Redshift for Archicad

What is Redshift?

Redshift by Maxon is the world’s first fully GPU-accelerated biased rendering engine, now available as a Technology Preview for Archicad 25 SSA and Forward subscribers. Built to meet the specific demands of contemporary high-end production rendering, Redshift offers a suite of powerful tools tailored to support creative individuals and practices of every size. You’ll get the realistic, high-quality results of a CPU-based rendering engine in significantly less time.

System specifications: processor Intel i7-7800X (3.5GHz – 6 cores), 64GB of DDR4 memory, GPU NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (24GB GDDR6)

What are the benefits of using Redshift?

Redshift utilizes your graphics card’s processing power to create photorealistic images remarkably faster than traditional rendering solutions thanks to powerful features like ‘Global Illumination,’ ‘Physical Sun and Sky,’ ‘Physically Correct Lights,’ ‘Denoiser,’ ‘Mesh Lights,’ and more! Please note, that quality and calculation speeds will vary depending on the scene, settings such as ‘Light adjustments’, ‘Ambient occlusion’ or ‘Sampling thresholds’, and your hardware’s capabilities.

Watch the video to learn about the most important rendering settings and surface adjustments you need to get the best results.

Redshift Everywhere

Redshift is the renderer of choice for industry-leading production studios around the world creating visual effects, motion graphics, and all types of visualization. Redshift is currently included as a Technology Preview in Archicad 25 with minor limitations. Click here for details.

For more information about Archicad 25, visit Graphisoft Learn and sign up for the Archicad 25 Upgrade Training.

System specifications: processor Intel i7-7800X (3.5GHz – 6 cores), 64GB of DDR4 memory, GPU NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (24GB GDDR6)

Redshift’s System Requirements

Operating System:

  • macOS 11.3 or later
  • Windows 10 or later

Minimum Requirements

  • 8 GB of RAM
  • Processor with SSE2 support (Pentium 4 or better)
  • For Windows: NVIDIA GPU with CUDA compute capability 5.0 or higher and at least 8 GB VRAM
  • For macOS: Apple M1 16GB or AMD “Navi” or “Vega” GPU or later with 8 GB VRAM or more. See GPU list below

Recommended Requirements

  • 16 GB of RAM or more
  • Core i7 or Xeon equivalent, 3.0GHz or better
  • For Windows: NVIDIA GPU with CUDA compute capability 7.0 or higher and 10 GB of VRAM or more. We recommend NVIDIA Quadro, Titan, or GeForce RTX GPU for hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
  • For macOS: Apple M1 16GB or AMD “Navi” or “Vega” GPU or later with 8 GB VRAM or more. See GPU list below

List of supported dedicated AMD GPUs for macOS (11.5 or later)

MacBook Pro

  • Radeon Pro Vega 16/20
  • Radeon Pro 5500M/5600M

iMac

  • Radeon Pro Vega 48
  • Radeon Pro 5500XT/5700/5700XT

iMac Pro

  • Radeon Pro Vega 56/64

Mac Pro

  • Radeon Pro Vega II / Vega II Duo
  • Radeon Pro W5500X/W5700X
  • Radeon RX 6800/6800XT/6900XT

Thunderbolt eGPUs

  • Radeon RX Vega 56/64
  • Radeon Pro WX 9100
  • Radeon VII
  • Radeon RX 5500/5500XT/5600XT/5700/5700XT
  • Radeon RX 6800/6800XT/6900XT

For more information please visit https://www.maxon.net/requirements/redshift-requirements