by Alex ⋮ 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:
Redshift Benchmark Results
| GPU(s) | OS | CPU Threads | CPU GHz | Time (Minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | OS | CPU Threads | CPU GHz | Time |
| 8x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 01.57 |
| RTX 2070 8GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 12.50 |
| 4x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 32 | 2.1 | 03.25 |
| 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 1070 Ti + 1x GTX 1070 | Windows | 12 | 3.2 | 06.12 |
| 2x TITAN Xp 12GB | Linux | 16 | 3.2 | 06.16 |
| 2x GTX 1080 8GB | Windows | 12 | 3.2 | 07.26 |
| 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 |
| Quadro M6000 12GB | Linux | 12 | 3.5 | 14.23 |
| GTX 980 4GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 23.21 |
| GTX 1070 8GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 17.11 |
| Quadro M6000 24GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 15.42 |
| GTX TITANX 12GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 15.40 |
| Quadro M6000 24GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 14.33 |
| GTX 970 4GB | MacOS | 12 | 3.5 | 27.22 |
| GTX TITANX 12GB | MacOS | 12 | 3.5 | 14.25 |
| 2x Quadro P6000 24GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 05.55 |
| Quadro P6000 24GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 12.30 |
| GTX TITANX Pascal 12GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 11.59 |
| Quadro P6000 24GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 11.31 |
| 4x GTX 1070 8GB | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 04.15 |
| 2x Quadro GP100 16GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 04.25 |
| 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 | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 06.28 |
| Quadro GP100 16GB TCC | Windows | 12 | 3.5 | 08.43 |
| RTX 2060 6GB | Windows | 8 | 3.6 | 15.04 |
| RTX 2060 Super 8GB | Windows | 16 | 3.6 | 12.17 |
| GTX 1060 6GB | Windows | 8 | 3.6 | 23.11 |
| GTX 1660Ti 6GB | Windows | 8 | 3.6 | 24.53 |
| RTX 2070 8GB | Windows | 6 | 3.6 | 11.35 |
| 4x GTX 1080Ti 11GB | Windows | 12 | 3.6 | 03.07 |
| RTX 2070 Super 8GB | Windows | 16 | 3.6 | 11.17 |
| 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 |
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.
Hello alex, I wonder where the quadro rtx4000 ll be in this benchmark?
I m building a tower and I need your help, should I.give the extra 350€ to go with the quandro or I should I pick the rtx2070?? Also I dont care about gaming, I care only for pure performance on c4d, after effect etc
Hey Fotis,
The 2070 is slightly faster than the Quadro RTX 4000 at least in octanebench. As both octanebench and redshift scale very similarly, I’d say you would probably get the better deal when going with the 2070. Especially because it is a lot cheaper but performs on par or even better than the Quadro.
Cheers,
Alex
Hey Alex, with 4 x 2080Ti Hybrid GPU’s (standard clock) with can pull 2m, 21 but this is using x16,x8,x16,x8 PCIe configuration.
We’ll be submitting results with 4 water-cooled, all x16 slots with the Xeon W-32XX series of CPU’s shortly.
This is going to hopefully get us under 2m on the benchmark for Redshift! For all interested, we have found that 4 way GPU is the optimal for Redshift, we build 7 and 11 way rigs and they just don’t scale up correctly unlike in Octane.
Hey Richard, that’s awesome! Let me know once you have the results 🙂
Cheers,
Alex
Hey Alex. This benchmark has been super helpful in both work and planning out a personal CPU.
My build will eventually have two 2080Ti’s and a 1950x threadripper, I intend to get into heavier rendering and I am wondering if the Noctua NH U14s tr4/sp3 fan is going to be enough to keep it cool? If not what would my options be? Id prefer not to use water cooling unless its the only way.
Hey Jake,
Yes that Cooler will be sufficient. I have it running on a 2950X and its doing great! An alternatives would be a beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 TR4 which is a bit bulkier though.
Cheers,
Alex
Wow that reply was way faster than I expected! I appreciate it, feeling a lot better about the build now.
