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

11 November 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

4 Minutes, 8 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 20 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ 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 updated weekly as of 3 December 2023.

Revision History

pts/ffmpeg-6.1.0 [View Source] Sat, 11 Nov 2023 08:41:20 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 6.1 upstream.

pts/ffmpeg-6.0.0 [View Source] Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:41:28 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 6.0 upstream release. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/702

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 6.0

Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 403 public results since 28 February 2023 with the latest data as of 11 November 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)

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core

96th

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core

96th

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

94th

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

93rd

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core

93rd

90th

84th

84th

82nd

22 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

81st

22 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

80th

AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core

78th

AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core

76th

Mid-Tier

75th

> 23

Intel Core i7-8700K

75th

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

73rd

24 ^{+/- 3}

AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core

73rd

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

72nd

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

71st

AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core

70th

AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core

68th

2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core

66th

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

65th

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

64th

AMD EPYC 7413 24-Core

63rd

2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core

61st

Intel Xeon Gold 6346

60th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

58th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core

56th

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6346

54th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

52nd

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6342

51st

Median

50th

Intel Core i7-1065G7

48th

28 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

48th

28 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Gold 6338

47th

Intel Core i9-10980XE

45th

Intel Core i7-10700T

44th

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

42nd

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6338

42nd

40th

39th

39th

38th

37th

34th

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

32nd

Low-Tier

25th

> 37

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

22nd

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

22nd

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

16th

Intel Core i5-4310U

12th

Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core

10th

Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

5th

ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

5th

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

2nd

151 ^{+/- 9}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 6.0 - Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live) has an average run-time of 4 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.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.1%.

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.

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)

ARMv7 32-bit

armv7l

ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-X1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 rev 0 8-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

Raspberry Pi 5 Benchmarks 2 Systems - 70 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-7200U - LENOVO 20J1000EUS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-13-generic - KDE Plasma
Raspberry Pi 5 Benchmarks 2 Systems - 70 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A76 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 - 8GB Debian 12 - 6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712 - X Server + Wayland
2023-11-01-0307 1 System - 566 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 - Broadcom BCM2711 Arch Linux ARM - 6.1.58-2-rpi-ARCH - GCC 12.1.0 + Clang 16.0.6
ffmpeg-ryzen1600-2 1 System - 16 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core - Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING-CF - AMD 17h Linuxmint 21.2 - 6.2.0-1016-lowlatency - MATE 1.26.0
BLUEBELL-LIN 1 System - 97 Benchmark Results	AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad Core - Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI - 8GB Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.10-200.fc38.x86_64 - KDE Plasma
JIZO-LIN 1 System - 97 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core - ASRock B450 Gaming-ITX/ac - 16GB Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.10-200.fc38.x86_64 - KDE Plasma
m6g-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Amazon EC2 m6g.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
r6g-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Amazon EC2 r6g.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
c7gn-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 - Amazon EC2 c7gn.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
MARIGOLD-LIN 1 System - 97 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 - ASUS X99-M WS - 32GB Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.10-200.fc38.x86_64 - KDE Plasma
c6g-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - Amazon EC2 c6g.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
m7g-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 - Amazon EC2 m7g.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
r7g-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 - Amazon EC2 r7g.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
c7g-16xlarge-amazon-linux-2 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 - Amazon EC2 c7g.16xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Amazon Linux 2 - 5.10.198-187.748.amzn2.aarch64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
SANZU-LIN 1 System - 97 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X470-I GAMING - 32GB Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.10-200.fc38.x86_64 - KDE Plasma

Raspberry Pi 400 vs. Orange Pi 5 Benchmarks 2 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 400 Rev 1.0 - Broadcom BCM2711 Debian 11 - 5.15.84-v8+ - LXDE
new tests extra cpus 4 Systems - 215 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6346 - Supermicro X12SPO-NTF v2.00 - 8 x 64 GB DDR4-3200MT AlmaLinux 9.1 - 5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1.x86_64 - GCC 11.3.1 20220421
April 2023 AMD Zen 4 Linux Benchmarks Featured Processor Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.8-060208-generic - GNOME Shell 44.0
march 2023 comet intel 3 Systems - 151 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-10700T - Logic Supply RXM-181 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-56-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
epyc 9654 AMD March 5 Systems - 203 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.04 - 5.19.0-21-generic - GNOME Shell 43.1
new tests Featured Processor Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.2-060202-generic - GNOME Shell 43.2
3900xt 2023 2 Systems - 328 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-53-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
new tests extra cpus Featured Processor Comparison	Intel Xeon Gold 6346 - Supermicro X12SPO-NTF v2.00 - 8 x 64 GB DDR4-3200MT AlmaLinux 9.1 - 5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1.x86_64 - GCC 11.3.1 20220421
xeon eo march 3 Systems - 231 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 - Intel M50CYP2SB2U - Intel Ice Lake IEH Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.2.0-rc5-phx-dodt - GNOME Shell 43.0
arch-baseline 2 Systems - 96 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core - ASRock X399 Taichi - AMD 17h Arch rolling - 6.2.8-273-tkg-cfs-llvm - KDE Plasma 5.27.3
Raspberry Pi 400 vs. Orange Pi 5 Benchmarks 4 Systems - 286 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1260P - 40GB - 0GB Virtual Disk + 275GB Virtual Disk + 1100GB Virtual Disk Arch Linux - 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 - X Server + Wayland
EPYC Milan X 7773X 2P 4 Systems - 132 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-phx - GNOME Shell 42.5
xxx 3 Systems - 237 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4800U - ASRock 4X4-4000 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-rc6-phx-retbleed - GNOME Shell 42.2
ffmpeg 6.0 Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
2023 tigerlake 3 Systems - 100 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.18.8-051808-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2