NVIDIA vs. Radeon VDPAU Testing

NVIDIA VDPAU video decode benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1705278-TR-VDPAUTEST29
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GeForce GTX 460
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 650
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 750
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 760
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 950
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GT 1030
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 1050
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 1060
May 25 2017
 
GeForce GTX 1070
May 25 2017
 
Radeon R7 260X
May 26 2017
 
Radeon R9 285
May 26 2017
 
Radeon R7 370
May 26 2017
 
Radeon RX 460
May 26 2017
 
Radeon RX 550
May 26 2017
 
Radeon RX 560
May 26 2017
 
Radeon RX 580
May 26 2017
 
Radeon R9 Fury
May 26 2017
 
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NVIDIA vs. Radeon VDPAU TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores)MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0Intel Device 591f + Z27016384MB525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBMSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1804MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 2048MB (1264/3003MHz)Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1121/3504MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (480/4006MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1505/4006MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X/360 2048MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBAMD Radeon RX 460 2048MBGigabyte AMD Polaris12 2048MBAMD Baffin [Polaris11] 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBRealtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 17.044.10.0-21-generic (x86_64)4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170516Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.19.3NVIDIA 381.22modesetting 1.19.3amdgpu 1.3.994.5.04.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0)1.0.42GCC 6.3.0 20170406ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNVIDIA Vs. Radeon VDPAU Testing BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic -v - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 285, Radeon R7 370, Radeon RX 460, Radeon RX 550, Radeon RX 560, Radeon RX 580, Radeon R9 Fury: GLAMOR

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950GeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R7 370Radeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580Radeon R9 FuryResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%465%829%1194%1559%qVDPAUtestqVDPAUtestqVDPAUtest1.H.2.D1.M.D1.M.D

NVIDIA vs. Radeon VDPAU Testingqvdpautest: Multi-Threaded MPEG Decodingqvdpautest: 1920x1080 MPEG4 Decodingqvdpautest: 1440x1080 VC-1 Decodingqvdpautest: 1920x1080 H.264 Decodingqvdpautest: 1280x720 H.264 Decodingqvdpautest: 1920x1080 MPEG Decodingqvdpautest: 1280x720 MPEG DecodingGeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950GeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R7 370Radeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580Radeon R9 Fury10672776613910619113078115275185303474181240142771424384130781152751853055044842681948834533815142933872134906695686085358334111063635119959767266352311186188886587177505481187677936646712712551115267094592978260166369155496220840810723455111691621229246472634601082341474648235457107245118464724944710523417552592834811182541675361231452139298OpenBenchmarking.org

System Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 58060120180240300Min: 24.4 / Avg: 34.32 / Max: 72Min: 24.5 / Avg: 45.52 / Max: 99.2Min: 24.1 / Avg: 47.33 / Max: 97.9Min: 27 / Avg: 65.2 / Max: 150.4Min: 29.4 / Avg: 77.53 / Max: 195.3Min: 43.8 / Avg: 79.02 / Max: 148.7Min: 30.6 / Avg: 47.86 / Max: 93.9Min: 28.3 / Avg: 46.56 / Max: 99Min: 41 / Avg: 79.84 / Max: 209.5Min: 31.1 / Avg: 62.68 / Max: 144.1Min: 36.7 / Avg: 57.92 / Max: 123Min: 40.5 / Avg: 64.38 / Max: 141.3Min: 39 / Avg: 73.72 / Max: 217.6Min: 42.1 / Avg: 88.37 / Max: 313.5Min: 32 / Avg: 44.51 / Max: 88.7Min: 28.3 / Avg: 40.77 / Max: 88.2Min: 27.4 / Avg: 44.41 / Max: 118.6Min: 39.6 / Avg: 73.91 / Max: 241

