Intel Sandy Bridge VA-API With 1 Core
Intel Sandy Bridge VA-API vs. X-Video, other GPUs, and NVIDIA VDPAU. With this testing, the system was limited from the BIOS so that only a single core was enabled. Other Phoronx result file is for normal, stock Sandy Bridge system.
Intel SNB VA-API
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Intel SNB X-Video
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Sandy Bridge IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.14.901, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon X-Video
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4550 (600/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
NVIDA X-Video
NVIDIA VDPAU
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
1080p H.264 Video Playback
Intel SNB VA-API
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 4 March 2011 14:07 by user phoronix.
Intel SNB X-Video
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Sandy Bridge IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.14.901, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 4 March 2011 14:26 by user phoronix.
Radeon X-Video
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4550 (600/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 4 March 2011 15:07 by user phoronix.
NVIDA X-Video
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 4 March 2011 16:20 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA VDPAU
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ-VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 4 March 2011 16:29 by user phoronix.