This is a multi-threaded test of the x264 video encoder run on the CPU with a choice of 1080p or 4K video input.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark x264.
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,952 public results since 28 May 2022 with the latest data as of 8 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.
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x264 2022-02-22 - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p) has an average run-time of 2 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 1.2%.
Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.
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.
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-2500S - American Megatrends C69VVR10 - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM Debian 11 - 5.10.0-25-amd64 - 1.0.2 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-4765T - LENOVO SHARKBAY - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - 1.2.145 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel N97 - HARDKERNEL ODROID-H4 v1.0 - Intel Device 54ef Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i3-4130T - LENOVO SHARKBAY - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - 1.2.145 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-2500S - American Megatrends C69VVR10 - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM Debian 11 - 5.10.0-25-amd64 - 1.0.2 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-2500S - American Megatrends C69VVR10 - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM Debian 11 - 5.10.0-25-amd64 - 1.0.2 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel N97 - HARDKERNEL ODROID-H4 v1.0 - Intel Device 54ef Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel N97 - HARDKERNEL ODROID-H4 v1.0 - Intel Device 54ef Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
9 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel N97 - HARDKERNEL ODROID-H4 v1.0 - Intel Device 54ef Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 84 Benchmark Results |
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 - (5.27 BIOS) - Intel Alder Lake PCH Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - X Server |
1 System - 8 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core 2 6600 - ASUS P5PE-VM - Intel 82865G Debian 12 - 6.1.0-18-amd64 - nouveau |
8 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results |
Intel N97 - HARDKERNEL ODROID-H4 v1.0 - Intel Device 54ef Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 37 Benchmark Results |
QEMU Virtual 2.5+ - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC openSUSE Leap 15.5 - 5.14.21-150500.55.59-default - Xfce |
2 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results |
AMD Phenom II X4 945 - Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H - 6144MB Calculate Linux Desktop 11.15 GNOME - 3.3.3-calculate - GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1 |
2 Systems - 145 Benchmark Results |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6252 - Intel S2600WFD - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-31-generic - GCC 13.2.0 |