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsiusGPU Temperature MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 5801326395265Min: 43 / Avg: 46.49 / Max: 55Min: 25 / Avg: 31.17 / Max: 44Min: 28 / Avg: 36.24 / Max: 50Min: 31 / Avg: 37.9 / Max: 52Min: 39 / Avg: 47.48 / Max: 63Min: 34 / Avg: 41.28 / Max: 53Min: 30 / Avg: 36.51 / Max: 48Min: 25 / Avg: 30.45 / Max: 42Min: 33 / Avg: 43.51 / Max: 66Min: 32 / Avg: 45.26 / Max: 68Min: 25 / Avg: 36.74 / Max: 60Min: 26 / Avg: 44 / Max: 64Min: 27 / Avg: 35.78 / Max: 56Min: 22 / Avg: 32.78 / Max: 49Min: 52 / Avg: 57.31 / Max: 69Min: 23 / Avg: 31.06 / Max: 48Min: 26 / Avg: 36.19 / Max: 58Min: 20 / Avg: 32 / Max: 57

qVDPAUtest

The qvdpautest is a small program serving as a benchmark of NVIDIA's VDPAU, the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix. Various operations are supported for testing. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: Multi-Threaded MPEG DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580140280420560700514608597658646106474504925515516792147118175

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG4 DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 5801503004506007502935356727177127213018113048497111495346464652

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1440x1080 VC-1 DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580200400600800100038783366375071277782407826882626147484759

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 H.264 DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580120240360480600213411523548551661151421151946069208231263235249283

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 H.264 DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580300600900120015004901063111811871152139275771275883162408452460457447481

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1920x1080 MPEG DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580150300450600750669635618677670106185424185453166122107139108107105118

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1System Power Consumption MonitorGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 58060120180240300Min: 25.4 / Avg: 39.45 / Max: 72Min: 27.5 / Avg: 57.36 / Max: 99.2Min: 32.4 / Avg: 61.26 / Max: 97.9Min: 35 / Avg: 82.43 / Max: 150.4Min: 31 / Avg: 101.87 / Max: 195.3Min: 69.5 / Avg: 91.51 / Max: 148.7Min: 30.6 / Avg: 53.62 / Max: 93.9Min: 28.6 / Avg: 54.71 / Max: 99Min: 41 / Avg: 97.53 / Max: 209.5Min: 31.1 / Avg: 76.04 / Max: 144.1Min: 36.7 / Avg: 67.26 / Max: 123Min: 42.7 / Avg: 89.51 / Max: 217.6Min: 42.1 / Avg: 110.04 / Max: 313.5Min: 32 / Avg: 49.5 / Max: 88.7Min: 28.5 / Avg: 45.57 / Max: 88Min: 27.4 / Avg: 53.63 / Max: 118.6Min: 39.6 / Avg: 97.58 / Max: 241

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1GPU Temperature MonitorGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 5801326395265Min: 43 / Avg: 47.54 / Max: 55Min: 25 / Avg: 32.35 / Max: 44Min: 28 / Avg: 36.84 / Max: 50Min: 31 / Avg: 38.58 / Max: 52Min: 41 / Avg: 48.64 / Max: 63Min: 35 / Avg: 42.3 / Max: 53Min: 31 / Avg: 38.04 / Max: 48Min: 25 / Avg: 30.73 / Max: 42Min: 33 / Avg: 42.58 / Max: 66Min: 32 / Avg: 43.85 / Max: 68Min: 26 / Avg: 37.7 / Max: 60Min: 28 / Avg: 35.31 / Max: 56Min: 22 / Avg: 30.04 / Max: 49Min: 52 / Avg: 56.48 / Max: 69Min: 23 / Avg: 30.87 / Max: 48Min: 26 / Avg: 35.44 / Max: 58Min: 20 / Avg: 31.17 / Max: 57

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec Per Watt, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 58051015202514.4020.9014.5011.359.282.095.657.023.135.015.492.612.714.735.384.362.60

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames/sec, More Is BetterqVDPAUtest 0.5.1Video Test: 1280x720 MPEG DecodingGeForce GT 1030GeForce GTX 1050GeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060GeForce GTX 1070GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 285Radeon R9 FuryRadeon RX 460Radeon RX 550Radeon RX 560Radeon RX 580300600900120015005681199888936945191303384305381369234298234245234254

12 Results Shown

System Power Consumption Monitor:
  Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring:
    Watts
    Celsius
qVDPAUtest:
  Multi-Threaded MPEG Decoding
  1920x1080 MPEG4 Decoding
  1440x1080 VC-1 Decoding
  1920x1080 H.264 Decoding
  1280x720 H.264 Decoding
  1920x1080 MPEG Decoding
qVDPAUtest:
  System Power Consumption Monitor
  GPU Temp Monitor
  1280x720 MPEG Decoding
qVDPAUtest