x265 Benchmark - OpenBenchmarking.org

This is a simple test of the x265 encoder run on the CPU with 1080p and 4K options for H.265 video encode performance with x265.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark x265.

* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 30 May 2024.

Revision History

pts/x265-1.4.0 [View Source] Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:33:11 GMT
Update against x265 3.6 upstream.

pts/x265-1.3.0 [View Source] Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:48:37 GMT
Update against x265 3.4 upstream, add 1080p/4K video option input.

pts/x265-1.2.0 [View Source] Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:43:32 GMT
Update against upstream per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/99

pts/x265-1.1.0 [View Source] Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:47:16 GMT
Update against x265 v3.0, also fixes building on POWER9.

pts/x265-1.0.0 [View Source] Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:09:00 GMT
Finally got around to uploading this x265 video encode test profile.

Performance Metrics

x265 3.6

Video Input: Bosphorus 4K

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 292 public results since 5 April 2024 with the latest data as of 28 May 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component

Percentile Rank

# Compatible Public Results

Frames Per Second (Average)

2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

99th

40.4 ^{+/- 1.1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y

96th

40.2 ^{+/- 0.7}

INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

95th

40.0 ^{+/- 0.5}

Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

87th

38.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y

83rd

37.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

80th

36.8 ^{+/- 1.8}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

80th

36.5 ^{+/- 0.7}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8468

78th

36.0 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

76th

35.9 ^{+/- 0.2}

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y

76th

35.8 ^{+/- 0.3}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 35.8

Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N

72nd

35.6

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y

69th

35.1 ^{+/- 0.7}

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

67th

34.3 ^{+/- 1.3}

Intel Core i9-14900K

65th

33.3 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

60th

31.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon Max 9480

58th

30.6 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

57th

30.5 ^{+/- 1.1}

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

55th

29.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon Max 9468

53rd

28.2 ^{+/- 0.8}

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

53rd

28.1 ^{+/- 1.4}

Median

50th

27.8

Intel Xeon Gold 6414U

50th

27.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

47th

27.2 ^{+/- 1.5}

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9468

46th

26.9 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

43rd

24.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core

42nd

24.2 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

40th

21.1 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Xeon E E-2488

38th

18.0 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i5-14400F

38th

17.0

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

37th

16.8 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core

36th

16.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

32nd

14.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

Low-Tier

25th

< 12.4

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

25th

12.3 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

24th

12.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

24th

12.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1280P

22nd

11.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

20th

10.4

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

18th

10.1 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

14th

9.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

14th

9.6 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

14th

9.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

11th

8.7 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

10th

7.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

9th

7.1

Intel Core i7-1165G7

7th

6.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-8565U

4th

5.2

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x265 3.6 - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K) has an average run-time of 3 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

Loongson-Archlinux-2022-07-12 7 Systems - 42 Benchmark Results	Unknown - Yytek 301-0059 - Loongson LLC Hyper Transport Bridge Gentoo 2.15 - 6.9.1-loongarch - KDE Plasma 5.27.11
Loongson-Archlinux-2022-07-12 6 Systems - 42 Benchmark Results	Unknown - Yytek 301-0059 - Loongson LLC Hyper Transport Bridge Gentoo 2.15 - 6.9.1-loongarch - KDE Plasma 5.27.11
8458p-L20 1 System - 37 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8458P - inagile NF5468-M7-A0-R0-00 - 2016GB Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 5.10.0-11.el8.mhy.x86_64 - NVIDIA
8458p 1 System - 37 Benchmark Results	8 x Intel Xeon - Red Hat KVM RHEL-AV - 16GB Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 5.15.0-94-generic - GCC 11.4.0
Loongson-Archlinux-2022-07-12 5 Systems - 42 Benchmark Results	AMD Phenom II X4 955 - MSI 785GM-E65 - AMD RS880 + SB7x0 Arch Linux - 5.18.12-arch1-1 - GCC 12.1.0
Loongson-Archlinux-2022-07-12 4 Systems - 42 Benchmark Results	Unknown - Loongson Loongson-LS3A5000-7A1000-1w-A2101 - Loongson LLC Hyper Transport Bridge Arch Linux - 5.19.0-rc2-2 - X Server 1.21.1.3
Loongson-3C500L-UOS 2 Systems - 52 Benchmark Results	Unknown - Yytek 301-0059 - Loongson LLC Hyper Transport Bridge Gentoo 2.15 - 6.9.0-loongarch - KDE Plasma 5.27.11
juke 1 System - 87 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core - Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI-CF - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.8.9-arch1-2 - X Server 1.21.1.13
New Desktop CPUs 1 System - 920 Benchmark Results
New Desktop CPUs 1 System - 926 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-14500 - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
fed40 1 System - 54 Benchmark Results	QEMU Virtual 2.5+ - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Fedora 40 - 6.8.9-300.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.0.4
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 1 System - 458 Benchmark Results
ubi2404_0514 1 System - 88 Benchmark Results	2 x QEMU Virtual 2.5+ - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
oreon 1 System - 89 Benchmark Results	QEMU Virtual 2.5+ - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Oreon Lime Desktop Standard - 5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
redhat94 1 System - 89 Benchmark Results	2 x QEMU Virtual 2.5+ - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 - 5.14.0-427.16.1.el9_4.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10

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Video Input: Bosphorus 4K

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