Render Estimator

Ballpark client pricing for render costs

Content

Finished content (minutes)

Frame rate (fps)

Complexity

Measured: ~6 s/frame @ 3173×1040 on 2× RTX 5090 (OptiX). Your recent bread-and-butter.

Resolution

Farm & rates

Machines on the job

Farm has 3 (2x RTX 5090 each)

Power draw per machine (kW)

2x 5090 + Threadripper under load ≈ 1.6 (240V NEMA, 2800W PSU)

Electricity ($/kWh)

Machine rate ($/machine-hour)

Hardware + infra amortization + wear (excludes power) — see internal docs

Revision buffer (%)

Re-renders, notes, failed frames

Markup (%)

Margin on top of raw cost

Estimate

Suggested client price

$2,015

$33.58 per finished minute

Total frames108,000
Farm turnaround2.5 days
Machine-hours (incl. buffer)234.0
Energy374.4 kWh

Electricity cost$56.16
Machine cost$1,287
Raw cost$1,343
+ 50% markup$672
Client price$2,015

Ballpark only — dial in "seconds per frame" from the Render time shown on a comparable finished job for a much tighter number. Excludes artist time and licenses.