FFmpeg

This is a benchmark of the FFmpeg multimedia framework. The FFmpeg test profile is making use of a modified version of vbench from Columbia University's Architecture and Design Lab (ARCADE) [http://arcade.cs.columbia.edu/vbench/] that is a benchmark for video-as-a-service workloads. The test profile offers the options of a range of vbench scenarios based on freely distributable video content and offers the options of using the x264 or x265 video encoders for transcoding.

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

Project Site

ffmpeg.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

30 October 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

5 Minutes, 26 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 20 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Yasm Assembler + Nasm Assembler + Python + CMake

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

* 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 24 January 2023.

Revision History

pts/ffmpeg-3.0.0 [View Source] Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:36:37 GMT
Update to use vbench with x264 and x265 options, switch to latest FFmpeg 5.1.2 release, other improvements to make this test useful...

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 5.1.2

Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 200 public results since 30 October 2022 with the latest data as of 19 January 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

Seconds (Average)

Intel Core i9-13900K

99th

14.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i5-13600K

96th

15.7

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core

93rd

16.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

91st

16.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core

89th

16.9

Intel Core i5-12600K

87th

17.6

Intel Core i7-1280P

85th

17.7 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

82nd

18.8 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

80th

19.0 ^{+/- 0.4}

Mid-Tier

75th

> 22.1

Apple M2

75th

22.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

73rd

22.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

73rd

22.6

Apple M1

70th

23.0

Intel Core i7-1165G7

68th

23.5 ^{+/- 0.6}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

65th

24.0 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

63rd

24.1 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

58th

24.7

2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core

55th

24.8

Median

50th

25.3

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

50th

25.3

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core

50th

25.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

42nd

25.8 ^{+/- 0.2}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

35th

27.8 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

33rd

28.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-10700T

31st

28.4

Intel Core i9-10980XE

28th

28.5 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

27th

28.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

26th

28.7 ^{+/- 0.2}

Low-Tier

25th

> 28.7

Intel Core i7-8565U

22nd

29.1 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

22nd

29.1 ^{+/- 0.3}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

21st

29.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4800U

18th

31.4 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i7-3960X

15th

35.6

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

11th

38.2

2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

8th

38.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core

5th

49.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 5.1.2 - Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live) 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.

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

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2

2023-01-29-1217 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.0+ - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
v510-orig-real 1 System - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.10.0 - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
ptld-i7-4790-orig 1 System - 33 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-4790 - Dell 0N4YC8 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5
ffmp 1 System - 16 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 - Dell 06X96V - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-58-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5
Lenovo Thinkpad T14s pts/video-encoding 2023-01-18 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO 21CQCTO1WW - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Debian - 6.1.0-1-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.6
ffmpeg-test-1 1 System - 16 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Amazon EC2 m6g.8xlarge - 128GB Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS - 4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.aarch64 - GCC 9.4.0
ffmpeg-test-1 1 System - 16 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 - Amazon EC2 c7g.8xlarge - 62GB Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS - 4.14.301-224.520.amzn2.aarch64 - GCC 9.4.0
Lenovo Thinkpad T480s pts/video-encoding #2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-8550U - LENOVO 20L70053GE - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Debian - 6.0.0-5-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.5
2222 1 System - 16 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7B12 - Google Compute Engine n2d-custom-32-131072-ext - 128GB CentOS Linux 7 - 4.18.0-2.4.3.2.kwai.x86_64 - GCC 4.8.5 20150623
dev1 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U - HP 8A78 - AMD Renoir Pop 22.04 - 6.0.12-76060006-generic - GNOME Shell 42.3.1
ffmpeg-balanced 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1260P - Framework FRANMACP06 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.17.0-1025-oem - GNOME Shell 42.5
test 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - QEMU KVM Virtual Machine - 18GB Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS - 5.4.0-1086-oracle - GCC 11.2.0
TRN-c6i.4xlarge-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64-20230105070638 1 System - 139 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 12.2.0
TRN-c6i.4xlarge-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64-20230105070638 1 System - 138 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 12.2.0
TRN-c6a.4xlarge-5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64-20230105020358 1 System - 139 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7R13 - Amazon EC2 c6a.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.157-139.675.amzn2.x86_64 - GCC 12.2.0

new tests 7950X 4 Systems - 84 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-19-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
13900k new 3 Systems - 43 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-13900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
8380 2p nov 3 Systems - 44 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 - Intel M50CYP2SB2U - Intel Ice Lake IEH Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.0.0-060000rc3daily20220904-generic - GNOME Shell
7950X Linux 6.1 Kernel Benchmarks 2 Systems - 168 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.0.0-060000-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
Core i9 13900K Linux Distros 2 Systems - 384 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-13900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
zen 1 epyc 2 Systems - 334 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
apple m2 november 3 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results	Apple M2 - Apple MacBook Air - 8GB Arch rolling - 5.19.0-rc7-asahi-2-1-ARCH - KDE Plasma 5.25.4
november comet 3 Systems - 81 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-52-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
3970x novy 3 Systems - 75 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
m1 november 4 Systems - 64 Benchmark Results	Apple M1 - Apple Mac mini - 8GB Arch Linux ARM - 5.19.0-rc7-asahi-2-1-ARCH - KDE Plasma 5.25.4
3900xt-november 3 Systems - 184 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
12600k adl novvy 4 Systems - 75 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-12600K - ASUS PRIME Z690-P WIFI D4 - Intel Device 7aa7 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc6daily20220716-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
icl stuff 3 Systems - 43 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.18.8-051808-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
nov 2022 Featured Compiler Comparison	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
Cascade Lake EO 2022 2 Systems - 343 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-49-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4

FFmpeg

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FFmpeg 5.1.2

Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live

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