Workload · cold start
Short Remotion jobs are cold-start stories.
LightMotion’s ~2.5× M2 vs M1 gap and ~15.6× Mac vs CF gap are as much about startup and tiny-vCPU starvation as about sustained particle load. HeavyMotion is the fairer sustained comparison.
| Composition | Frames | M2 Max | M1 Silver1 | M1 Silver2 | CF live |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LightMotion (5 s) | 150 | 3.47 s | 8.78 s | 8.66 s | 54.12 s |
| MediumMotion (10 s) | 300 | 5.98 s | 9.14 s | 8.54 s | - |
| HeavyMotion (15 s) | 450 | 32.62 s | 42.93 s | 40.87 s | - |
Source: 2026-07-22 Remotion fleet + CF Containers bakeoff. Canonical report: Remotion vs cloud and M1 vs M2 Max.
HeavyMotion gap M2 vs M1 shrinks to ~1.3× - Chromium-bound sustained work.
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