SVT Video Encoding + vpxenc
Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1602 BIOS) and NVIDIA NV120 12GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AMD Threadripper 2990WX: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

AMD EPYC 7351P: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7351P 16-Core @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASRockRack EPYCD8-2T (P1.20 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 800GB INTEL SSDPE2ME800G4, Graphics: NVIDIA NV117 2GB, Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fbc, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Mellanox MT26448 + 2 x Intel 10G X550T

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0 (1.G0 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MHz, Disk: 128GB INTEL SSDPEKKW128G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4650, Audio: AMD RV710/730, Network: Intel I211

	OS: Debian 9.5, Kernel: 4.18.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Intel Core i7 5960X: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F24c BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-2800MHz CMK16GX4M4A2666C16, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 124MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel I218-V

	OS: Debian 9.5, Kernel: 4.18.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4

Intel Core i9 7960X: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 550/550X 2GB (1206/1750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AMD Threadripper 2950X: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MEG X399 CREATION (MS-7B92) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 31GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: 2 x Intel I211 + Intel-AC 9260

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190125, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Intel Core i9 9900K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-rc1-phx-amd-stg-next (x86_64) 20190214, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel (git-7ed5ffa158) (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Intel Core i9 7980XE: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


AOM AV1 2019-02-11
AV1 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ...... 0.18 |==============================
Intel Core i7 5960X .... 0.19 |===============================
Intel Core i9 7960X .... 0.23 |======================================
AMD Threadripper 2950X . 0.21 |===================================
Intel Core i9 9900K .... 0.29 |================================================
Intel Core i9 7980XE ... 0.22 |====================================


SVT-AV1 2019-02-15
1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Threadripper 2990WX . 8.15 |============================================
AMD EPYC 7351P .......... 5.46 |==============================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ....... 2.44 |=============
Intel Core i7 5960X ..... 2.90 |================
Intel Core i9 7960X ..... 8.64 |===============================================
AMD Threadripper 2950X .. 7.29 |========================================
Intel Core i9 9900K ..... 5.75 |===============================
Intel Core i9 7980XE .... 8.49 |==============================================


SVT-HEVC 2019-02-03
1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Threadripper 2990WX . 178 |===========================
AMD EPYC 7351P .......... 167 |==========================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ....... 143 |======================
Intel Core i7 5960X ..... 144 |======================
Intel Core i9 7960X ..... 296 |==============================================
AMD Threadripper 2950X .. 234 |====================================
Intel Core i9 9900K ..... 206 |================================
Intel Core i9 7980XE .... 311 |================================================


SVT-VP9 2019-02-17
1080p 8-bit YUV To VP9 Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Threadripper 2990WX . 98.67  |==============
AMD EPYC 7351P .......... 70.26  |==========
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ....... 41.25  |======
Intel Core i7 5960X ..... 36.73  |=====
Intel Core i9 7960X ..... 303.54 |===========================================
AMD Threadripper 2950X .. 93.06  |=============
Intel Core i9 9900K ..... 60.13  |=========
Intel Core i9 7980XE .... 316.07 |=============================================


VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.8.0
vpxenc VP9 1080p Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Threadripper 2990WX . 26.02 |======================================
AMD EPYC 7351P .......... 18.44 |===========================
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ....... 24.33 |====================================
Intel Core i7 5960X ..... 21.31 |===============================
Intel Core i9 7960X ..... 22.50 |=================================
AMD Threadripper 2950X .. 26.84 |========================================
Intel Core i9 9900K ..... 31.14 |==============================================
Intel Core i9 7980XE .... 22.75 |==================================