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 28 November 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 6.1

Encoder: libx265 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 150 public results since 11 November 2023 with the latest data as of 2 December 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

FPS (Average)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

100th

191 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i9-14900K

97th

184 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

95th

180

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

91st

163 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores

86th

157 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 9334 32-Core

81st

147

AMD EPYC 9554 64-Core

76th

136

Mid-Tier

75th

< 135

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

73rd

128

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

69th

126 ^{+/- 1}

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

65th

124 ^{+/- 7}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

65th

124 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

57th

115

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

57th

115

2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

53rd

112 ^{+/- 5}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

52nd

100 ^{+/- 1}

Median

50th

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

47th

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

46th

Intel Core i7-1165G7

43rd

84 ^{+/- 8}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

37th

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

33rd

Intel Core i7-1065G7

30th

72 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

28th

Low-Tier

25th

< 68

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

25th

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

20th

56 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

16th

Intel Core i9-10980XE

11th

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

9th

Apple M2

5th

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

3rd

31 ^{+/- 1}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 6.1 - Encoder: libx265 - Scenario: Live) has an average run-time of 5 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 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, Apple M2

Debian 12 - tests 2 Systems - 110 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-13-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
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
Debian 12 - tests 1 System - 110 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-13-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
sss 2 Systems - 180 Benchmark Results
zbychuk-g5-testy2 2 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-9500T - HP 8598 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Debian 12 - 6.1.0-13-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
zbychuk-g5-testy2 2 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-9500T - HP 8598 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Debian 12 - 6.1.0-13-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
Ampere Altra Ubuntu Comparison 2 Systems - 452 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - GIGABYTE MP32-AR2-00 v01000100 - Ampere Computing LLC Altra PCI Root Complex A Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-89-generic - 1.3.238
2023-11-24-2253 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II - AMD Starship Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.12-300.fc39.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.9
bit-cc-tests 18 Systems - 35 Benchmark Results	4 x AMD EPYC (with IBPB) - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.15.0-88-generic - ext4
Ampere Altra Ubuntu Comparison 1 System - 484 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - GIGABYTE MP32-AR2-00 v01000100 - Ampere Computing LLC Device e100 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-167-generic - 1.1.182
Phoronix_X264_MacPro31 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	2 x Intel Xeon E5462 - Apple Mac-F42C88C8 - Intel 5400 MCH Neon 22.04 - 6.2.0-37-generic - KDE Plasma 5.27.9
ddd 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	Apple M2 - Apple MacBook Air - Apple Silicon Arch rolling - 6.3.0-asahi-13-1-ARCH - KDE Plasma 5.27.6
bit-cc-tests 17 Systems - 35 Benchmark Results	4 x AMD EPYC - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.3.0-51-generic - ext4
bit-cc-tests 15 Systems - 35 Benchmark Results	4 x AMD EPYC (with IBPB) - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.15.0-88-generic - ext4
2023-11-21 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - Pine64 RockPro64 v2.1 - 4096MB Gentoo 2.14 - 6.6.0-1176-ayufan-g978405e62 - GCC 13.2.1 20231014

ffmpeg rabbit 4 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
ffmpeg threadripper 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
dlg 2 Systems - 39 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
ff 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO 21CM0001US - AMD 17h-19h PCIe Root Complex Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
dlg 2 Systems - 39 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
ff 3 Systems - 9 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
mda 2 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
ff 6 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
ff 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-with-patch2 - GNOME Shell 45.0
ff 4 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
jdoas 3 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Fedora Linux 39 - 6.5.7-300.fc39.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 45.0
Google Cloud 8 vCPU 3 Systems - 106 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9B14 - Google Compute Engine c3d-standard-8 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-1018-gcp - 1.3.238
mda 2 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D ECC@5200 2 Systems - 339 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core - ASUS ProArt B650-CREATOR - AMD Device 14d8 Debian 12 - 6.5.0-0.deb12.1-amd64 - Xfce 4.18
ff Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0