Movaro render benchmark
Three videos. Seven devices. Every composite faster than real time.
We rendered the same 30-second, 2m 04s, and 8m 30s projects with the Movaro Default layout at Standard quality and 4K resolution. Full composites completed at 1.12× to 3.3× real time across the tested hardware.
Full composite
4K video with overlays baked in
These are complete export times. A result above 1.0× means the export finished before the source video would finish playing.
| Hardware | 30 seconds | 2 minutes 4 seconds | 8 minutes 30 seconds | Average throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows PC 8 GB memory · NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super · Intel Core i5 | 10s | 37s | 2m 32s | 200 fps 3.3× real time |
| M3 Max MacBook Pro 48 GB unified memory | 10s | 41s | 2m 49s | 181 fps 3× real time |
| M5 iPad Pro 12 GB unified memory | 15s | 1m 02s | 4m 15s | 120 fps 2× real time |
| M1 Pro MacBook Pro 16 GB unified memory | 21s | 1m 25s | 5m 52s | 87 fps 1.5× real time |
| M2 MacBook Air 8 GB unified memory | 23s | 1m 26s | 6m 17s | 82 fps 1.4× real time |
| M1 MacBook Air 8 GB unified memory | 28s | 1m 36s | 6m 18s | 79 fps 1.3× real time |
| Windows PC 16 GB memory · AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · AMD Ryzen 1600X | 28s | 1m 50s | 7m 33s | 67 fps 1.12× real time |
Transparent overlays
Telemetry layers for another editor
Overlay-only exports generated the transparent telemetry layer at 3 fps without compositing it over the source footage.
| Hardware | 30 seconds | 2 minutes 4 seconds | 8 minutes 30 seconds | Average throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M3 Max MacBook Pro 48 GB unified memory | 2s | 6s | 26s | 1172 fps 19.5× real time |
| M5 iPad Pro 12 GB unified memory | 2s | 10s | 40s | 766 fps 12.8× real time |
| Windows PC 8 GB memory · NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super · Intel Core i5 | 4s | 13s | 47s | 623 fps 10.4× real time |
| Windows PC 16 GB memory · AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · AMD Ryzen 1600X | 5s | 18s | 1m 05s | 453 fps 7.55× real time |
| M1 Pro MacBook Pro 16 GB unified memory | 4s | 17s | 1m 07s | 453 fps 7.5× real time |
| M2 MacBook Air 8 GB unified memory | 4s | 13s | 1m 26s | 387 fps 6.5× real time |
| M1 MacBook Air 8 GB unified memory | 4s | 15s | 1m 27s | 376 fps 6.3× real time |
One-device comparison
Movaro and DaVinci Resolve on the M1 MacBook Air
This comparison covers one tested machine, not every configuration. Across the three projects, Movaro completed the composites in 8m 22s versus 11m 56s for DaVinci Resolve—30% less elapsed export time in this test.
On the longest project, Movaro finished 2m 52s sooner: 6m 18s instead of 9m 10s.
Across all three projects, Movaro averaged 79 fps (1.3× real time) versus 56 fps (0.9× real time) for DaVinci Resolve.
The DaVinci Resolve version and export configuration were not recorded with this benchmark set, so this is a contextual result, not a controlled cross-application certification.
| Source | Movaro | DaVinci | Time saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 seconds | 28s | 33s | 5s |
| 2 minutes 4 seconds | 1m 36s | 2m 13s | 37s |
| 8 minutes 30 seconds | 6m 18s | 9m 10s | 2m 52s |
Test method
What these numbers include
Each device rendered the same three project durations using the Movaro Default layout, Standard quality, 4K output, and 3 fps overlay cadence. The average speed is weighted: total source duration divided by total elapsed render time across all three videos.
- Source durations
- 30s · 2m 04s · 8m 30s
- Export modes
- Transparent overlay · full composite
- Settings
- Movaro Default · Standard quality · 4K · 3 fps overlays
These figures are practical elapsed-time measurements, not a laboratory certification. Source media, codecs, cache state, operating-system version, power mode, thermals, and background workload can change performance. Platform benchmark results do not indicate current public availability.
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