{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "evidenceId": "SUPERLUMINAL-BLENDER-RENDER-COST-MODEL-2026-08",
  "title": "Blender render time and cost calculator model",
  "published": "2026-08-07",
  "publisher": "Superluminal Computing Corporation",
  "currency": "USD",
  "deviceScoreSnapshot": "https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/blender-open-data-device-scores-2026-08-05.json",
  "farmDevice": {
    "name": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090",
    "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 5789.130437191383,
    "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
    "checked": "2026-08-05"
  },
  "localDevices": [
    {
      "id": "rtx-4090",
      "name": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090",
      "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 11683.377072466528,
      "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
      "checked": "2026-08-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "rtx-3090",
      "name": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090",
      "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 5789.130437191383,
      "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
      "checked": "2026-08-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "rtx-3070",
      "name": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070",
      "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 3360.2843467406524,
      "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
      "checked": "2026-08-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "rtx-3060",
      "name": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060",
      "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 2291.8378291572417,
      "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
      "checked": "2026-08-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "apple-m2-max-38",
      "name": "Apple M2 Max GPU, 38 cores",
      "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 1776.5952146674813,
      "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
      "checked": "2026-08-05"
    },
    {
      "id": "ryzen-5800x",
      "name": "AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU",
      "blenderOpenDataMedianScore": 213.4972843061455,
      "source": "https://opendata.blender.org/benchmarks/query/?group_by=device_name",
      "checked": "2026-08-05"
    }
  ],
  "recordedConstants": {
    "startupSeconds": {
      "value": 15.683,
      "definition": "Median render-submit to active-render interval",
      "sampleCount": 12,
      "cohort": "All 12 Superluminal runs in the 2026 four-scene benchmark"
    },
    "providerCompleteToLocalOutputSeconds": {
      "value": 6.233,
      "definition": "Median provider-complete to local-output interval",
      "sampleCount": 12,
      "cohort": "Nine August 6 runs plus the three August 7 Fox replacement runs"
    },
    "source": "https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/render-farm-benchmark-run-events-2026-08.json"
  },
  "pricing": {
    "liveEndpoint": "https://api.superlumin.al/api/render/pricing/default",
    "fallbackSnapshot": "https://superlumin.al/seo/evidence/pricing-reference-2026-08-06.json",
    "snapshotRatesMicrousdPerGpuHour": {
      "5": 2000000,
      "10": 2650959,
      "30": 4000000
    }
  },
  "formulas": {
    "farmFrameSeconds": "localFrameSeconds * localDeviceMedianScore / farmDeviceMedianScore",
    "frameRounds": "ceil(frameCount / nodeCount)",
    "wallSeconds": "startupSeconds + frameRounds * farmFrameSeconds + providerCompleteToLocalOutputSeconds",
    "renderChargeUsd": "frameCount * farmFrameSeconds / 3600 * rateUsdPerGpuHourAtNodeCount"
  },
  "billingBasis": {
    "acceptedStatus": "finished",
    "duration": "Measured duration of each successful frame task",
    "excludedFromFormula": [
      "startup interval",
      "provider-complete-to-local-output interval",
      "failed tasks",
      "cancelled tasks",
      "unused slots in the final frame round"
    ]
  },
  "workedExample": {
    "localDeviceId": "rtx-4090",
    "localFrameSeconds": 60,
    "frameCount": 300,
    "farmFrameSeconds": 121.09,
    "rows": [
      {
        "nodes": 5,
        "frameRounds": 60,
        "estimatedWallSeconds": 7285,
        "estimatedRenderChargeUsd": 20.18
      },
      {
        "nodes": 10,
        "frameRounds": 30,
        "estimatedWallSeconds": 3653,
        "estimatedRenderChargeUsd": 26.75
      },
      {
        "nodes": 30,
        "frameRounds": 10,
        "estimatedWallSeconds": 1231,
        "estimatedRenderChargeUsd": 40.36
      }
    ]
  },
  "modelBoundaries": [
    "Device score ratios estimate Cycles throughput; they do not predict EEVEE frame time.",
    "The model does not include project upload time because file size and connection speed are not inputs.",
    "The model does not test VRAM fit, dependency completeness, simulation state, add-ons, or output size.",
    "The calculator reads the live rate table. The snapshot rates above record the curve on the file date."
  ]
}