpus available from asus and gigabyte and MSI I think, but yes the stock situation is crazy right now.
Yes 3090s draw a lot of power under peak load. Rendering workloads don’t draw as much power, so you’ll likely see them hovering at around just 50% – 75% of their TDP, but you still have to be ready for the occasional peak power draw.
Hi, 2x GTX 1080 Ti 11GB on Windows = ~ 6 min for Redshift 2.6 vs. 3 min for one 3080 with Reddhift 3.0. Can you say whether 2x 1080 Tis would do about the same (6 min) with Redshift 3.0, thus making a single 3080 twice faster?
Yes that sounds about right. Of course not all scenes make good use of the RTX features, so this might differ between scenes.
I’ve got RTX 2080 Ti and I want to buy another one to render in Redshift. Would 2080 Ti and RTX 3090 work together well? I mean — of course 2x 3090 would be optimal but having 2080 Ti as an addition to 3090 still would get me better render times, wouldn’t it? Or, because of the difference in how those two cards are built, it’d clash? Just to clarify — both cards would be blower types.
Hey Bart,
They would both work together. The only thing that might cause issues, is that the 3090 has 24gb of vram and the 2080ti only 11gb. Because both gpus have to hold the same scene data, if the scene needs more than 11gb of vram, the 3090 would be throttled to the amount of vram the 2080ti has.
You can circumvent this by rendering two frames at once (when rendering sequences). Render one frame on each gpu at a time, that way the 3090 will not be throttled by the 2080ti.
You’ll need some kind of rendermanager for that, like Thinkbox Deadline which is free for up to two nodes I think.
Cheers,
Alex
Which processor/RAM/HDD was used for these redshift 3 benchmarks? My PC seems to be running slower than all of these, I have tested 2070S, 2070, and 1070 Ti. All of them were much slower than the above listed numbers.
For example: 2070S + 2070 scored 4m 14s
2070S alone scored 7m 11s.
(Redshift 3.0.21)
My pc specs: TR 1950x, 32 GB 2400 Mhz Ram, evo 860 m.2 ssd, antec 1000W PSU, win 10 pro.
I’m going nuts trying to find the cause behind this slow speed, still can’t find a solid reason yet.
Hey Prashant,
Sorry for the wait, this comment must have slipped by me.
That particular run was on a Threadripper 3960X. Be sure your drivers are up to date, and RTX is actually on when rendering. The 1950x is not the best cpu for gpu rendering because its clocks are so low, so that might be it.
Cheers,
Alex
Great comparison, Alex!
On the Redshift 3.0.26 Benchmark Results, there is no 2060, wondering what is your opinion on it’s perf/$?
The 2060 is around CAD $400 but the 2060 super and 2070 super are both around $600-700 which are, unfortunately, out of my budget unless REALLY REALLY worth it and necessary.
Thanks!
Those are some steep prices! The 2060 Super should be maybe 50$ more than the 2060, but the Performance and the extra VRAM really make it worth it. I wouldn’t recommend getting a 2060 Super at 600$, especially with the next gen Nvidia GPUs being available though.
Cheers,
Alex