# The best Blender render farms, ranked

> Four animated Blender scenes, 9 services, and one question: which farm saves the most time for the least money?

- Canonical HTML: https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms
- Markdown endpoint: https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms.md
- Structured page data: https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms.json
- Primary image: https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farm-score-comparison-2026.png
- Published: 2026-07-29
- Last updated: 2026-08-08
- Author: Superluminal Engineering

## Quick answer

**Superluminal ranks first in this benchmark with a combined score of 182.0: fastest managed-farm runs and lowest exact charges.** Finished and verified every one of its 12 runs on local disk. Charges ran from $0.14 to $1.90, totaling $9.56.

### Rankings at a glance

| Rank | Render farm | Combined score | Key result | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Superluminal | 182.0 | Fastest managed-farm runs and lowest exact charges | Finished and verified every one of its 12 runs on local disk. Charges ran from $0.14 to $1.90, totaling $9.56. |
| 2 | GarageFarm | 126.2 | Strong all-round runner-up | Finished all four scenes, beating the reference on both speed and price. Superluminal was still quicker in every scene, and GarageFarm's uneven download tails held up every finished delivery. |
| 3 | RenderJuice | 121.2 | Best subscription workflow | Finished all four scenes with verified output at close to average speed, and only Superluminal cost less. It sells monthly GPU-minute plans instead of billing per job. |
| 4 | RebusFarm | 88.0 | Established multi-DCC pipeline | All four jobs finished on the farm. The Fox scene was still downloading when the recording ended, which does not count against its score because retrieval sits outside the clock. |
| 5 | RenderStreet | 86.5 | Browser workflow with live sequence playback | Finished all four scenes with exact dollar charges. Its clock starts when you press Launch job, because nothing runs until you do. |
| 6 | Fox Renderfarm | 83.5 | Large capacity, slower deliveries | Finished every scene, and cheaply. Long analysis stages before rendering and the slowest deliveries of any working farm here hold its speed score down. |
| 7 | iRender | 56.4 | Full remote-machine control | Not a render farm: a workstation rental service that advertises itself as one. All four scenes rendered on a self-administered workstation with four RTX 4090s, and the meter runs across boot, sync, and idle, so most of the paid window is not rendering. |
| 8 | Render Network | 45.7 | Distributed GPU network | Finished one of three jobs. Both Junk Shop attempts ended with no usable frames, and every dollar of the $119.49 they charged still counts against its price. We invent no completion time for a failure. |
| 9 | Blendergrid | 42.1 | A displayed dollar quote before submission | Finished Classroom, Junk Shop, and Monster with verified output. It never ran the Fox scene, which we disclose rather than penalise. The prices it shows are quotes, not charges we saw settle. |

### Key benchmark facts

| Fact | Value | Context | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First delivery to disk | Superluminal, 4 of 4 scenes | Frames downloaded during rendering. The last local file arrived 4.1 to 150.9 seconds after provider completion. |  |
| Shortest managed-farm render pipeline | Superluminal, 4 of 4 scenes | The fastest Superluminal render pipeline led the next managed farm by 73.1 seconds on Classroom, 62.8 seconds on Junk Shop, 28.6 seconds on Monster, 47.5 seconds on Fox (EEVEE). |  |
| Cheapest exact-dollar charges | Superluminal in every scene | $0.14 to $1.90 per verified job. All 12 Superluminal runs together cost $9.56. |  |
| Dataset | 43 recorded runs | Published as machine-readable evidence with native-unit charges, exact phase boundaries, and per-run outcomes. | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmarks-2026-08.json |
| Largest failure charge | 106.85 RNDR credits | Render Network's canceled Junk Shop retry, charged with zero usable frames delivered. |  |
| Blendergrid coverage | 3 of 4 scenes | Classroom, Junk Shop, and Monster completed. The Fox scene is missing. The three prices are displayed quotes, not final debits. | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmarks-2026-08.json |

## Data access

- [This page as structured JSON](https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms.json)

- [Dataset](https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmarks-2026-08.json): Published as machine-readable evidence with native-unit charges, exact phase boundaries, and per-run outcomes.

- [Blendergrid coverage](https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmarks-2026-08.json): Classroom, Junk Shop, and Monster completed. The Fox scene is missing. The three prices are displayed quotes, not final debits.

### Download the exact customized Blender scenes

The [scene package manifest](https://superlumin.al/seo/benchmarks/scenes/manifest.json) carries byte sizes, SHA-256 checksums, and source provenance.

| Scene | Package | Size (bytes) | SHA-256 | Direct download |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Classroom | 01-classroom.blend.zip | 67891374 | c2be6e5c1cbcc0ebdb950ccdf3c7090c85e296d3cf94a356e68667f82adb1ead | https://superlumin.al/seo/benchmarks/scenes/01-classroom.blend.zip |
| Junk Shop | 02-junkshop.blend.zip | 344330533 | 4f3cac212b9a1bcdae6fed67b128fe1cb1e4b25091d9c8c157e2b2babcf30d68 | https://superlumin.al/seo/benchmarks/scenes/02-junkshop.blend.zip |
| Monster Under the Bed | 03-monster.blend.zip | 75774911 | e310ee769b0efb7790be44dbdd6efcad12db11ea66e48c2dbbaf19456f646b24 | https://superlumin.al/seo/benchmarks/scenes/03-monster.blend.zip |
| Fox | 04-fox-eevee.blend.zip | 94472994 | ee80ac93129806326a81e561192a4a6dee513d91eee1536230af6d119bcc1aa8 | https://superlumin.al/seo/benchmarks/scenes/04-fox-eevee.blend.zip |

- Every chart below includes a full-resolution PNG and its underlying values as a Markdown table.

