NVIDIA VDPAU Video Performance
Some NVIDIA VDPAU benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.


GeForce 8800GT: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (600/700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce 9600GSO: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 1024MB (500/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce 9800GT: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 220: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 240: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GTX 460: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 520: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GTX 680: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

550t: 

	Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 250 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 870 Extreme3, Chipset: ATI RX780/RX790, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 4 x 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 120GB Hitachi HTS54161, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (970/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.5, Display Server: X Server 1.9.2.901 (1.9.3 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.53, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.53, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720


qVDPAUtest 0.5.1
Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG Decoding
Frames/sec > Higher Is Better
GeForce 8800GT .. 155 |==========================
GeForce 9600GSO . 155 |==========================
GeForce 9800GT .. 157 |==========================
GeForce GT 220 .. 132 |======================
GeForce GT 240 .. 146 |=========================
GeForce GTX 460 . 211 |===================================
GeForce GT 520 .. 333 |========================================================
GeForce GTX 680 . 270 |=============================================
550t ............ 236 |========================================


qVDPAUtest 0.5.1
Video Test: 1280x720 H.264 Decoding
Frames/sec > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9600GSO . 97  |=======================
GeForce 9800GT .. 98  |=======================
GeForce GT 220 .. 104 |=========================
GeForce GT 240 .. 118 |============================
GeForce GTX 460 . 106 |=========================
GeForce GT 520 .. 217 |====================================================
GeForce GTX 680 . 235 |========================================================


qVDPAUtest 0.5.1
Video Test: 1440x1080 VC-1 Decoding
Frames/sec > Higher Is Better
GeForce 8800GT .. 126 |========================================================
GeForce 9600GSO . 126 |========================================================
GeForce 9800GT .. 127 |========================================================
GeForce GT 220 .. 79  |===================================
GeForce GT 240 .. 79  |===================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 63  |============================
GeForce GT 520 .. 67  |==============================
GeForce GTX 680 . 68  |==============================


qVDPAUtest 0.5.1
Video Test: 1920x1080 H.264 Decoding
Frames/sec > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9600GSO . 45  |=========================
GeForce 9800GT .. 45  |=========================
GeForce GT 220 .. 52  |=============================
GeForce GT 240 .. 53  |=============================
GeForce GTX 460 . 50  |============================
GeForce GT 520 .. 97  |======================================================
GeForce GTX 680 . 101 |========================================================


qVDPAUtest 0.5.1
Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG4 Decoding
Frames/sec > Higher Is Better
GeForce GT 220 .. 67  |=================================
GeForce GT 240 .. 68  |=================================
GeForce GTX 460 . 65  |================================
GeForce GT 520 .. 114 |========================================================
GeForce GTX 680 . 113 |========================================================