I’m also curious as to what motherboard you prefer to run threadrippers on? I intended to use the ASRock x399 because it had less bad reviews. seems like the TR4 boards can come with some issues.
Hey Jake,
Many of the reported issues are still from a time when the boards where very new, most of them have been fixed with bios updates.
I usually build Threadripper GPU Builds so 4x GPUs. The best board for this is the Gigabyte Designare Ex, as it has 5 pcie-slots for 4 double-height GPUs, but ASROCK has some good boards too! Are you looking into the Taichi?
Cheers,
Alex
Oh I see. yes i was looking at the Taichi. though other than those bios issues I really don’t know the difference between the TR4 boards.
Do you think the Gigabyte Designare Ex is better than the ASRock Taichi even if I only plan to use 2 GPUs?
The thing is there really aren’t many differences between the boards, Mostly just amount of usb, wireless lan, # of pcie-slots, bios flashback option, fan headers, LAN capability. That’s pretty much it.The taichi is a bit cheaper than the designare ex, so I’d go with that one for your needs!
Cheers,
Alex
Ill do that then. thanks a bunch for the advice, feeling much more excited for my new build now!
Hi Alex! Thanks for the info! We are trying to build a render farm at an optimal price to render our 3D animation, which has 30fps, trying to render a 5-7 minute animation in 5 days max. We rendered 2-3 minutes per frame on GeForce GTX 1070 (the entire animation had 4076 frames). What are our best options? Thank you so much!
Hey Ani,
You’ll have to divide your frametimes by 4-5 if you want a 5-7min anim at 30fps (~10000 frames) to render in less than 5 days. I’d suggest going with a Threadripper build that has a 1900X and 4x RTX 2060 Super. You will need blower-style gpus such as the ASUS Turbo GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Evo Gigabyte Designare Ex mainboard. 64 Gigabyte RAM.
If you have a higher budget, you can go 2950X and 4x 2070 Super, or even up to 2080Ti (But always go with blower-style gpus when stacking them so closely)
Use a render manager such as thinkbox deadline to render multiple frames at once, to optimize this even more.
Cheers,
Alex
Hi, I’m a CGI student and new to redshift and GPU rendering stuffs.
I’m planning to build a new PC with these specs
Ryzen 3900X CPU
MSI Gaming Plus X570 Motherboard
RTX 2070 Super
Corsair 2x 16GB 2666Hz RAM
intel 760P 500GB NVMe SSD
WD 2TB HDD
Thermaltake 750W PSU
Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5RGB case.
That’s as far as my budget can go.
Do you have any better recommendations for the price/ value? Thanks
Hey Aldo,
Looking good! You might want to go with 3200MHz RAM if you have the extra cash, as Ryzen CPUs like fast RAM. Other than that, great Build!
Cheers,
Alex
It shows 2 RTX 2070 cards. How is it possible, when SLI is not supported for RTX 2070?
2x RTX 2070 8GB Windows 16 3.0 06.29
Hey Nimanhta,
For Rendering in Redshift or Octane or other GPU Rendering Engines, the GPUs don’t have to be connected with an SLI bridge. They are just plugged into the pcie-slot and that’s it!
Cheers,
Alex
Alex,
This entry seems a little off
RTX 2070 8GB Windows 6 3.6 11.35
since most report results closer to
RTX 2070 8GB Windows 32 2.1 12.50
Zotac GeForce GTX1060 3gb will redshift C4d work with it, just for learning purpose
Hey Sanjay,
Yes it should work with it. It won’t be all that fast, but for learning purposes and smaller scenes it is sufficient!
Cheers,
Alex
hi,
CPU: 24 threads, 2.60 GHz, 64 GB ram
GPU: Quadro k5200 8gb
time 00h:38m:50:s
thx!
Awesome thx!
So it seems like 2×2070 would actually be better than 1x2080Ti, do I get that right?
That is if you stay withing the 8GB of memory of the 2070.
Just wondering because 2×2070 even comes out cheaper than 1x2080Ti.
Hey Filip,
Exactly! 2x 2070 have better Value than a 2080Ti. Considering you can make due with 8GB of VRAM.
Cheers,
Alex