GUI stutters when running an animation

I've created a GUI in PyQT5 with two different types of animation, one is a 2D visualization that utilizes pyqtgraph and the other is a 3D visualization that uses mayavi.

With the pyqtgraph animation I am able to move the GUI around and interact with its other parts without any impact to smoothness. However, with mayavi, whenever the animation is running the GUI stutters during each render call. I don't mind the speed of rendering subsequent frames, but I was wondering if it is at all possible to replicate the effect in pyqtgraph, where regardless of rendering speed the GUI itself operates smoothly.