VP9 libvpx Encoding

This is a standard video encoding performance test of Google's libvpx library and the vpxenc command for the VP9 video format.

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

Project Site

webmproject.org

Source Repository

chromium.googlesource.com

Test Created

8 December 2011

Last Updated

3 June 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

2 Minutes, 22 Seconds

Average Run Time

15 Minutes, 3 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

150k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsVP9 libvpx Encoding Popularity Statisticspts/vpxenc2011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.042021.082021.122022.042022.086K12K18K24K30K
* 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 2 October 2022.
Speed 044.5%Speed 555.5%Speed Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
Bosphorus 4K53.0%Bosphorus 1080p47.0%Input Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/vpxenc-3.1.0   [View Source]   Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:10:00 GMT
Update against libvpx 1.10 upstream, set row-mt=1 option, add 4K option.

pts/vpxenc-3.0.0   [View Source]   Sat, 04 Jan 2020 11:54:04 GMT
Update test profile from https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/121 plus fixes from https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/90

pts/vpxenc-2.5.0   [View Source]   Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:25:01 GMT
Update libvpx upstream https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/100

pts/vpxenc-2.4.0   [View Source]   Thu, 30 May 2019 08:08:21 GMT
Add --row-mt=1 argument to vpxenc test for better multi-threaded performance per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/83

pts/vpxenc-2.3.0   [View Source]   Sun, 17 Feb 2019 09:13:20 GMT
Use the same input file as SVT-VP9 test profile.

pts/vpxenc-2.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:37:51 GMT
Update against libvpx 1.8.0

pts/vpxenc-2.1.1   [View Source]   Sun, 17 Jun 2018 11:20:20 GMT
Limit the thread count to 64, if above 64, vpxenc complains of CPU thread count being too high.

pts/vpxenc-2.1.0   [View Source]   Sun, 17 Jun 2018 10:58:27 GMT
Update build script, switch to new source file.

pts/vpxenc-2.0.0   [View Source]   Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:39:48 GMT
Update against libvpx 1.7.0, use new source video, various parameter updates, etc. Big rework overall.

pts/vpxenc-1.4.0   [View Source]   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:03:13 GMT
Build fixes

pts/vpxenc-1.3.0   [View Source]   Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:15:09 GMT
Update against upstream vpxenc 1.6 upstream plus GCC6 compatibility fix reported by Victor

pts/vpxenc-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:11:22 GMT
Update against libvpx 1.3.0

pts/vpxenc-1.1.0   [View Source]   Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:43:04 GMT
Update against upstream VP8 libvpx 1.1.0 release.

pts/vpxenc-1.0.0   [View Source]   Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:15:46 GMT
First commit of a vpxenc - Google libvpx VP8 video encoding test.

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.10.0

Speed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4K

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 766 public results since 3 June 2021 with the latest data as of 1 October 2022.

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 7900X 12-Core
100th
6
26.0 +/- 0.4
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
100th
6
25.8 +/- 0.8
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
98th
10
24.6 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
96th
3
23.4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
89th
59
22.1 +/- 1.3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
89th
14
22.0 +/- 2.6
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
87th
13
21.2 +/- 1.2
Intel Core i9-11900K
80th
12
17.2 +/- 1.8
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
77th
8
16.5 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
76th
9
16.2 +/- 1.1
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
76th
4
16.1 +/- 1.6
Mid-Tier
75th
< 16.1
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
75th
3
16.0 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i9-10900K
75th
4
15.9 +/- 1.2
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
72nd
22
15.4 +/- 1.1
Intel Core i5-12400
71st
8
15.2 +/- 0.6
Intel Core i9-9900KS
68th
3
15.0 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
68th
6
14.8 +/- 1.6
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
67th
8
14.7 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
66th
5
14.6 +/- 1.9
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
65th
4
14.2 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
64th
3
14.1 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
62nd
10
14.0 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
59th
3
13.7
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
57th
4
13.1 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
56th
4
13.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
55th
3
12.9 +/- 0.9
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
55th
4
12.9 +/- 1.4
Intel Core i5-11600K
54th
4
12.7 +/- 1.7
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
53rd
5
12.4 +/- 0.8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
52nd
12
12.3 +/- 1.2
Median
50th
12.0
Intel Xeon E-2288G
50th
5
12.0 +/- 0.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
50th
3
11.9 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
50th
7
11.9 +/- 0.7
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
50th
5
11.8 +/- 0.6
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
48th
4
11.3 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
47th
3
11.3 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i5-10600K
47th
4
11.3
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
46th
3
11.1
Intel Core i7-7740K
46th
3
10.9 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-8086K
44th
3
10.7 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-10700T
44th
3
10.5 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-8700K
44th
3
10.5 +/- 0.2
Apple M2
42nd
9
10.3 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
40th
5
9.9 +/- 1.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
39th
4
9.8 +/- 0.3
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
38th
4
9.5
Intel Core i5-8400
37th
6
9.5 +/- 0.1
Apple M1
37th
5
9.5
Intel Core i3-10100
36th
3
9.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-9400F
36th
3
9.4
Intel Core i7-1280P
35th
6
9.4 +/- 0.4
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
35th
4
9.4 +/- 0.4
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
32nd
3
8.9 +/- 0.4
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
31st
6
8.8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
30th
3
8.6 +/- 0.8
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
30th
6
8.6 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
29th
14
8.6 +/- 0.5
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
29th
4
8.5
Intel Core i7-1185G7
28th
5
8.4 +/- 0.8
Intel Core i7-1165G7
28th
13
8.3 +/- 0.8
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
28th
9
8.3 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
27th
4
8.2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
26th
5
8.2 +/- 0.6
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
26th
3
8.1
Low-Tier
25th
< 8.1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
24th
7
7.7 +/- 1.2
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
22nd
3
7.5
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
21st
4
7.3 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-5960X
21st
3
7.3 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-4770K
21st
4
7.3
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
20th
3
7.2
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
20th
3
7.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-8550U
18th
3
6.8 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
17th
4
6.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i5-7600K
17th
4
6.7 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-1065G7
16th
7
6.6 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-8565U
15th
6
6.5 +/- 0.6
Intel Core i3-8100
15th
3
6.4 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
14th
6
6.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Celeron G6900
13th
7
6.3
Intel Core i5-6500
12th
6
6.3
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
11th
3
5.9
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
11th
3
5.9 +/- 0.1
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
10th
5
5.9 +/- 0.6
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
10th
3
5.7
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
9th
4
5.5
Intel Core i7-3770K
8th
3
5.4
Intel Core i3-7100
6th
6
4.8
Intel Core i7-2700K
5th
6
4.4 +/- 0.5
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
4th
4
3.9
Intel Core i3-4130
4th
4
3.0
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
3rd
4
3.0
Intel Core i7-3517U
3rd
4
2.7
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Speed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4K766 Results Range From 0 To 33 Frames Per Second3691215182124273033364080120160200

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.10.0 - Speed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4K) 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkSpeed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4KRun-Time48121620Min: 1 / Avg: 3.72 / Max: 17

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsSpeed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4KDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.49 / Max: 5

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseVP9 libvpx Encoding CPU Core ScalingSpeed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4K246812162432641280.81041.62082.43123.24164.052

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
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2

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