## Related documentation

- [Superluminal documentation](https://superlumin.al/docs): Current guides for submitting Blender renders, monitoring jobs, managing outputs, billing, and using the Superluminal web app.
- [Render your first frame](https://superlumin.al/docs/getting-started): Go from a saved Blender scene to a verified Superluminal render and downloaded output.
- [Billing, credits, and render capacity](https://superlumin.al/docs/web-ui/billing): Manage organization-scoped render capacity, credits, auto top-up, payment history, referrals, and Market purchases.
- [Browse and manage render jobs](https://superlumin.al/docs/web-ui/render-jobs): Search, filter, compare, duplicate, pause, resume, and delete jobs from a project's current job browser.

## Complete report

We tested [nine commercial Blender render services](/compare/blender-render-farms#services-tested) with [four standard scenes](/compare/blender-render-farms#scene-packages) and screen-recorded all [43 runs](/compare/blender-render-farms#run-recordings).

## Method

We packaged four Blender Foundation demo scenes once and submitted them unchanged to every service, on a normal paid account. The demo files ship as stills, so we modified each scene to render a short animation. Most services ran once per scene.

We picked the most balanced GPU configuration each farm offered and moved up a priority tier when that proved too slow.

| Render farm | Configuration tested | Billing observed at checkout |
|---|---|---|
| Superluminal | Capacity selected by node count: 5, 10, and 30 nodes | Exact reconciled dollars per job. Every charge in these tests was between $0.14 and $1.90. |
| GarageFarm | High priority, advertised cap of 60 nodes | Prepaid balance billed at $0.012 per OctaneBench-hour. The final charge is shown in dollars. |
| RenderJuice | Hobbyist plan at Blazing priority | $49/month subscription. Jobs draw from a quota of 2,000 GPU minutes. |
| Fox Renderfarm | GPU 3 | Prepaid balance. Job charges are deducted in exact dollars. |
| RebusFarm | Priority+3 and Standard tiers | RenderPoints. Every tier displayed a rate about 17 percent above its configured rate, and dollars come from a dated purchase of 15 RP for $17.63. |
| iRender | GPU Server 5S, one workstation with four RTX 4090s | Machine rental at 30 iR per machine-hour, pay as you go. Funding starts at a $50 deposit. |
| RenderStreet | On Demand GPU with Optix, plus one supplemental One CPU test | On Demand produced exact job charges. One costs $59.97 per month and has no allocated job cost. |
| Render Network | Tier 2 Priority, the highest tier a normal account can select | RENDER credits at the provider's $1 face value. The meter keeps charging on failed attempts. |
| Blendergrid | Fixed quotes against the shortest offered deadline: two hours | Displayed quotes of $11.73 for Classroom, $7.30 for Junk Shop, and $4.10 for Monster. The recordings show no final debit or invoice. |

The farms forced two deviations. RebusFarm's Standard GPU tier would not start on Classroom, so Classroom and Junk Shop ran on Priority+3. Fox Renderfarm requires the render device set to none for EEVEE.

Every time in this article is the **render pipeline** unless a section names another clock. It starts when the farm begins working on the job and stops when the farm reports the render finished. For most farms that start is the end of the upload. When a farm requires a separate launch action, the clock starts at that press.

Everything the farm does in between counts against it: analysis, loading, test frames, queueing, rendering, retries, and finalization. Your upload, your download, and time spent waiting on us do not.

iRender is the exception. You rent the machine rather than send it a job, so its meter runs from boot to shutdown and its time covers the whole paid window.

Upload, download, and end-to-end times have their own sections and tables. Charges stay in native units and become dollars only through dated checkout quotes, marked as estimates. Failed attempts keep their cost.

| Scene | Frames | Engine | Shortest render pipeline |
|---|---:|---|---:|
| ![](/seo/benchmarks/thumb-classroom.jpg) Classroom | 145 | Cycles | Superluminal, 90.5 s |
| ![](/seo/benchmarks/thumb-junkshop.jpg) Junk Shop | 96 | Cycles | Superluminal, 64.5 s |
| ![](/seo/benchmarks/thumb-monster.jpg) Monster Under the Bed | 96 | Cycles | Superluminal, 59.9 s |
| ![](/seo/benchmarks/thumb-fox.jpg) Fox | 50 | EEVEE | Superluminal, 66.5 s |

## Run recordings

Every benchmark run has a dedicated watch page, an H.264 recording, a poster, and a JSON evidence record. Videos are annotated, silent, and shown at 10× recorded wall-clock speed.

