Render Time Calculator

Estimate total render time for an animation by entering frames, samples, avg frame time and relative hardware performance. Great for planning deadlines and costs.

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Render Calculator

Estimate animation times

Total Frames Samples/pixel Frame time (s) Hardware factor Batch size

Common hardware factors:

Total Time

Hours

Days

Frames/Hour

Cost estimation (optional):

Cost per hour ($)

Estimated total cost:

$0.00

📋 How to use

Enter the total number of frames in your animation.
Set the average samples per pixel from your settings.
Enter the average time it takes to render one frame (in seconds).
Adjust hardware factor (1.0 = baseline, 2.0 = twice as fast, 0.5 = half speed).
Optional: Set batch size if rendering multiple frames in parallel.

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Optimization: Reduce samples, enable denoising, optimize complex materials and consider using Optix/CUDA on compatible GPUs to significantly speed up renders.

Render Time Optimization

Reducing samples, optimizing materials, enabling denoising and splitting animation shots can save hours. Test different hardware factors to simulate GPU upgrades or render farm usage.

What is a 3D Render Time Calculator?

This free web tool approximates the total duration of a render or animation in Blender, Cycles, Eevee or other engines (Arnold, Octane, Redshift). Using total frames, samples per pixel, average frame time and a hardware performance factor (CPU / GPU), it helps plan deadlines, budgets, production schedules and when to scale to a render farm.

Typical Use Cases

Long animations where each additional second impacts cost.
Compare performance between a new GPU and an older one.
Estimate overnight renders vs distributed renders.
Optimize samples, denoising and resolution to cut hours.

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