x264premier Intel Core i5-2450M testing with a Sony VAIO and NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1024MB on Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-2450M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST95005620AS + 500GB 00BPVT-55HXZT3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1024MB (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC275, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.7.9-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.18, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.18, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 x264 2013-01-28 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-2450M . 59.22 |==================================================