NVIDIA VDPAU Video Performance

Some NVIDIA VDPAU benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1206112-AR-1206103SU36.

NVIDIA VDPAU Video PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx460Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (600/700MHz)Realtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 12.043.2.0-23-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.10.0X Server 1.11.3NVIDIA 295.403.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2ext42560x1600NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 1024MB (500/900MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)AMD Athlon II X2 250 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores)ASUS M4A77TAMD nee ATI RX780/RX790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x04096MB2 x 60GB Toshiba MKNSSDCR060GB + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (778/2004MHz)VIA VT1708S3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64)KDE 4.8.3X Server 1.12.2NVIDIA 302.114.2.0 NVIDIA 302.11GCC 4.61920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- GeForce 8800GT: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce 9600GSO: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce 9800GT: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce GT 220: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce GT 240: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce GTX 460: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce GT 520: Compiz was running on this system.- GeForce GTX 680: Compiz was running on this system.- gtx460: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.

NVIDIA VDPAU Video Performanceqvdpautest: 1280x720 MPEG Decodingqvdpautest: 1280x720 H.264 Decodingqvdpautest: 1440x1080 VC-1 Decodingqvdpautest: 1920x1080 H.264 Decodingqvdpautest: 1920x1080 MPEG4 DecodingGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx46015512615597126451579812745132104795267146118795368211106635065333217679711427023568101113229128735664OpenBenchmarking.org

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG DecodingGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx46070140210280350SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.96, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.67, N = 3155155157132146211333270229

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1280x720 H.264 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 H.264 DecodingGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx46050100150200250SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 6SE +/- 4.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 6.84, N = 39798104118106217235128

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1440x1080 VC-1 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1440x1080 VC-1 DecodingGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx460306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 6SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3126126127797963676873

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1920x1080 H.264 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 H.264 DecodingGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx46020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 1.15, N = 345455253509710156

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG4 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG4 DecodingGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680gtx460306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.14, N = 6SE +/- 1.86, N = 367686511411364

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