Answers.Body: <p>It seems in my experience that render garden is only helpful when you have a network or farm of machines that you can distribute the render to. If you have only a single machine, I'd say BG Render is your best bet. If you have a farm, Render Garden is better. But, either one will speed up your render since both take advantage of multi threading that after effects' render doesn't seem to use/like natively...</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've got a 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch with the built in Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB graphics.</p>
  <p>I'd like to speed up rendering in After Effects.  Which of these is more effective at doing this and why?</p>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://aescripts.com/bg-renderer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://aescripts.com/bg-renderer/</a>      $69</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.mekajiki.com/rendergarden/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mekajiki.com/rendergarden/</a>  $99</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Are there benchmarks anywhere for these kinds of things?
  thanks</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Both sites put a comparison to the native renderer on display: RenderGarden is supposedly 3.3 times faster while BG-Renderer MAX is 5.45 times faster. Does that answer your question though?
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Comments.Text: Interested in how it works on a macbook pro without a very powerful separate gfx card
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Tags: <after-effects><mac><rendering><macbook>
Title: Which After Effects renderer performs better on a macbook pro? RenderGarden or BG Renderer MAX?
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ThreadText: # Which After Effects renderer performs better on a macbook pro? RenderGarden or BG Renderer MAX?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-16)
  
  I've got a 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch with the built in Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB graphics.
  
  I'd like to speed up rendering in After Effects. Which of these is more effective at doing this and why?
  
  * <https://aescripts.com/bg-renderer/> $69
  * <https://www.mekajiki.com/rendergarden/> $99
  
  Are there benchmarks anywhere for these kinds of things?
  thanks
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, mac, rendering, macbook
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Both sites put a comparison to the native renderer on display: RenderGarden is supposedly 3.3 times faster while BG-Renderer MAX is 5.45 times faster. Does that answer your question though?  
  > **username_0**: Interested in how it works on a macbook pro without a very powerful separate gfx card  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-09-29. Score: 0
  
  It seems in my experience that render garden is only helpful when you have a network or farm of machines that you can distribute the render to. If you have only a single machine, I'd say BG Render is your best bet. If you have a farm, Render Garden is better. But, either one will speed up your render since both take advantage of multi threading that after effects' render doesn't seem to use/like natively...
  
  
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