| Run | Render farm | Scene | Outcome | Watch page | MP4 | Run JSON |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| blendergrid-2h-deadline-classroom-2026-08-06 | Blendergrid | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/blendergrid-2h-deadline-classroom-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/blendergrid-2h-deadline-classroom-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/blendergrid-2h-deadline-classroom-2026-08-06.json |
| blendergrid-2h-deadline-junkshop-2026-08-02 | Blendergrid | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/blendergrid-2h-deadline-junkshop-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/blendergrid-2h-deadline-junkshop-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/blendergrid-2h-deadline-junkshop-2026-08-02.json |
| blendergrid-2h-deadline-monster-2026-08-06 | Blendergrid | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/blendergrid-2h-deadline-monster-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/blendergrid-2h-deadline-monster-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/blendergrid-2h-deadline-monster-2026-08-06.json |
| foxrenderfarm-gpu3-classroom-2026-08-01 | Fox Renderfarm | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-classroom-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-classroom-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-classroom-2026-08-01.json |
| foxrenderfarm-gpu3-fox-eevee-2026-08-01 | Fox Renderfarm | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-fox-eevee-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-fox-eevee-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-fox-eevee-2026-08-01.json |
| foxrenderfarm-gpu3-junkshop-2026-08-01 | Fox Renderfarm | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-junkshop-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-junkshop-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-junkshop-2026-08-01.json |
| foxrenderfarm-gpu3-monster-2026-08-01 | Fox Renderfarm | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-monster-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-monster-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/foxrenderfarm-gpu3-monster-2026-08-01.json |
| garagefarm-high-classroom-2026-08-02 | GarageFarm | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/garagefarm-high-classroom-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/garagefarm-high-classroom-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/garagefarm-high-classroom-2026-08-02.json |
| garagefarm-high-fox-eevee-2026-08-02 | GarageFarm | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/garagefarm-high-fox-eevee-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/garagefarm-high-fox-eevee-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/garagefarm-high-fox-eevee-2026-08-02.json |
| garagefarm-high-junkshop-2026-08-02 | GarageFarm | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/garagefarm-high-junkshop-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/garagefarm-high-junkshop-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/garagefarm-high-junkshop-2026-08-02.json |
| garagefarm-high-monster-2026-08-02 | GarageFarm | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/garagefarm-high-monster-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/garagefarm-high-monster-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/garagefarm-high-monster-2026-08-02.json |
| irender-gpu-server-5s-classroom-2026-08-02 | iRender | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/irender-gpu-server-5s-classroom-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/irender-gpu-server-5s-classroom-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/irender-gpu-server-5s-classroom-2026-08-02.json |
| irender-gpu-server-5s-fox-eevee-2026-08-02 | iRender | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/irender-gpu-server-5s-fox-eevee-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/irender-gpu-server-5s-fox-eevee-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/irender-gpu-server-5s-fox-eevee-2026-08-02.json |
| irender-gpu-server-5s-junkshop-2026-08-02 | iRender | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/irender-gpu-server-5s-junkshop-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/irender-gpu-server-5s-junkshop-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/irender-gpu-server-5s-junkshop-2026-08-02.json |
| irender-gpu-server-5s-monster-2026-08-02 | iRender | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/irender-gpu-server-5s-monster-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/irender-gpu-server-5s-monster-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/irender-gpu-server-5s-monster-2026-08-02.json |
| rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-classroom-2026-08-02 | RebusFarm | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-classroom-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-classroom-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-classroom-2026-08-02.json |
| rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-junkshop-2026-08-02 | RebusFarm | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-junkshop-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-junkshop-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rebusfarm-priority-plus-3-junkshop-2026-08-02.json |
| rebusfarm-standard-cpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-02 | RebusFarm | Fox (EEVEE) | complete-with-retrieval-defect | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rebusfarm-standard-cpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rebusfarm-standard-cpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rebusfarm-standard-cpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-02.json |
| rebusfarm-standard-monster-2026-08-02 | RebusFarm | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rebusfarm-standard-monster-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rebusfarm-standard-monster-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rebusfarm-standard-monster-2026-08-02.json |
| renderjuice-hobbyist-classroom-2026-08-01 | RenderJuice | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderjuice-hobbyist-classroom-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderjuice-hobbyist-classroom-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderjuice-hobbyist-classroom-2026-08-01.json |
| renderjuice-hobbyist-fox-eevee-2026-08-01 | RenderJuice | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderjuice-hobbyist-fox-eevee-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderjuice-hobbyist-fox-eevee-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderjuice-hobbyist-fox-eevee-2026-08-01.json |
| renderjuice-hobbyist-junkshop-2026-08-01 | RenderJuice | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderjuice-hobbyist-junkshop-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderjuice-hobbyist-junkshop-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderjuice-hobbyist-junkshop-2026-08-01.json |
| renderjuice-hobbyist-monster-2026-08-01 | RenderJuice | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderjuice-hobbyist-monster-2026-08-01 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderjuice-hobbyist-monster-2026-08-01.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderjuice-hobbyist-monster-2026-08-01.json |
| rendernetwork-tier2-classroom-2026-08-02 | Render Network | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rendernetwork-tier2-classroom-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rendernetwork-tier2-classroom-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rendernetwork-tier2-classroom-2026-08-02.json |
| rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-failure-2026-08-02 | Render Network | Junk Shop | stalled | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-failure-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-failure-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-failure-2026-08-02.json |
| rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-retry-failure-2026-08-02 | Render Network | Junk Shop | canceled | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-retry-failure-2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-retry-failure-2026-08-02.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/rendernetwork-tier2-junkshop-retry-failure-2026-08-02.json |
| renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-classroom-2026-08-06 | RenderStreet | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-classroom-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-classroom-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-classroom-2026-08-06.json |
| renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-06 | RenderStreet | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-fox-eevee-2026-08-06.json |
| renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-junkshop-2026-08-06 | RenderStreet | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-junkshop-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-junkshop-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-junkshop-2026-08-06.json |
| renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-monster-2026-08-06 | RenderStreet | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-monster-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-monster-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderstreet-on-demand-gpu-monster-2026-08-06.json |
| renderstreet-one-subscription-cpu-classroom-2026-08-07 | RenderStreet | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/renderstreet-one-subscription-cpu-classroom-2026-08-07 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/renderstreet-one-subscription-cpu-classroom-2026-08-07.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/renderstreet-one-subscription-cpu-classroom-2026-08-07.json |
| superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07 | Superluminal | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07.json |
| superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-monster-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-monster-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-monster-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-10-nodes-monster-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07 | Superluminal | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07.json |
| superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-monster-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-monster-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-monster-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-30-nodes-monster-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Classroom | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-classroom-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07 | Superluminal | Fox (EEVEE) | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-fox-eevee-2026-08-07.json |
| superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Junk Shop | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-junkshop-2026-08-06.json |
| superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-monster-2026-08-06 | Superluminal | Monster Under the Bed | complete | https://superlumin.al/compare/blender-render-farms/recordings/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-monster-2026-08-06 | https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-monster-2026-08-06.mp4 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/runs/superluminal-gpu-5-nodes-monster-2026-08-06.json |

