Mencoder

This test uses mplayer's mencoder utility and the libavcodec family for testing the system's audio/video encoding performance.


Mencoder 1.3.0

AVI To LAVC

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 447 public results since 7 February 2018 with the latest data as of 18 December 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
Details
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Seconds (Average)
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
97th
8
14
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
97th
5
15 +/- 1
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [8 Cores / 8 Threads]
95th
11
15 +/- 1
Zen 2 [12 Cores / 24 Threads]
91st
8
16 +/- 1
Zen+ [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
83rd
7
17
Zen 2 [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
82nd
3
17 +/- 2
Zen+ [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
80th
18
17
Cascade Lake [18 Cores / 36 Threads]
79th
15
17 +/- 2
Mid-Tier
75th
> 18
Zen+ [32 Cores / 64 Threads]
75th
6
18 +/- 1
Zen+ [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
73rd
5
18 +/- 1
Zen [12 Cores / 24 Threads]
73rd
3
18
Zen [6 Cores / 12 Threads]
69th
4
19 +/- 1
Zen [8 Cores / 16 Threads]
68th
8
19 +/- 1
Cascade Lake [40 Cores / 80 Threads]
67th
3
19
Zen [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
63rd
7
19 +/- 2
Zen [8 Cores / 8 Threads]
63rd
3
19 +/- 1
Kaby/Coffee/Whiskey Lake [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
63rd
4
19 +/- 1
Cascade Lake [36 Cores / 72 Threads]
61st
3
20
Ivy Bridge [4 Cores / 8 Threads]
57th
4
20
Median
50th
21
Ivy Bridge [20 Cores / 40 Threads]
44th
9
22
Zen [64 Cores / 128 Threads]
40th
12
24 +/- 3
Skylake [8 Cores / 8 Threads]
37th
4
26 +/- 3
Broadwell [32 Cores / 64 Threads]
36th
3
26
Nehalem [4 Cores / 4 Threads]
26th
3
29
Low-Tier
25th
> 29
Sandy Bridge [16 Cores / 32 Threads]
20th
3
32
Gemini Lake [4 Cores / 4 Threads]
17th
4
34
Penryn [8 Cores / 8 Threads]
10th
3
44
4th
4
119 +/- 1
2nd
4
263 +/- 21