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

28 February 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

5 Minutes, 32 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 21 March 2023.

Revision History

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: libx265 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 134 public results since 28 February 2023 with the latest data as of 26 March 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

97th

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core

94th

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

92nd

35 ^{+/- 4}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

91st

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6346

81st

Intel Core i5-12600K

80th

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6342

77th

Mid-Tier

75th

> 42

Intel Core i5-12400

70th

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

66th

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6338

62nd

AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core

56th

Intel Core i7-8700K

53rd

Intel Core i7-1280P

52nd

52 ^{+/- 4}

Median

50th

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

48th

56 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-10700T

47th

Intel Core i7-1165G7

44th

62 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

41st

Intel Core i7-1185G7

39th

68 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

36th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

34th

Intel Core i7-8565U

32nd

80 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

30th

Intel Core i7-1065G7

28th

87 ^{+/- 2}

Low-Tier

25th

> 90

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

24th

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

23rd

99 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

21st

101 ^{+/- 4}

Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core

21st

104

Intel Core i9-10980XE

15th

119

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

11th

167 ^{+/- 1}

Apple M2

8th

183 ^{+/- 3}

Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

6th

576 ^{+/- 6}

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

4th

1165

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 6.0 - Encoder: libx265 - Scenario: Live) has an average run-time of 11 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)

ARMv7 32-bit

armv7l

ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

RaspberryPi 5 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	ARMv7 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1 - 429MB Raspbian 11 - 6.1.19+ - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-217GA SOC - HP 2187 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
RaspberryPi 5 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	ARMv7 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1 - 429MB Raspbian 11 - 6.1.19+ - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-415GA SOC - FUJITSU D3313-A1 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD G-T48E - Inventec D CLASS - AMD 14h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-415GA SOC - FUJITSU D3313-A1 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD G-T48E - Inventec D CLASS - AMD 14h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-217GA SOC - HP 2187 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
RaspberryPi 5 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 - Broadcom BCM2711 Debian 11 - 6.1.19-v8+ - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-420CA SOC - HP 213D - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-217GA SOC - HP 2187 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 6 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-420CA SOC - HP 213D - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 7 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-415GA SOC - FUJITSU D3313-A1 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 6 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD G-T52R - Inventec Z CLASS - AMD 14h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-18-amd64 - 1.0.2
TerminalTest 6 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD GX-415GA SOC - FUJITSU D3313-A1 - AMD 16h Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - 1.0.2

ffmpeg epyc 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core - Supermicro H12SSL-i v1.02 - 8 x 64 GB DDR4-3200MT AlmaLinux 9.1 - 5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1.x86_64 - GCC 11.3.1 20220421
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
alderlake opencl ffmpeg 3 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1280P - MSI MS-14C6 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-31-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
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
new march 3 Systems - 53 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-13900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 23.04 - 5.19.0-21-generic - GNOME Shell 43.2
ffmpeg 6.0 stress 3 Systems - 48 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.0.0-1010-oem - KDE Plasma 5.26.5
ffmpeg 6.0 icelake 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-32-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
epyc ffmpeg 6.0 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 11 - 5.10.0-9-amd64 - GCC 10.2.1 20210110
tigerlake cl 3 Systems - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell 0GG9PT - Intel Tiger Lake-LP 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
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
ffmpeg tr 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-060200rc7daily20230206-generic - GNOME Shell 43.2
m2 graphics 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	Apple M2 - Apple MacBook Air - 8GB Arch rolling - 6.1.0-rc6-asahi-5-1-ARCH - KDE Plasma 5.26.3
ffmpeg 6.0 amd ryzen 3 Systems - 17 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO 21CM0001US - AMD Device 14b5 Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.1.0-060100rc2daily20221028-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
updates 3 Systems - 31 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.18.8-051808-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2