NVIDIA VDPAU Video Performance

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

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1206116-BY-1206103SU55&sor&grr.

NVIDIA VDPAU Video PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 540MIntel 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)Intel Core i7-2640M @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores)Acer TM8573TIntel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM8192MB640GB TOSHIBA MK6459GSNVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1024MB (672/900MHz)Conexant CX20588Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57761 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43227 802.11b/g/nFedora 173.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.4.1X Server 1.12.2NVIDIA 302.114.2.0 NVIDIA 302.11GCC 4.7.0 20120507btrfs1366x768OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- GeForce 8800GT, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 9800GT, GeForce GT 220, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GT 520, GeForce GTX 680: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -vSystem 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.- GeForce GT 540M: Thunderbird was running on this system.

NVIDIA VDPAU Video Performanceqvdpautest: 1920x1080 MPEG4 Decodingqvdpautest: 1920x1080 H.264 Decodingqvdpautest: 1440x1080 VC-1 Decodingqvdpautest: 1280x720 H.264 Decodingqvdpautest: 1280x720 MPEG DecodingGeForce 8800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce GT 220GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 540M12615545126971554512798157675279104132685379118146655063106211114976721733311310168235270229OpenBenchmarking.org

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG4 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG4 DecodingGeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 240GeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3114113686765

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1920x1080 H.264 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 H.264 DecodingGeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 240GeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTGeForce 9600GSO20406080100SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3101975352504545

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1440x1080 VC-1 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1440x1080 VC-1 DecodingGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8800GTGeForce GT 240GeForce GT 220GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 460306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 31271261267979686763

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1280x720 H.264 Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 H.264 DecodingGeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 240GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 220GeForce 9800GTGeForce 9600GSO50100150200250SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 6SE +/- 4.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 32352171181061049897

qVDPAUtest

Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG Decoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG DecodingGeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 540MGeForce GTX 460GeForce 9800GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 8800GTGeForce GT 240GeForce GT 22070140210280350SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.96, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3333270229211157155155146132

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