video-encoding-tw Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (F4h BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB on openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190214 via the Phoronix Test Suite. i9-8950hk: Processor: Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Alienware 15 R4 (1.5.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB + Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design 8GB (1290/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3266, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: openSUSE 20190214, Kernel: 4.20.7-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.93, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190204 [gcc-8-branch revision 268513], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 i7-7800X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7800X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming Pro-CF (F4h BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: CX2-8B256-Q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X 2GB (1200/1750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VN247, Network: Intel I219-V + Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190214, Kernel: 4.20.7-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.2 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190204 [gcc-8-branch revision 268513], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i9-7960x: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.20GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (F4h BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 960 PRO 1TB + SM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 512GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (1657/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: PLE2208HDD, Network: Intel I219-V + Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel 8265 / 8275 OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190214, Kernel: 4.20.7-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.93, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190204 [gcc-8-branch revision 268513], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 dav1d 0.1 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-8950hk . 44.69 |============================================================ i7-7800X .. 40.26 |====================================================== i9-7960x .. 23.86 |================================ dav1d 0.1 Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-8950hk . 13.96 |============================================================ i7-7800X .. 12.52 |====================================================== i9-7960x .. 8.65 |===================================== SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i9-8950hk . 109 |======================== i7-7800X .. 131 |============================= i9-7960x .. 278 |============================================================== SVT-AV1 2019-02-15 1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i9-8950hk . 2.78 |============================ i7-7800X .. 3.28 |================================== i9-7960x .. 5.97 |============================================================= SVT-VP9 2019-02-17 1080p 8-bit YUV To VP9 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i9-8950hk . 31.53 |======= i7-7800X .. 126.24 |=========================== i9-7960x .. 278.60 |===========================================================