Activate This Blender Setting on Mac or Waste Hours of Work! | GPU Rendering on MacOS

Do you use Blender on a computer with an Apple Silicon chip? Enabling GPU rendering is crucial for boosting your performance by up to 50% in render times. 🖥️🚀
In this video, I'll walk you through the simple steps to activate GPU rendering on Blender:
Open Blender Preferences: Navigate to the "System" section.
Enable "Metal": Look for the option that shows your GPU cores and activate it.
Optimize Kernel: Select "Full" under "Kernel Optimization."
Activate MetalRT: Only if you have an M3 chip (basic or high-end).
These settings can drastically reduce your render times, making your workflow much more efficient. 🕒💡
What you'll learn:
The power of Metal API: How it improves rendering efficiency by providing direct access to the GPU.
Kernel Optimization: Enhancing render engine performance for faster computations.
MetalRT (Ray Tracing): Utilizing Apple Silicon's hardware for superior graphical performance and real-time rendering.
Watch the video to see a before-and-after comparison of render times and detailed explanations of each setting. Also, check out my comprehensive analysis comparing M3 chips with Nvidia GPUs and which Apple computer is best for 3D work!
📄 Additional Resources:
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[@TorusTeam]

I spent 3 months rendering with the CPU and wasting my time 😠, so I hope this helps you not to be like me👍👍

[@Doudda-1]

Thanks u sm!

[@TorusTeam]

Welcome!!

[@cocboss3329]

Helpful

[@JacobHalton]

So now that Eevee next uses raytracing, would metalRT work for both cycles and Eevee?

[@PeterHeiri]

On what Version you dot this? Because the Tutorial is only 1 Month old, but my menu looks different with Blender 4.2 as there is no Kernel Optimization and MetalRT. But there is under it a Menu "network" that it doesn't show in your video at all.

[@vengere]

same problem, did you find the solution?

[@Unrealtoon]

4.0.1 he using

[@PeterHeiri]

@@vengere no, but I also had other things to do and wasn't looking to much.

[@rayyanshaikh5591]

what about M2? should RT be on or off?

[@AArch64_Gamer]

I’m wondering the same thing. M2 doesn’t have hardware ray tracing so I’m not sure if it’s going to have any effect or do nothing