Xeon Platinum 8280 vs. EPYC 7742 2P - Video Encode
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 vs. 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 video encode benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


2 x Xeon Platinum 8280: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190902, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8 (LLVM 8.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

2 x EPYC 7742: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1480, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710

	OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190902, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8 (LLVM 8.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


SVT-AV1 0.6
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 0 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 0.06 |================================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 0.06 |================================================


SVT-AV1 0.6
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 4 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 9.84  |====================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 12.95 |===============================================


SVT-AV1 0.6
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 62.73 |==============================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 97.42 |===============================================


SVT-VP9 2019-09-09
1080p 8-bit YUV To VP9 Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 267.23 |====================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 338.05 |==============================================


VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.8.1
vpxenc VP9 1080p Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 87.10  |============================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 145.53 |==============================================


x264 2018-09-25
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 122.80 |=====================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 150.78 |==============================================


x265 3.1.2
H.265 1080p Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 35.08 |==================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 48.66 |===============================================


dav1d 0.3
Video Input: Summer Nature 4K
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 18.26 |===============================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 11.37 |=============================


dav1d 0.3
Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Xeon Platinum 8280 . 9.24 |================================================
2 x EPYC 7742 .......... 4.65 |========================