--- tags: mk, study --- # mk-study-blender-apple-silicon so far the fastest option seems to be * selecting Metal and them `Apple M1 Max (GPU)` in preferences * then selecting GPU compute in the Renderer ## simple orange ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DFRV8KEJ/orange-1.png?pub_secret=ce52ade54c) ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DKJEQ30D/orange-2.png?pub_secret=efb866f125) ## reflective metal looks really bad—need some kind of anti-aliasing? Cycles = 2-3 minutes ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DQRWPBCL/metal-1.png?pub_secret=78350922bc) Eevee = 3 seconds ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F03DFS87ZQW/metal-2.png?pub_secret=ea560568d5)