@Philw's render time of 3:07 is good, but barely faster than my 2017 iMac Pro. Granted, this thing cost a lot back then. Maybe $,8000. Can't remember.
Let’s not forget we are talking about a laptop here. I still think it’s pretty impressive.
I’m also waiting for that Mac Pro (mini) with several SOC’s glued together, and knowing how well this scales from a M1max or how it compares to a threadripper in corona is useful info.
All my intel macs are currently heating my workspace, which I can also clearly see on my electric bill. So, yes please give me something less power hungry.
Just for reference, that i9-10850k/64GB was a $1k build (no gpu - only render node)
There is this very old free scene on the blog
https://blog.corona-renderer.com/corona-c4d-a1-1/ that might be useful.
It popped up a missing plugin warning but strangely didn’t ask to convert any corona assets to new core.
- delete vray bridge and GI from render settings
- changed the pass limit 9999 to 5% noise
- turn off bloom and glare in corona/ camera tab!!!
Could this be good scene for testing?