Is it possible to render CPU+GPU in Cinema 4D? and which is better?

Question

Cinema 4D

Is it possible to render the processor together with the video card? if so, how much faster will it be with a video card than without it?
And if not, which is better, video card or processor?
(Video card from nvidia(RTX), processor from intel)

Answer 1

There are no such jokes in pure Cinema.
There is a third-party render - V-ray. Mainly used on 3D Max, but also on Cinema. In the render settings, you can set the V-ray RT mode, which assumes CPU + GPU rendering. Rarely this mode works very poorly and is buggy... And most often it doesn't work at all :D
Using CPU + GPU for rendering is not rational. The increase in CPU performance is small. In addition, the software complexity of the CPU and GPU bundle worsens everything, due to which the performance gain is even less (in short, the implementation is lame).
Best rendered on the GPU. In standard cinema, since version R19, there is Pro Render, which runs on the GPU. Nooo, I’ll say for sure that in the R19 and R20 versions it is very raw. It's almost impossible to work. (I don't know about future versions.)
Only third-party renders on the GPU remained. Of the most popular, there are only two - Octane and Redshift. (The theme of endless srachs). In short:
Octan only works with NVidia graphics cards. You can create realistic scenes very quickly. But, something outside of realism (for example, low poly composition) will be problematic to create. Easier than Redshift.
Redshift works on all video cards. More flexible setup than Octan. Maybe both in realism, and in something else. Harder to get used to than Octan.
In general, everything. If you have specific questions - ask.