[Recording manifest](https://superlumin.al/seo/recordings/10x/manifest.json)

## Results

Superluminal recorded the shortest render pipeline on all four scenes. Its leads over the next service were 73.1, 62.8, 28.6, and 14.1 seconds.

Its capacity control behaved as promised. Five nodes were cheapest in every scene. Thirty were fastest on the three Cycles scenes, ten on Fox. The price is visible before you commit.

Seven of the nine services completed all four scenes. Blendergrid completed three, because [Blendergrid supports only Cycles](/compare/superluminal-vs-blendergrid). Two paid Render Network attempts on Junk Shop returned no output. The other 41 runs finished.

![Blender render farms compared by recorded render-pipeline time and cost in 43 recorded runs](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farms-time-vs-cost-2026.png "Render pipeline against cost")

*[Open the full-resolution PNG](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farms-time-vs-cost-2026.png).*

#### Underlying data: Render pipeline against cost

X axis: **Render pipeline, seconds**. Y axis: **Cost, USD**.

| Panel | Render farm | Run | X | Y | Marker | Status | Recorded detail |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| All runs | Blendergrid | Blendergrid | 5123.701 | 11.73 | circle | completed | classroom: 5123.7 s render pipeline, $11.73 (displayed quote, not a final debit) |
| All runs | Blendergrid | Blendergrid | 4452.934 | 7.3 | square | completed | junkshop: 4452.9 s render pipeline, $7.30 (displayed quote, not a final debit) |
| All runs | Blendergrid | Blendergrid | 3747.635 | 4.1 | diamond | completed | monster: 3747.6 s render pipeline, $4.10 (displayed quote, not a final debit) |
| All runs | Fox Renderfarm | Fox Renderfarm | 292.833 | 3.204 | circle | completed | classroom: 292.8 s render pipeline, $3.20 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Fox Renderfarm | Fox Renderfarm | 540.434 | 2.443 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 540.4 s render pipeline, $2.44 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Fox Renderfarm | Fox Renderfarm | 710.566 | 2.456 | square | completed | junkshop: 710.6 s render pipeline, $2.46 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Fox Renderfarm | Fox Renderfarm | 575.033 | 1.795 | diamond | completed | monster: 575.0 s render pipeline, $1.79 (exact charge) |
| All runs | GarageFarm | GarageFarm | 163.6 | 7.55 | circle | completed | classroom: 163.6 s render pipeline, $7.55 (exact charge) |
| All runs | GarageFarm | GarageFarm | 113.966 | 1.12 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 114.0 s render pipeline, $1.12 (exact charge) |
| All runs | GarageFarm | GarageFarm | 127.333 | 3.92 | square | completed | junkshop: 127.3 s render pipeline, $3.92 (exact charge) |
| All runs | GarageFarm | GarageFarm | 88.566 | 2.73 | diamond | completed | monster: 88.6 s render pipeline, $2.73 (exact charge) |
| All runs | iRender | iRender | 1225.7 | 10.463 | circle | completed | classroom: 1225.7 s paid workstation window, $10.46 (rate-derived upper bound) |
| All runs | iRender | iRender | 736.733 | 6.139 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 736.7 s paid workstation window, $6.14 (rate-derived full upload-through-local-completion machine cost, 6.1394 iR at the verified 30 iR per hour rate, converted at the $1 face value per main-balance iR actually deducted; a 50 iR promotional balance from the same deposit could halve the effective rate but its spendability is unconfirmed) |
| All runs | iRender | iRender | 1033 | 8.608 | square | completed | junkshop: 1033.0 s paid workstation window, $8.61 (rate-derived full upload-through-local-completion machine cost, 8.6083 iR at the verified 30 iR per hour rate, converted at the $1 face value per main-balance iR actually deducted; a 50 iR promotional balance from the same deposit could halve the effective rate but its spendability is unconfirmed) |
| All runs | iRender | iRender | 617.1 | 5.143 | diamond | completed | monster: 617.1 s paid workstation window, $5.14 (rate-derived full upload-through-local-completion machine cost, 5.1425 iR at the verified 30 iR per hour rate, converted at the $1 face value per main-balance iR actually deducted; a 50 iR promotional balance from the same deposit could halve the effective rate but its spendability is unconfirmed) |
| All runs | RebusFarm | RebusFarm | 445.533 | 11.45 | circle | completed | classroom: 445.5 s render pipeline, $11.45 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RebusFarm | RebusFarm | 168.367 | 15.18 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 168.4 s render pipeline, $15.18 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RebusFarm | RebusFarm | 315.5 | 10.34 | square | completed | junkshop: 315.5 s render pipeline, $10.34 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RebusFarm | RebusFarm | 101.133 | 3.63 | diamond | completed | monster: 101.1 s render pipeline, $3.63 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | Render Network | Render Network | 1186.565 | 14.65 | circle | completed | classroom: 1186.6 s render pipeline, $14.65 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RenderJuice | RenderJuice | 289.333 | 1.57 | circle | completed | classroom: 289.3 s render pipeline, $1.57 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RenderJuice | RenderJuice | 342.301 | 0.83 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 342.3 s render pipeline, $0.83 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RenderJuice | RenderJuice | 234.067 | 0.98 | square | completed | junkshop: 234.1 s render pipeline, $0.98 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RenderJuice | RenderJuice | 204.167 | 0.91 | diamond | completed | monster: 204.2 s render pipeline, $0.91 (dated or provider-defined USD estimate) |
| All runs | RenderStreet | RenderStreet | 530.3 | 4.37 | circle | completed | classroom: 530.3 s render pipeline, $4.37 (exact charge) |
| All runs | RenderStreet | RenderStreet | 813.4 | 0.83 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 813.4 s render pipeline, $0.83 (exact charge) |
| All runs | RenderStreet | RenderStreet | 345.667 | 2.91 | square | completed | junkshop: 345.7 s render pipeline, $2.91 (exact charge) |
| All runs | RenderStreet | RenderStreet | 373.567 | 2.12 | diamond | completed | monster: 373.6 s render pipeline, $2.12 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 10 GPUs | 226.733 | 1.35 | circle | completed | classroom: 226.7 s render pipeline, $1.35 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 30 GPUs | 90.467 | 1.9 | circle | completed | classroom: 90.5 s render pipeline, $1.90 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 5 GPUs | 411 | 1.1 | circle | completed | classroom: 411.0 s render pipeline, $1.10 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 10 GPUs | 66.467 | 0.33 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 66.5 s render pipeline, $0.33 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 30 GPUs | 75.567 | 0.31 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 75.6 s render pipeline, $0.31 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 5 GPUs | 77.733 | 0.14 | triangle | completed | fox-eevee: 77.7 s render pipeline, $0.14 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 10 GPUs | 125.067 | 0.64 | square | completed | junkshop: 125.1 s render pipeline, $0.64 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 30 GPUs | 64.5 | 1.21 | square | completed | junkshop: 64.5 s render pipeline, $1.21 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 5 GPUs | 200.734 | 0.48 | square | completed | junkshop: 200.7 s render pipeline, $0.48 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 10 GPUs | 112.867 | 0.62 | diamond | completed | monster: 112.9 s render pipeline, $0.62 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 30 GPUs | 59.933 | 0.98 | diamond | completed | monster: 59.9 s render pipeline, $0.98 (exact charge) |
| All runs | Superluminal | 5 GPUs | 197.667 | 0.5 | diamond | completed | monster: 197.7 s render pipeline, $0.50 (exact charge) |

