dav1d

Dav1d is an open-source, speedy AV1 video decoder. This test profile times how long it takes to decode sample AV1 video content.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark dav1d.

Project Site

videolan.org

Source Repository

code.videolan.org

Test Created

18 December 2018

Last Updated

7 June 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

3 Minutes, 5 Seconds

Average Run Time

10 Minutes, 3 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Yasm Assembler + Meson Build System

Accolades

100k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsdav1d Popularity Statisticspts/dav1d2018.122019.022019.042019.062019.082019.102019.122020.022020.042020.062020.082020.102020.122021.022021.042021.062021.082021.102021.122022.022022.042022.062022.082022.102022.122023.022023.042023.062023.087K14K21K28K35K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 19 September 2023.
Chimera 1080p 10-bit25.3%Summer Nature 4K26.0%Chimera 1080p24.4%Summer Nature 1080p24.4%Video Input Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/dav1d-1.14.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:13:46 GMT
Update against dav1d 1.2.1 upstream.

pts/dav1d-1.13.0   [View Source]   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:57:55 GMT
Update against dav1d 1.1 upstream.

pts/dav1d-1.12.0   [View Source]   Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:15:53 GMT
Update against dav1d 1.0 upstream release.

pts/dav1d-1.11.2   [View Source]   Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:24:36 GMT
Update download mirrors, closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/597

pts/dav1d-1.11.1   [View Source]   Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:42:30 GMT
Update Windows FFmpeg build to newer location, newer version. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/pull/553

pts/dav1d-1.11.0   [View Source]   Sat, 04 Sep 2021 06:04:51 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.9.2 upstream.

pts/dav1d-1.10.0   [View Source]   Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:55:34 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.9.1 upstream.

pts/dav1d-1.9.0   [View Source]   Sun, 16 May 2021 13:39:23 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.9 upstream.

pts/dav1d-1.8.0   [View Source]   Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:31:01 GMT
Update against new upstream dav1d 0.8.2.

pts/dav1d-1.7.1   [View Source]   Sat, 09 Jan 2021 16:54:35 GMT
Update to latest dav1d hash.

pts/dav1d-1.7.0   [View Source]   Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:43:19 GMT
Update against new upstream dav1d 0.8.1.

pts/dav1d-1.6.0   [View Source]   Thu, 21 May 2020 14:58:06 GMT
Update against upstream dav1d 0.7.

pts/dav1d-1.5.0   [View Source]   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 06:45:56 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.6.0 upstream.

pts/dav1d-1.4.1   [View Source]   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:26:24 GMT
Update download links per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/113

pts/dav1d-1.4.0   [View Source]   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:04:25 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.5 upstream, add Windows support.

pts/dav1d-1.3.0   [View Source]   Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:53:19 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.4, make use of new FPS reporting, add Chimera video options. https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/103

pts/dav1d-1.2.0   [View Source]   Fri, 10 May 2019 10:52:01 GMT
Update against dav1d 0.3 https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/79

pts/dav1d-1.1.0   [View Source]   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:23:31 GMT
Use null mixer for video output.

pts/dav1d-1.0.0   [View Source]   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:52:01 GMT
Initial commit of dav1d AV1 video decoder benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Video Encoding

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Encoding

Multi-Core

AV1

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

dav1d 1.2.1

Video Input: Summer Nature 4K

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 181 public results since 7 June 2023 with the latest data as of 22 September 2023.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
FPS (Average)
Intel Core i9-13900K
100th
6
413 +/- 7
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y
98th
4
407 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
94th
5
399 +/- 5
Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
91st
3
354
Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
90th
7
348 +/- 11
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
84th
3
323
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
81st
6
282 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
78th
3
261 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
76th
4
251 +/- 2
Mid-Tier
75th
< 249
Intel Core i9-10980XE
73rd
6
226 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
68th
4
222
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
64th
4
211 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
58th
10
205 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
51st
3
183
Median
50th
183
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
49th
3
181
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
45th
3
175
Intel Core i7-5960X
41st
3
156
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
37th
4
146
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
37th
4
143
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
34th
3
136
Intel Xeon W-3235
32nd
12
119
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
26th
6
117
Low-Tier
25th
< 117
Apple M2
20th
5
112 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
19th
3
103 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
16th
3
101 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-1185G7
12th
4
92
Intel Core i7-1165G7
12th
4
92
Intel Core i7-8565U
5th
4
67
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Video Input: Summer Nature 4K179 Results Range From 33 To 424 FPS33537393113133153173193213233253273293313333353373393413433714212835

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (dav1d 1.2.1 - Video Input: Summer Nature 4K) has an average run-time of 3 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkVideo Input: Summer Nature 4KRun-Time3691215Min: 1 / Avg: 2.29 / Max: 10

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.3%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsVideo Input: Summer Nature 4KDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.26 / Max: 3

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
PUNPCKLQDQ CVTSI2SD DIVSD COMISD CVTTSD2SI SUBSD MOVAPD MULSD ADDSD MOVDQU PSUBQ ANDPD ORPD MOVD MOVDQA PSHUFLW PUNPCKHQDQ PSHUFD PSRLDQ PSLLDQ SHUFPD PSHUFHW PADDQ PMULUDQ
SSE3 (SSE3)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
MOVDDUP MOVSLDUP MOVSHDUP
SSSE3 (SSSE3)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
PSHUFB PABSW PABSB PSIGNB PMADDUBSW PMULHRSW PHADDD PHADDW PALIGNR PSIGNW PHADDSW
SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
POPCNT
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VZEROUPPER VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VBROADCASTSD VBROADCASTSS
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VPBROADCASTW VPBROADCASTQ VPBROADCASTD VINSERTI128 VEXTRACTI128 VPERMQ VPGATHERDD VPGATHERDQ VPERMD VPBROADCASTB VPBLENDD VPERM2I128 VPSRLVD VPSRAVD VPSLLVD
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
AVX Vector Neural Network Instructions (AVX-VNNI)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
VPDPWSSD VPDPBUSD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 24 June 2023

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libdav1d.so.6, libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
Apple M2

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASRock X670E Steel Legend - AMD Device 14d8

Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.5.2-native - KDE Plasma 5.27.8

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2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result

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1 System - 1 Benchmark Result

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Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 44.3

1 System - 1 Benchmark Result

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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7601 - 6.1.7601 - 473.81

1 System - 7 Benchmark Results

Intel Core i7-13700 - MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4 - Intel Device 7a27

Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9

1 System - 4 Benchmark Results

Intel Core i7-4700MQ - LENOVO 20BE5MS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3

Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-71-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5

2 Systems - 4 Benchmark Results

Intel Core i5-2400 - LENOVO 7052A9G - Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM

Debian 11 - 6.1.0-0.deb11.7-amd64 - GCC 10.2.1 20210110

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Microsoft Windows 11 Home Build 22621 - 10.0.22621.1848 - 31.0.14058.3001

4 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results

Apple M2 - Apple MacBook Air - Apple Silicon

Arch rolling - 6.3.0-asahi-6-1-ARCH - KDE Plasma 5.27.5

2 Systems - 191 Benchmark Results

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