FFmpeg

This test uses FFmpeg for testing the system's audio/video encoding performance.

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

Project Site

ffmpeg.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

28 July 2018

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

5 Minutes, 44 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 20 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Yasm Assembler

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsFFmpeg Popularity Statisticspts/ffmpeg2010.122011.042011.082011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.0440K80K120K160K200K
* 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 current as of 15 June 2021.

Revision History

pts/ffmpeg-2.8.0   [View Source]   Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:49 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 4.0.2

pts/ffmpeg-2.7.2   [View Source]   Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:56:28 GMT
Use gmake on BSD to fix build, update download links too.

pts/ffmpeg-2.7.1   [View Source]   Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:20:08 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/ffmpeg-2.7.0   [View Source]   Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:15:00 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 3.4.1

pts/ffmpeg-2.6.0   [View Source]   Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:54:05 GMT
Update against upstream FFMpeg 3.3.3.

pts/ffmpeg-2.5.0   [View Source]   Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:17:44 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 2.8.1, also use --disable-doc on build process.

pts/ffmpeg-2.4.0   [View Source]   Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:24:48 GMT
Update download links and update against upstream FFmpeg 2.6.2.

pts/ffmpeg-2.3.1   [View Source]   Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:59:31 GMT
Update download links.

pts/ffmpeg-2.3.0   [View Source]   Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:39:15 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 2.2.1 release.

pts/ffmpeg-2.2.0   [View Source]   Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:42:37 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 2.0.

pts/ffmpeg-2.1.0   [View Source]   Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:06:12 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 1.1 release.

pts/ffmpeg-2.0.0   [View Source]   Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:20:54 GMT
Update ffmpeg test profile against upstream FFmpeg 1.0 application and switch to H.264 HD input file.

pts/ffmpeg-1.8.0   [View Source]   Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:20:11 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 0.10 release.

pts/ffmpeg-1.7.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:48:00 GMT
Update ffmpeg to upstream version 0.8.7

pts/ffmpeg-1.6.0   [View Source]   Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:03:30 GMT
Update to upstream FFmpeg 0.8.2, require Yasm external dependency.

pts/ffmpeg-1.5.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:47:10 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

FFmpeg 4.0.2

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,743 public results since 28 July 2018 with the latest data as of 15 June 2021.