## One score per farm

Forty-three runs are too many to hold in your head. So each service gets two numbers, a Speed Score and a Cost Score, built in three steps.

### Every result becomes a ratio

Raw seconds cannot be averaged across scenes. Classroom renders 145 frames and Junk Shop costs more, so the biggest scene would decide the ranking alone.

Each scene instead has a fixed midpoint: its median result, locked before any scoring. Every run is divided against its own scene's midpoint. Twice as fast as the midpoint is a time ratio of 2. Half the midpoint's cost is a price ratio of 2. Bigger is better on both.

For provider $$p$$ and scene $$s$$, with time $$T$$ and cost $$C$$:

$$
r^{T}_{p,s} = \frac{T_{\mathrm{ref},s}}{T_{p,s}} \qquad\qquad r^{C}_{p,s} = \frac{C_{\mathrm{ref},s}}{C_{p,s}}
$$

### Four ratios combine into one

A ratio of 2 means the same thing in every scene, so the four combine with the geometric mean: multiply, then take the fourth root. One spectacular scene cannot carry a weak farm.

### The ratio lands on a 100 scale

A square root compresses the spread so scores stay readable. It never changes which farm is ahead. 100 means the farm matches the midpoints. To read a score, square it: 141.4 means twice as good, 70.7 twice as bad.

$$
\bar r=\left(\prod_{s=1}^{n}r_s\right)^{1/n} \qquad\qquad S(\bar r)=100\sqrt{\bar r}
$$

The Speed Score and the Cost Score each run through the same steps on their own ratios:

$$
\mathrm{Speed\ Score}_{p}=S\!\left(\left(\prod_{s=1}^{n}r^{T}_{p,s}\right)^{\!1/n}\right) \qquad\qquad \mathrm{Cost\ Score}_{p}=S\!\left(\left(\prod_{s=1}^{n}r^{C}_{p,s}\right)^{\!1/n}\right)
$$

Those two numbers place each farm at one coordinate. Up and to the right is better. A farm tested at several configurations scores each one separately, and its best complete configuration stands for it in the ranking. One configuration's speed is never paired with another's price.

