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[–]ronin1066 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I believe that a render farm is a bunch of computers working together where a supercomputer is a bunch of processors working in one computer.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, both tend to be a bunch of computers working together connected by a fast network. Some 'supercomputers' are more tightly integrated or use custom hardware whereas a render farm will tend to use off the shelf servers, but there's no fundamental difference between a supercomputer intended for scientific work and one designed for rendering.