It Took Pixar's Computers 8 Hours to Render One Toy Story Frame in 1995
RubenEVillegas · x · 2026-09-25
Animator Jimmy shares a striking bit of trivia: in 1995, Pixar's computers took 8 hours to render a single frame of Toy Story — and a feature film spans over 100,000 frames. The comparison is often cited to illustrate how dramatic today's AI-generated media speedup really is.
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