Kvazaar

This is a test of Kvazaar as a CPU-based H.265/HEVC video encoder written in the C programming language and optimized in Assembly. Kvazaar is the winner of the 2016 ACM Open-Source Software Competition and developed at the Ultra Video Group, Tampere University, Finland.

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

Project Site

ultravideo.cs.tut.fi

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

16 October 2020

Last Updated

4 January 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

3 Minutes, 30 Seconds

Average Run Time

10 Minutes, 14 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + 7-Zip / p7zip + Libtool + Yasm Assembler

Accolades

10k+ Downloads

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 16 March 2023.

Revision History

pts/kvazaar-1.2.0 [View Source] Wed, 04 Jan 2023 10:52:55 GMT
Update against Kvazaar 2.2 upstream.

pts/kvazaar-1.1.1 [View Source] Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:24:06 GMT
Fix for filename collision on Windows.

pts/kvazaar-1.1.0 [View Source] Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:21:18 GMT
Update against upstream kvazaar 2.1, has some performance optimizations.

pts/kvazaar-1.0.0 [View Source] Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:33:23 GMT
Initial commit of Kvazaar H.265 video encoder benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

Creator Workloads

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Kvazaar 2.2

Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 273 public results since 4 January 2023 with the latest data as of 21 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

Frames Per Second (Average)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

99th

87.0 ^{+/- 1.3}

AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core

97th

83.6 ^{+/- 1.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

93rd

79.2 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H

90th

77.6 ^{+/- 6.0}

Intel Core i9-13900K

89th

76.4 ^{+/- 1.4}

2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core

86th

74.9 ^{+/- 4.7}

AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core

76th

62.2 ^{+/- 0.4}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 61.5

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

75th

61.3 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

72nd

59.9 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

70th

58.8 ^{+/- 3.5}

AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core

69th

57.4 ^{+/- 1.6}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

58th

50.4 ^{+/- 3.5}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

56th

48.5 ^{+/- 1.0}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

54th

46.5 ^{+/- 1.7}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

51st

42.6

Median

50th

42.5

Intel Core i5-12600K

50th

41.9 ^{+/- 0.8}

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

46th

41.5 ^{+/- 0.9}

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core

44th

39.2 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i5-13400

41st

38.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

38th

35.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

36th

35.0 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

35th

34.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

32nd

30.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

30th

30.3 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i5-12400

29th

29.8 ^{+/- 1.2}

Low-Tier

25th

< 26.8

Intel Core i7-1280P

25th

26.8

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

24th

26.0

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

22nd

25.5

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

20th

23.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-5960X

19th

21.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

18th

21.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

16th

20.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

15th

18.8

Intel Core i7-10700T

13th

17.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

12th

16.5 ^{+/- 0.5}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

11th

13.3 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

10th

13.3

Intel Core i7-8565U

6th

10.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

4th

9.2 ^{+/- 0.3}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Kvazaar 2.2 - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast) has an average run-time of 2 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 0.2%.

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)

pts-video-encoding 1 System - 99 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6330 - Supermicro X12DPG-QT6 v1.00 - Intel Ice Lake IEH AlmaLinux 8.7 - 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7.x86_64 - X Server
2 X AMD EPYC 9654 1 System - 36 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core - GIGABYTE MZ73-LM0-000 v01000100 - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-67-generic - 1.3.224
20230317_Kvazaar 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - Advantech GSMB-8101DMB - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-67-generic - 4.5 Mesa 22.0.5
epyc-super-server-video-encoding-suite-13mar2023 1 System - 99 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core - Supermicro H11SSL-i v2.00 - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.2.2-arch1-1 - Cinnamon 5.6.7
ryzen-5500-video-encoding-suite-13mar2023 1 System - 99 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI - AMD Renoir EndeavourOS rolling - 6.2.2-arch2-1 - GNOME Shell 43.3
ryzen-5500-video-encoding-suite-13mar2023 1 System - 99 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI - AMD Renoir EndeavourOS rolling - 6.2.2-arch2-1 - GNOME Shell 43.3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 4 Systems - 31 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core - Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX - AMD Device 14d8 Pop 22.04 - 6.2.0-76060200-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5
result 2 Systems - 32 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G - ASRock B550M Pro4 - AMD Renoir Root Complex Debian 11 - 5.10.0-21-amd64 - LXDE 0.10.1
epyc-super-server-video-encoding-suite-13mar2023 1 System - 99 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core - Supermicro H11SSL-i v2.00 - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.2.2-arch1-1 - Cinnamon 5.6.7
ryzen-5500-video-encoding-suite-13mar2023 1 System - 99 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - MSI B450I GAMING PLUS MAX WIFI - AMD Renoir EndeavourOS rolling - 6.2.2-arch2-1 - GNOME Shell 43.3
kvazaar 7600 1 System - 10 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI - 2 x 16384 MB 6000MHz F5-6000J3636F16G Microsoft Windows 10 Education Build 19045 - 10.0.19045.2604 - 31.0.14033.1012
9654 new 9 Systems - 179 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 - 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 40.10
Ryzen 9 5900X / Ryzen 9 5950X Linux Performance 13 Systems - 228 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment F7BFC - AMD Device 14b5 Clear Linux OS 37780 - 6.1.0-1221.native - GNOME Shell 43.2
7713p smoke 4 Systems - 137 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7513 32-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
Ryzen 9 7950X LONG 3 Systems - 345 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 EndeavourOS rolling - 6.1.12-arch1-1 - Cinnamon 5.6.7

3800xt 2022 2 Systems - 89 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-20-amd64 - X Server 1.20.11
tgl h265 h266 3 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell 0GG9PT - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
whiskey january 4 Systems - 45 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-8565U - Dell 0KTW76 - Intel Cannon Point-LP Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-rc6-phx-retbleed - GNOME Shell 42.2
uvg266 kvazaar 4 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U - LENOVO 21CM0001US - AMD Device 14b5 Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.1.0-060100rc2daily20221028-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
epyc jan 3 Systems - 52 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - GNOME Shell 3.38.6
xeon silv jan 3 Systems - 69 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - X Server
uvg kvazaar tigerlake 4 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.18.8-051808-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
kvazaar uvg266 3 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U - HP 8A78 - AMD Renoir Pop 22.04 - 5.19.0-76051900-generic - GNOME Shell 42.3.1
new tests jan 3 Systems - 69 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 4700U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.18.8-051808-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
alderlake p kvazaar uvg266 3 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1280P - MSI MS-14C6 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-26-generic - Xfce 4.16
xeon platinum 8380 january 3 Systems - 99 Benchmark Results
kvazaar uvg266 amd epyc genoa 4 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.04 - 5.19.0-21-generic - GNOME Shell 43.1
xeon platinum 8280 2023 2 Systems - 131 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
kvazaar uvg266 raptorlake 4 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-13900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.10 - 6.2.0-rc2-phx - GNOME Shell 43.1
5950xCPU Featured Processor Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - MSI MAG B550M MORTAR - AMD Starship Debian GNU - 5.15.83-1-pve - X Server