You pay a farm to stop waiting, so the Overall Score counts speed twice and cost once:

$$
\mathrm{Overall}_{p} = \frac{2\,\mathrm{Speed\ Score}_{p}+\mathrm{Cost\ Score}_{p}}{3}
$$

The cost chart plots the 40 finished runs that carry a dollar figure. The one subscription run stays out. A flat monthly fee gives a single job no honest price.

Superluminal and GarageFarm land above 100 on both axes. Superluminal's ranked 30-node configuration scores 179.1 on speed and 187.8 on cost. Squared, that is 3.2 times faster and 3.5 times cheaper than the midpoints.

RenderJuice scores 93.7 on speed and 176.2 on cost. RenderStreet scores 68.8 and 121.7. Blendergrid scores 22.9 and 80.6 on its three scenes.

![Best Blender render farms compared by time score and price score in 2026](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farm-score-comparison-2026.png "Every farm as one point")

*[Open the full-resolution PNG](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farm-score-comparison-2026.png).*

#### Underlying data: Every farm as one point

X axis: **Speed Score (linear)**. Y axis: **Cost Score (linear)**.

| Panel | Render farm | Run | X | Y | Marker | Status | Recorded detail |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| All runs | Superluminal | Superluminal | 179.135 | 187.775 | circle | completed | Ranked configuration, 30 GPUs on 30 nodes: Speed Score 179.1, Cost Score 187.8, all four scenes |
| All runs | Superluminal | 30 GPUs | 179.135 | 187.775 | circle | completed | 30 GPUs on 30 nodes: Speed Score 179.1, Cost Score 187.8, all four scenes |
| All runs | Superluminal | 10 GPUs | 138.025 | 222.959 | circle | completed | 10 GPUs on 10 nodes: Speed Score 138.0, Cost Score 223.0, all four scenes |
| All runs | Superluminal | 5 GPUs | 110.424 | 271.136 | circle | completed | 5 GPUs on 5 nodes: Speed Score 110.4, Cost Score 271.1, all four scenes |
| All runs | GarageFarm | GarageFarm | 138.226 | 102.23 | circle | completed | Speed Score 138.2, Cost Score 102.2, 4 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | RenderJuice | RenderJuice | 93.658 | 176.197 | circle | completed | Speed Score 93.7, Cost Score 176.2, 4 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | RebusFarm | RebusFarm | 101.99 | 59.888 | circle | completed | Speed Score 102.0, Cost Score 59.9, 4 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | RenderStreet | RenderStreet | 68.819 | 121.739 | circle | completed | Speed Score 68.8, Cost Score 121.7, 4 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | Fox Renderfarm | Fox Renderfarm | 67.547 | 115.323 | circle | completed | Speed Score 67.5, Cost Score 115.3, 4 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | iRender | iRender | 51.395 | 66.438 | circle | completed | Speed Score 51.4, Cost Score 66.4, 4 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | Render Network | Render Network | 49.678 | 37.685 | circle | completed | Speed Score 49.7, Cost Score 37.7, 1 of 4 scenes |
| All runs | Blendergrid | Blendergrid | 22.885 | 80.618 | circle | completed | Speed Score 22.9, Cost Score 80.6, 3 of 4 scenes |

## The official ranking

A score of 100 matches the reference. A skipped scene stays visible as a gap instead of costing points. A failed render earns no time, and any attempt that still charged money counts against its cost.

![Best Blender render farms ranked by combined benchmark score in 2026](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farms-ranking-2026.png "Overall Score by farm")

*[Open the full-resolution PNG](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/best-blender-render-farms-ranking-2026.png).*

| Rank | Render farm | Configuration | Speed Score | Cost Score | Combined score | Key result | Evidence note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Superluminal | 30 selected GPU render nodes · ranked configuration | 179.1 | 187.8 | 182.0 | Fastest managed-farm runs and lowest exact charges | Finished and verified every one of its 12 runs on local disk. Charges ran from $0.14 to $1.90, totaling $9.56. |
| 2 | GarageFarm | High priority | 138.2 | 102.2 | 126.2 | Strong all-round runner-up | Finished all four scenes, beating the reference on both speed and price. Superluminal was quicker in every scene, and GarageFarm's uneven download tails held up every finished delivery. |
| 3 | RenderJuice | Hobbyist · Blazing priority | 93.7 | 176.2 | 121.2 | Best subscription workflow | Finished all four scenes at about average speed for the group, and only Superluminal cost less. There is no per-job price: the plan starts at $49 a month for 2,000 GPU minutes. |
| 4 | RebusFarm | Priority+3 / Standard · Standard on Monster and Fox (EEVEE) | 102.0 | 59.9 | 88.0 | Established multi-DCC pipeline | All four jobs finished on the farm. Only 6 of the 50 Fox (EEVEE) frames had reached local disk by the end of the recording. |
| 5 | RenderStreet | On Demand · GPU (Optix) | 68.8 | 121.7 | 86.5 | Browser workflow with live sequence playback | All four jobs finished with exact charges. Its clock starts when you press Launch job, because nothing runs until you do. |
| 6 | Fox Renderfarm | GPU 3 · EEVEE run: device none | 67.5 | 115.3 | 83.5 | Large capacity, slower deliveries | Finished every scene, and cheaply. Long analysis stages before rendering and the slowest deliveries of any working farm here hold its speed score down. |
| 7 | iRender | GPU Server 5S · 4x RTX 4090 | 51.4 | 66.4 | 56.4 | Full remote-machine control | Not a render farm: a workstation rental service that advertises itself as one. All four scenes rendered on a self-administered workstation, and the meter runs from boot to shutdown, so most of the paid window is startup and sync. Funding starts at a $50 deposit. |
| 8 | Render Network | Tier 2 Priority · Speed Score from one scene, Cost Score from two | 49.7 | 37.7 | 45.7 | Distributed GPU network | Completed one of three jobs. Both Junk Shop attempts ended with zero usable frames while charges accrued, the canceled retry still charging 106.85 credits. Superluminal does not charge for incomplete or failed frames. |
| 9 | Blendergrid | two-hour deadline quotes · hardware and node allocation not exposed · scored on its three completed scenes | 22.9 | 80.6 | 42.1 | A displayed dollar quote before submission | Finished Classroom, Junk Shop, and Monster, each taking between 1 and 1.5 hours. It never ran the Fox scene. The prices it shows are quotes, not charges we saw settle. |

