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 29 April 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 175 public results since 5 April 2024 with the latest data as of 30 April 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

98th

41.0 ^{+/- 1.2}

INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

93rd

40.2 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

88th

38.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

85th

37.2 ^{+/- 2.3}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

84th

36.6 ^{+/- 0.7}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

82nd

35.9 ^{+/- 0.2}

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

76th

34.9 ^{+/- 0.2}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 34.9

Intel Core i9-14900K

73rd

33.9 ^{+/- 1.1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

70th

31.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

67th

30.9 ^{+/- 0.2}

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

63rd

27.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

59th

24.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core

57th

24.2 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

54th

21.1 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Xeon E E-2488

52nd

18.0 ^{+/- 0.8}

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

51st

16.8 ^{+/- 0.5}

Median

50th

16.5

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

45th

14.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

39th

12.3 ^{+/- 1.3}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

37th

12.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

36th

12.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1280P

33rd

11.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

28th

10.1 ^{+/- 0.4}

Low-Tier

25th

< 9.9

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

25th

9.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

22nd

9.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

22nd

9.6 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

21st

9.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

17th

8.7 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

15th

7.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

13th

7.1

Intel Core i7-1165G7

9th

6.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-8565U

5th

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.

Ubuntu EPYC Zen 3 1 System - 432 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7303 16-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
x265_gaming_linux 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-20-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
Mantic vs Mantic -fno-omit-framepointer 8 Systems - 185 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Cisco UCSC-C480-M5 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-26-generic - GCC 13.2.0
LAPTOP TESTS 8 Systems - 185 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6430 - Dell PowerEdge R760 030NDG - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GCC 13.2.0
Noctua Heatsink 1 System - 912 Benchmark Results
Linux 6.9 Intel Meteor Lake 1 System - 316 Benchmark Results	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.0-060800-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
Ubuntu Benchmarks 4 Systems - 242 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-28-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
Ubuntu Benchmarks 2 Systems - 256 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-28-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
c5.large 1 System - 156 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8275CL - Amazon EC2 c5.large - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.214-202.855.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 7.3.1 20180712
c5.large 1 System - 141 Benchmark Results
c5.large 1 System - 134 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8275CL - Amazon EC2 c5.large - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.214-202.855.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 7.3.1 20180712
c5.large 1 System - 113 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8275CL - Amazon EC2 c5.large - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.214-202.855.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 7.3.1 20180712
c7i.large 1 System - 150 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8488C - Amazon EC2 c7i.large - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.214-202.855.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 7.3.1 20180712
c7a.large 1 System - 156 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9R14 - Amazon EC2 c7a.large - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.214-202.855.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 7.3.1 20180712
c7i.large 1 System - 135 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8488C - Amazon EC2 c7i.large - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.214-202.855.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 7.3.1 20180712

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