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

13 February 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 41 Seconds

Average Run Time

15 Minutes, 3 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

200k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsVP9 libvpx Encoding Popularity Statisticspts/vpxenc2011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.042021.082021.122022.042022.082022.122023.042023.082023.122024.047K14K21K28K35K
* 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 21 April 2024.
Speed 047.5%Speed 552.5%Speed Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
Bosphorus 1080p48.7%Bosphorus 4K51.3%Input Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/vpxenc-3.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:09:40 GMT
Update against libvpx 1.13 upstream.

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

Video Encoding

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Encoding

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.8.2

Speed: Speed 5

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 832 public results since 4 January 2020 with the latest data as of 21 September 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)
97th
15
36.0 +/- 4.0
95th
11
35.0 +/- 3.0
95th
8
33.2 +/- 0.8
95th
25
33.2 +/- 3.0
91st
5
31.7 +/- 0.7
88th
14
30.2 +/- 0.2
87th
9
30.0 +/- 1.8
85th
7
29.7 +/- 1.6
82nd
15
28.7 +/- 0.2
80th
5
28.3 +/- 0.4
78th
6
27.9 +/- 2.7
78th
4
27.8 +/- 1.2
76th
20
26.9 +/- 1.9
76th
3
26.8 +/- 0.3
76th
11
26.8 +/- 2.0
76th
7
26.7 +/- 3.4
76th
3
26.7 +/- 1.6
Mid-Tier
75th
< 26.5
75th
22
26.3 +/- 1.8
75th
3
26.3 +/- 1.5
75th
8
26.2 +/- 1.0
69th
4
25.2 +/- 0.4
68th
10
25.1 +/- 3.7
64th
8
24.5 +/- 0.3
60th
5
23.4 +/- 0.1
60th
20
23.3 +/- 2.9
59th
15
23.2 +/- 0.9
59th
3
23.1 +/- 2.8
59th
9
23.1 +/- 0.2
51st
3
21.7 +/- 0.8
51st
3
21.6 +/- 1.1
Median
50th
21.2
49th
3
20.8 +/- 2.4
49th
14
20.8 +/- 1.7
49th
3
20.7 +/- 1.2
47th
8
20.2 +/- 0.7
45th
4
19.7 +/- 0.1
44th
12
19.6 +/- 2.1
39th
8
18.7 +/- 0.6
39th
11
18.7 +/- 1.3
38th
4
18.5 +/- 0.6
38th
3
18.5 +/- 2.7
28th
5
17.2 +/- 1.8
Low-Tier
25th
< 16.8
25th
5
16.7 +/- 0.7
22nd
3
16.1 +/- 0.2
22nd
3
16.0 +/- 1.6
21st
3
15.7 +/- 1.2
20th
6
15.2 +/- 1.0
20th
3
15.0 +/- 0.3
17th
7
13.6 +/- 1.9
11th
9
11.2 +/- 0.3
9th
3
9.7 +/- 1.3
9th
3
9.6 +/- 0.5
9th
6
9.6 +/- 0.6
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Speed: Speed 5832 Results Range From 1 To 82 Frames Per Second18152229364350576471788560120180240300

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.8.2 - Speed: Speed 5) 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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkSpeed: Speed 5Run-Time3691215Min: 1 / Avg: 1.86 / Max: 10

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 5Deviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.47 / Max: 4

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.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseVP9 libvpx Encoding CPU Core ScalingSpeed: Speed 546812162432641.00342.00683.01024.01365.017

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)
IBM Z
s390x
(Many Processors)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 4-Core, POWER9 44-Core
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core