How do performance tiers work
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What do the advertised speeds actually mean?

Unlike other providers who base pricing on still scene file image resolution, CPU GHzh ratings, or other delightful hardware specifications, rPinin takes the headache out of production budgeting. CBRF offers a work-based pricing model, while still being grounded by industry standard benchmarking platforms such as Blender, CineBench, and OctaneBench, 

For each DCC supported, CBRF uses reference benchmarks and throughput measurements (captured in Frames Rendered Per Minute). The throughput measurements for the DCC reference benchmark are then used as the basis for the targeted performance tier groups. This allows you to forget the hardware and focus on performance.

While we leverage benchmarking platforms (e.g. OctanBench, CineBench, and Blender) for our performance baselining, we go a step further to make it mean something for all of our clients, no matter their knowledge of the latest GPU or CPU specifications. We add real-world benchmarking so that you know just how much work that our rigs will do for you. This testing measures the time taken to render frames to file for the benchmarked payloads tested. Measured in frames rendered per minute (frpm), this rendering throughput metric becomes the basis for performance tier speed targets. CBRF fleet specifications are configured and tailored to achieve throughput relative to the reference benchmark system's achieved frpm specification. Generally, slower, throttled speeds equate to cheaper costs, while higher speed, nominally throttled queue configurations deliver a premium experience.