Improved Global Light Sampling (GLS) on glossy material in GPU renders

GPU renders (like CPU renders since Arnold 7.3.7.0) now take material glossiness into account when sampling, which greatly enhances the quality especially when many small lights are present. In the robot scene below, we get a ~3x speedup with adaptive rendering. (ARNOLD-15833)

Release Information

Version:

7.4.3.0

Release Date:

25 July 2025

Release Notes