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

5 April 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

3 Minutes, 52 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 + Recently Updated Test Profile

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 13 April 2024.

Revision History

pts/ffmpeg-7.0.1 [View Source] Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:20:54 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 7.0 upstream.

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 7.0

Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 89 public results since 5 April 2024 with the latest data as of 15 April 2024.

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 Xeon E E-2488

100th

314 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

96th

308 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

89th

294

Intel Core i7-1280P

84th

271 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

79th

252 ^{+/- 8}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 248

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

69th

238 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

66th

235 ^{+/- 4}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

62nd

222 ^{+/- 2}

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

54th

213 ^{+/- 1}

2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

54th

213 ^{+/- 3}

Median

50th

208

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

49th

204 ^{+/- 6}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

46th

199 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

42nd

191 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

37th

178 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

32nd

176

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

32nd

176

Low-Tier

25th

< 175

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

25th

175 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

22nd

171

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

12th

129 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

7th

118 ^{+/- 1}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 7.0 - Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live) has an average run-time of 20 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)

RISC-V 64-bit

riscv64

SiFive RISC-V, rv64imafdcvsu

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Neoverse-N1

ffmpeg_x264_live 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	SiFive RISC-V - SiFive HiFive Unmatched A00 - SiFive FU740-C000 RISC-V SoC Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-27-generic - GCC 11.4.0
ffmpeg_beelink 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H - AZW GT-R - AMD Raven Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
sssf 3 Systems - 131 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO IdeaPad 5 14ARE05 LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
dlflsa 3 Systems - 37 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U - LENOVO ThinkPad T14s Gen 2a 20XF004WUS - AMD Renoir Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.8-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
opensuse-ryzen7900-ffmpeg 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-PLUS WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 openSUSE 20240407 - 6.8.4-rc1-1-default - GNOME Shell 46.0
dfgsa 4 Systems - 39 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1280P - MSI Prestige 14Evo A12M MS-14C6 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
config-5-1-all 1 System - 293 Benchmark Results
skks 3 Systems - 43 Benchmark Results	2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
dlda 2 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
dgka 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen2 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
dgka 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen2 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
lfld 3 Systems - 58 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-25-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
config-6-all 1 System - 250 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Arch Linux - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 17.0.6
ff 4 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GCC 13.2.0
ddg Featured Graphics Comparison	ASUS AMD Cezanne 512MB

epyc fr 2 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 12 - 6.1.0-10-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
ffmpeg x265 updates 4 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-11-generic - GNOME Shell 45.3
ff 4 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GCC 13.2.0
ne 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - NB05 TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen3 R14FA1 - AMD Device 14e8 Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
ffmpeg x265 epyc 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.1-060801-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
x264 ffmpeg xeon a 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E E-2488 - Supermicro Super Server X13SCL-F v0123456789 - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-11-generic - GNOME Shell 45.3
x265 ffmpeg meteor lake intel 6 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
ddg Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
dddd 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Swift SFE16-43 Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10022-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
dgka 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen2 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
skks 3 Systems - 43 Benchmark Results	2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
dgka 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen2 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
llama x265 ffmpeg 4 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
skks 3 Systems - 43 Benchmark Results	2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
dlda 2 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2