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
Seconds (Average)
Intel Core i7-9700K
100th
12
3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
100th
9
4
Intel Core i5-9600K
100th
3
4
Intel Core i7-8700K
98th
20
4
Intel Core i5-10600K
98th
6
4
Intel Core i7-8700
98th
6
4
Intel Core i7-8086K
97th
14
4
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
96th
5
4
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
96th
42
5
Apple M1
96th
4
5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
95th
8
5
Intel Core i9-10900K
95th
15
5
Intel Core i9-9900K
92nd
49
5
Intel Xeon W-1270
91st
3
5
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
90th
29
5
Intel Core i9-8950HK
89th
4
5 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4
89th
10
5
Intel Core i7-7700K
88th
17
5
Intel Xeon E-2176M
87th
3
5
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
85th
3
5
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
85th
9
5
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
85th
5
6
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core
84th
4
6 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-8400
83rd
6
6 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core
83rd
4
6
Intel Core i7-6700K
83rd
11
6 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-9100
82nd
3
6
Intel Core i7-9850H
81st
7
6 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-4790K
81st
16
6
Intel Xeon Gold 6136
79th
9
6
Intel Core i7-5930K
78th
3
6
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega
78th
3
6 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
78th
11
6
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
77th
6
6
Intel Core i7-4960X
77th
7
6
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
76th
19
6
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
76th
7
6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
76th
3
7 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 7
Intel Core i7-4770K
75th
12
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-3960X
75th
5
7
Intel Core i5-8259U
74th
3
7
Intel Core i7-4790
73rd
6
7
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
72nd
33
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-7600K
72nd
3
7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core
69th
11
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5775C
68th
3
7
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
68th
5
7
Intel Core i7-3770K
67th
3
7
Intel Core i7-7700T
67th
4
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-4670K
67th
11
7 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
67th
3
7
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
66th
5
7
Intel Core i5-4690K
66th
4
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2700K
66th
8
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-3770
65th
4
7 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
65th
3
7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
64th
83
8 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U w
64th
3
8
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
63rd
5
8
Intel Core i7-10510U
63rd
8
8 +/- 1
Intel Xeon W3690
63rd
3
8
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
62nd
14
8 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-7500
62nd
9
8
Intel Core i7 990X
62nd
6
8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
62nd
19
8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12-Core
61st
14
8
Intel Core i5-6600
61st
4
8
Intel Core i7-2600K
59th
5
8 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
58th
8
8
Intel Core i5-4690
58th
4
8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8-Core
58th
3
8
Intel Core i5-6500
57th
20
8
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
57th
21
8
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
56th
4
8 +/- 1
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
56th
14
8
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
53rd
11
8 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
52nd
7
8 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-8565U
51st
8
9
Median
50th
9
Intel Core i5-2500K
50th
20
9 +/- 1
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
50th
4
9 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core
50th
9
9 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7551P 32-Core
50th
4
9
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
50th
5
9 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-8250U
49th
6
9 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2600
48th
3
9 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
48th
6
9 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12-Core
46th
5
9 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
45th
5
9
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
45th
5
9 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-3630QM
45th
5
9
AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core
45th
4
9
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
44th
3
9
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
44th
5
9
AMD EPYC 7351P 16-Core
44th
17
9 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
44th
4
9
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
43rd
5
10
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
43rd
5
10
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
43rd
6
10 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-7100
43rd
7
10
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
42nd
3
10
Intel Core i5-2400
42nd
9
10
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
42nd
5
10
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
41st
3
10
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
41st
3
10
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
40th
4
10
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
40th
3
10
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
39th
3
10
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
39th
5
10
Intel Xeon X5650
38th
3
10
Intel Core i5-4460
38th
3
10 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U w
38th
3
10 +/- 1
AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
37th
4
10
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2643 0
37th
3
10 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
36th
3
11
AMD EPYC 7281 16-Core
36th
3
11 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2
35th
8
11
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
35th
4
11
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
34th
3
11
Intel Pentium G4560
34th
4
11 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10110U
33rd
5
11 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7351 16-Core
33rd
7
11 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-8130U
33rd
3
11 +/- 1
Intel Core i5 760
31st
6
12 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
30th
4
12
Intel Core i7-7500U
29th
8
13 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-3360M
29th
4
13 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0
27th
6
13 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon X5650
26th
4
13 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2660 0
26th
3
14 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-7200U
26th
3
14 +/- 2
Low-Tier
25th
> 14
Intel Core i5-4300M
25th
12
14 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5600U
25th
3
14 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon E5540
25th
3
14
Intel Core i3-2120
23rd
11
14 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-5300U
22nd
5
15
2 x Intel Xeon E5620
22nd
3
15 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-7100U
21st
11
15 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-3210M
21st
3
16 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6200U
20th
4
16 +/- 2
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
19th
3
17
Intel Celeron N4120
19th
3
17 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-3120M
19th
3
17
Intel Pentium G3220
17th
3
18
Intel Core i3-3110M
17th
10
18
AMD Athlon II X3 450
16th
3
18 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
16th
5
18
POWER9 8-Core
15th
3
18 +/- 2
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
15th
3
18 +/- 1
Intel Pentium N4200
14th
5
19
POWER9 4-Core
14th
6
19 +/- 1
Intel Atom C2750
13th
6
20 +/- 1
Intel Celeron N4000
9th
3
28 +/- 2
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core
9th
8
28 +/- 2
Intel Atom E3845
9th
3
29
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
8th
3
30 +/- 2
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
7th
4
34 +/- 4
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
7th
9
35 +/- 3
Intel Pentium Dual E2220
7th
5
35
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300
5th
3
42 +/- 4
Intel Celeron N3050
5th
4
44
ARMv7 rev 10 4-Core
2nd
4
110 +/- 3
ARMv7 rev 5 4-Core
1st
6
146 +/- 21
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - H.264 HD To NTSC DV2743 Results Range From 2 To 1709 Seconds243841251662072482893303714124534945355766176586997407818228639049459861027106811091150119112321273131413551396143714781519156016011642168317246001200180024003000

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 4.0.2 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV) has an average run-time of 2 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 BenchmarkH.264 HD To NTSC DVRun-Time48121620Min: 1 / Avg: 1.45 / Max: 13

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsH.264 HD To NTSC DVDeviation48121620Min: 0 / Avg: 1.47 / Max: 14

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

No, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does not generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseFFmpeg CPU Core ScalingH.264 HD To NTSC DV2468121624320.75211.50422.25633.00843.7605

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