Superluminal's margin comes from low exact charges and fast render pipelines at all three capacities. It has no separate analysis stage and downloads frames while the job runs. Provider completion to local output took 4.1 to 150.9 seconds across its 12 runs. Retrieval does not enter the score.

## Node count

Node count matters less than advertised. Fox Renderfarm showed 129 running nodes on Classroom and needed 292.8 seconds. Ten Superluminal nodes finished the same phase in 226.7.

![Blender render farm Speed Score compared with observed or inferred active capacity in 2026](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/blender-render-farm-speed-vs-node-count-2026.png "Speed Score against observed nodes")

*[Open the full-resolution PNG](https://superlumin.al/seo/charts/blender-render-farm-speed-vs-node-count-2026.png).*

#### Underlying data: Speed Score against observed nodes

X axis: **Peak machines seen running**. Y axis: **Speed Score (linear)**.

| Panel | Render farm | Run | X | Y | Marker | Status | Recorded detail |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| All runs | Superluminal | Superluminal · 5 GPUs | 5 | 110.424 | circle | completed | 5 GPUs on 5 selected nodes: Speed Score 110.4 |
| All runs | Superluminal | Superluminal · 10 GPUs | 10 | 138.025 | circle | completed | 10 GPUs on 10 selected nodes: Speed Score 138.0 |
| All runs | Superluminal | Superluminal · 30 GPUs | 30 | 179.135 | circle | completed | 30 GPUs on 30 selected nodes: Speed Score 179.1 |
| All runs | GarageFarm | GarageFarm | 29 | 138.226 | circle | completed | Peak 29 of an advertised 60-node cap: Speed Score 138.2 |
| All runs | RebusFarm | RebusFarm | 18 | 101.99 | circle | completed | Peak 18 observed nodes: Speed Score 102.0 |
| All runs | Fox Renderfarm | Fox Renderfarm | 129 | 67.547 | circle | completed | 129 running nodes shown on Classroom: Speed Score 67.5 |
| All runs | iRender | iRender | 1 | 51.395 | circle | completed | One workstation with 4 GPUs: Speed Score 51.4 |
| All runs | RenderJuice | RenderJuice | 21 | 93.658 | diamond | completed | About 21 RTX 3090 equivalents inferred from the GPU-minute meter on Classroom: Speed Score 93.7 |
| All runs | Render Network | Render Network | 100 | 49.678 | diamond | completed | Up to 100 frames in progress shown on Classroom: Speed Score 49.7 |
| All runs | RenderStreet | RenderStreet | 22 | 68.819 | circle | completed | Peak 22 active machines shown in the persistent header during Junk Shop: Speed Score 68.8 |
| All runs | Blendergrid | Blendergrid | 1 | 22.885 | diamond | completed | About one worker equivalent inferred from the visible sequential completion pattern, normally in 2-frame batches: Speed Score 22.9 |

What each farm advertises against what its own interface showed:

| Render farm | Advertised nodes | Observed peak |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Renderfarm | not stated | 129 |
| Render Network | not stated | 100 frames in progress |
| Superluminal | chosen by node count | 5 / 10 / 30, as selected |
| GarageFarm | up to 60 on High | 29 |
| RenderJuice | speed of 30x RTX 3090 | about 21 equivalents, inferred |
| RenderStreet | not stated | 22 |
| RebusFarm | not stated | 18 |
| iRender | one workstation, chosen | 1, with 4 GPUs |
| Blendergrid | not stated | 1, inferred |

Fixed work limits scaling. Going from 5 to 30 Superluminal nodes on Classroom cut the render pipeline from 411.0 to 90.5 seconds. Six times the capacity bought a 4.5-fold gain, at a higher charge.

## Upload time

Every farm received the same packages over the same connection. What separates them is client engineering. Browser uploads push one stream and stall when latency rises. The Superluminal add-on splits the package across parallel chunks and keeps the link saturated. Its range runs highest and widest because a saturated upload tracks the connection minute to minute.

What you upload matters as much as how fast. The add-on [traces dependencies](/dependencies) before submission: linked libraries, textures, UDIMs, caches, fonts, and HDRIs all travel with the job. Anything missing is named on screen instead of quietly dropped. It gave the most complete coverage of any client we tested.

