Workstations for OctaneRender
OctaneRender speeds up almost in step with the number of GPUs, and the memory on each card sets the largest scene it can hold. We size these machines around GPU count first, then memory per card.
What matters for OctaneRender
- Number of GPUs: speed rises almost in line with card count
- GPU memory per card for scene size and the denoiser
- An NVIDIA CUDA card
- High CPU clocks rather than a high core count
- System memory at about twice your total GPU memory
OctaneRender needs an NVIDIA CUDA card (OTOY hardware requirements), and it scales close to linearly: two cards are about twice as fast as one, and four about four times. That makes GPU count the main lever, which is why this range runs from one card to eight. CPU clock speed matters and core count does not, so the budget goes on GPUs. Each card must hold the scene, and mixed cards are limited to the smallest card’s memory (OTOY). Octane can move data out of core into system memory, and OTOY quotes about 5GB of GPU memory for the denoiser at 4K and about 20GB at 8K (OTOY hardware requirements). Standard and Heavy use the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 48GB, with 48GB of ECC memory per card to hold larger scenes. Studio fits four in the Nano Pro, each on a full PCIe Gen5 x16 link without riser cables. Team moves to the Molecule Air with eight RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q 96GB cards, a blower-style card suited to multi-GPU builds. System memory follows a rule of thumb of about twice the total GPU memory.
Recommended configurations
OctaneRender – Standard
Electron · NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 48GB
For a single artist or engineer
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- RAM: 128GB DDR5 6000 2x64GB
- PCIe slots (16x): Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell 48GB
- NVMe Storage (Gen 5.0): Samsung 9100 Pro Gen 5 4TB
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
£15,270.19 inc VAT
£12,725.16 ex VAT
Built to order · dispatched in 11 working days
OctaneRender – Heavy
Atom · 2× NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 48GB
For professionals and freelancers
- CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X 24 Core
- RAM: 4 × 64GB RDIMM ECC DDR5 6400
- PCIe slots (16x): 2 × Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell 48GB
- NVMe M.2 Drives (Gen 5): Samsung 9100 Pro Gen 5 4TB
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
£35,270.00 inc VAT
£29,391.68 ex VAT
Built to order · dispatched in 11 working days
OctaneRender – Studio
Nano Pro · 4× NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 48GB
For studios and small teams
- CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9965WX 24 Core
- RAM: 8 × 64GB RDIMM ECC DDR5 6400
- PCIe Options: 4 × Nvidia RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell 48GB
- NVMe M.2 Drives (Gen 5): Samsung 9100 Pro Gen 5 8TB
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
£71,953.02 inc VAT
£59,960.86 ex VAT
Built to order · dispatched in 12 working days
OctaneRender – Team
Molecule Air · 8x NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q 96GB
For large teams and enterprise
- CPU: AMD EPYC 9375F 32 Core
- RAM: 24 × 64GB RDIMM ECC DDR5 6400
- PCIe slots: 8 × Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Max-Q 96GB
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
£224,228.42 inc VAT
£186,857.10 ex VAT
Built to order · dispatched in 14 working days
Each recommended system is a starting point. Select Customise to add components or change the specification before you order.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Octane scales close to linearly, with two cards about twice as fast as one and four about four times. That is why we offer an eight-GPU configuration for Octane.
Octane can render out of core, using system memory, and OTOY recommends at least 16GB of system memory for this (OTOY hardware requirements). Every configuration here has 128GB or more. If you mix cards, all of them are limited to the smallest card’s memory.
No. OTOY’s hardware requirements call for an NVIDIA CUDA card, so every configuration here uses NVIDIA GPUs.
Yes, but Octane network rendering is limited to 20 GPUs in total. Tell us how many machines you plan to run and we will help you plan the split.
Standard suits a single artist on a budget, with one NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 48GB. Heavy suits a professional or freelancer and doubles the cards. Studio puts four NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 48GB cards in one workstation for a studio or team. Team is for large teams and enterprise work: eight 96GB cards in the Molecule Air, shared by a team or used as the studio’s render node.
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