I believe that this article will be enlightening.
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9653
A direct quote of the intro, for those who may not wish to read the many pages:
"All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and more than 3,000 server CPUs."
Go Linux! :attn:
C. P. U. Its not a big processor... Its a series of pipes!