RenderJuice adds a desktop app that cannot submit, one extra round trip per iteration. Render Network expects a file you packed yourself.

| Service | Dependency tracing | Effective upload rate | Submission path |
|---|:---:|---:|---|
| Superluminal | ✓ | 3.2 to 11.4 MB/s | Blender add-on, multithreaded chunks |
| GarageFarm | ✓ | 8.2 MB/s | Desktop client, compresses before sending |
| RenderStreet | ✕ | 3.8 to 5.7 MB/s | Browser upload, then provider scene analysis |
| RenderJuice | ~ | 5.4 MB/s | Browser upload |
| Blendergrid | ✓ | 2.8 to 5.1 MB/s | Browser upload after project selection |
| Fox Renderfarm | ✓ | 3.9 MB/s | Desktop client |
| Render Network | ✕ | 3.5 MB/s | Browser upload |
| RebusFarm | ✓ | 2.1 MB/s | Desktop client |

Effective rate is package size divided by recorded upload time. A range means several recorded runs. GarageFarm exceeds the connection's raw rate because its client compresses first. iRender's Classroom upload predates its recording, so its three later scenes capture upload from first activation.

## Download time

Threading helps here too. What matters more is whether frames download while the job is still rendering. A farm that waits for the last frame adds its whole download to your wait.

| Service | Downloads while rendering | Delivery behavior | Time after provider completion |
|---|:---:|---|---:|
| RebusFarm | ✓ | Inconsistent between jobs | 2.2 to 47.1 s |
| Superluminal | ✓ | Multithreaded, streams frames as they finish | 2.4 to 150.9 s |
| Fox Renderfarm | ✓ | Streams frames | 12.9 to 36.4 s |
| GarageFarm | ✓ | Falls behind on larger jobs | 16.2 to 301.3 s |
| RenderJuice | ✕ | ZIP packaged after completion | 17.2 to 41.6 s |
| Blendergrid | ✕ | Browser ZIP after provider finalization | 22.3 to 42.5 s |
| RenderStreet | ✕ | Browser ZIP after completion | 25.0 to 60.3 s |
| Render Network | ✕ | Standalone downloader after completion | 245 s |
| iRender | ✕ | Manual sync | 387.6 to 1,129.5 s |

Streaming services come first, then the shortest observed wait leads each group. This time starts when the farm reports completion and ends when the last frame reaches local disk.

## Conclusion

Superluminal won this benchmark. It was fastest on all four scenes, cheapest on all four, and first to put a complete sequence on local disk every time.

The useful finding is why. Node count explains less than you would expect. Fox Renderfarm ran 129 nodes on Classroom and still lost to ten of ours. Speed comes from what wraps the render: how work lands on machines, how fast a node starts producing, and what happens between frames. [That engineering](/how-superluminal-is-so-fast) is mostly public. The scheduler is not.

Transfers decide the rest. A client that traces every dependency renders correctly on the first attempt. A client that downloads during the render hands you frames before the farm calls itself done. Those two properties moved delivery times more than any hardware difference.

A render you cannot inspect is a render you find out about too late, so we also compared [every farm's interface](/compare/render-farm-interfaces) with these same recordings. Superluminal confirmed all eight monitoring features we scored.

Speed, correct files, early frames, and a view of the work are one workflow. We build it as beautiful as we can make it.

Read next:

- [How Superluminal is so fast](/how-superluminal-is-so-fast): the engineering behind these times.
- [Render farm interfaces compared](/compare/render-farm-interfaces): every submission surface, side by side.
- Head to head: [Superluminal vs GarageFarm](/compare/superluminal-vs-garagefarm), [Superluminal vs RenderJuice](/compare/superluminal-vs-renderjuice), [Superluminal vs Fox Renderfarm](/compare/superluminal-vs-fox-renderfarm), [Superluminal vs RebusFarm](/compare/superluminal-vs-rebusfarm), [Superluminal vs RenderStreet](/compare/superluminal-vs-renderstreet), [Superluminal vs iRender](/compare/superluminal-vs-irender), [Superluminal vs Render Network](/compare/superluminal-vs-render-network), and [Superluminal vs Blendergrid](/compare/superluminal-vs-blendergrid).

## Sources

| # | Source | Type | Checked | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Render farm benchmark dataset, July to August 2026 | First-party benchmark evidence | 2026-08-03 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmarks-2026-08.json |
| 2 | Render farm benchmark run events | First-party timing and interface evidence | 2026-08-05 | https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmark-run-events-2026-08.json |
| 3 | Blender demo files (benchmark scenes) | Scene source | 2026-08-02 | https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/ |
| 4 | Blender Open Data benchmark scenes | Scene source | 2026-08-04 | https://opendata.blender.org/ |
| 5 | Superluminal Blender add-on documentation | Provider documentation | 2026-08-02 | https://superlumin.al/docs/blender-addon/render-node-settings |
| 6 | GarageFarm pricing | Provider pricing | 2026-08-02 | https://garagefarm.net/pricing |
| 7 | RenderJuice pricing | Provider pricing | 2026-08-02 | https://www.renderjuice.com/pricing |
| 8 | RebusFarm Blender support | Provider documentation | 2026-08-02 | https://rebusfarm.net/3d-software/blender-render-farm |
| 9 | Fox Renderfarm Blender workflow | Provider documentation | 2026-08-02 | https://www.foxrenderfarm.com/blender-render-farm.html |
| 10 | iRender pricing | Provider pricing | 2026-08-02 | https://irendering.net/price/ |
| 11 | Render Network | Provider site | 2026-08-02 | https://rendernetwork.com/ |
| 12 | Blendergrid pricing | Provider pricing | 2026-08-02 | https://blendergrid.com/pricing |