Cloud vs Mac Studio: the same 3 clips
Paper Airplanes "issue" clips, 4K EEVEE, rendered on rented RTX 5090s (Runpod data center) and compared with the Studio's own renders from the same night. Left = Mac Studio, right = cloud.
No visible difference39 frames compared pixel by pixel
About 7 minall 3 clips at once, from renting the machines to finished images on your Mac
$0.43for all 3 clips (about $0.15 each)
L60 Bat Plane
130 frames. Studio 298 s; cloud 319 s on its own machine, rendered at the same time as the other two.


L40 Boomerang
135 frames. Studio 312 s; cloud 307 s.


L80 Tube
120 frames. Studio 316 s; cloud 292 s.


The numbers
| Clip | Frames compared | Closest to different | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bat Plane | 13 | 57.6 dB | 58.4 dB |
| Boomerang | 13 | 56.4 dB | 58.0 dB |
| Tube | 13 | 58.2 dB | 58.5 dB |
Pixel match score (PSNR). Above about 45 dB nobody can tell two images apart; these are 56 to 59. Structure match was 0.9987 or higher on every frame (1.0 = identical). The side-by-side videos are shrunk to fit; the real cloud renders are full 4K.