3D Render Time, Cost and Machines Calculator

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Choose what to calculate. "Total render time" uses your frame count, frame time and machine count. "Machines needed" finds how many nodes to hit a deadline. "Max time per frame" finds the per-frame budget to meet a deadline.
Total number of frames to render. For a 60-second clip at 30 fps enter 1800; for a 90-minute feature at 24 fps enter 129600.
frames
Average time for one machine to render a single frame. Run a short test render on a representative frame and use that figure here.
min
Number of machines, GPUs or cloud render nodes working in parallel on the job.
nodes
Cost per machine per hour (cloud nodes, render farm pricing, or an in-house amortisation rate). Set to 0 to skip cost estimation.
USD/hr
Peak power draw of one render node under full load. A workstation GPU (RTX 4090) is around 450 W; a CPU render node is typically 150-350 W.
W
Your local electricity cost in USD per kWh. The US residential average is about $0.13/kWh; cloud data centres are lower.
USD/kWh
Total render time
37.5hours

Wall-clock time from job start to last frame complete

Render time (d h m)1d 13h 30m
Frames per machine450frames
Render farm cost75USD
Electricity consumed45kWh
Electricity cost5.85USD
Total estimated cost80.85USD
Animation length1m 15s at 24 fps
Frame rate assumed24fps
Render time (hr)37.5
Farm cost (USD)75
Electricity cost (USD)5.85

Estimated render time: 1d 13h 30m across 4 node(s).

  • Each render node processes about 450.0 frames on average.
  • Estimated render farm cost is $75.00 USD at the entered hourly rate.
  • Electricity for this job is roughly $5.85 USD.

Next stepYou can cut this time by splitting the frame range across more nodes, reducing geometry detail in background objects, or enabling render caching for static scene elements.

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