x264

This is a simple test of the x264 encoder run on the CPU (OpenCL support disabled) with a sample video file.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark x264.

Project Site

videolan.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

19 February 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

43 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 11 Seconds

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result UploadsTest Completions*Reported Installs*OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsx264 Popularity Statisticspts/x2642011.012011.052011.092012.012012.052012.092013.012013.052013.092014.012014.052014.092015.012015.052015.092016.012016.052016.092017.012017.052017.092018.012018.052018.092019.012019.052019.092020.012020.052020.092021.0150K100K150K200K250K
* 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.
Data current as of Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:47:15 GMT.

Revision History

pts/x264-2.6.1   [View Source]   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:05:51 GMT
No need to download nasm anymore since v2.6.0 switched to system nasm.

pts/x264-2.6.0   [View Source]   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:47:08 GMT
Update against upstream, use system nasm.

pts/x264-2.5.0   [View Source]   Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:34:42 GMT
Update x264 against newer build, should help with compiling on GCC8.

pts/x264-2.4.0   [View Source]   Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:18:07 GMT
Update against upstream x264 to fix build problem on Linux with newer GCC compiler.

pts/x264-2.3.2   [View Source]   Sun, 08 Apr 2018 07:09:36 GMT
Build fixes for BSD.

pts/x264-2.3.1   [View Source]   Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:22:39 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/x264-2.3.0   [View Source]   Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:51:16 GMT
Update against latest upstream x264, also switch to new video source for mirror.

pts/x264-2.2.1   [View Source]   Sat, 09 Sep 2017 10:52:47 GMT
Build nasm internally within the test profile

pts/x264-2.2.0   [View Source]   Sat, 09 Sep 2017 09:41:32 GMT
Update x264 snapshot, now require nasm

pts/x264-2.1.0   [View Source]   Fri, 19 May 2017 17:04:35 GMT
Update x264 against upstream daily snapshot.

pts/x264-2.0.0   [View Source]   Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:24:24 GMT
Update against latest daily snapshot as previous snapshot was more than one year old.

pts/x264-1.9.0   [View Source]   Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:08:56 GMT
Update x264 against latest upstream code.

pts/x264-1.8.1   [View Source]   Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:55:54 GMT
Add --disable-opencl to build configure as its not used and causes build issues out of the box on Fedora.

pts/x264-1.8.0   [View Source]   Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:46:21 GMT
Update against latest daily snapshot of x264: 9 January 2014.

pts/x264-1.7.0   [View Source]   Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:49:04 GMT
Update upstream x264 software against 2013-06-08 snapshot.

pts/x264-1.6.0   [View Source]   Tue, 14 May 2013 17:14:39 GMT
Update x264 against upstream 2013-05-14 release. Motivated by GCC 4.8 issues with previous release.

pts/x264-1.5.0   [View Source]   Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:47:20 GMT
Update x264 upstream against 2013-01-28 snapshot.

pts/x264-1.4.0   [View Source]   Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:33:27 GMT
Update x264 application against upstream snapshot 2012-10-03.

pts/x264-1.3.1   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:06:32 GMT
Update version string for x264.

pts/x264-1.3.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:13:30 GMT
Update x264 snapshot to upstream 2011-12-06.

pts/x264-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:36:20 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

x264 2019-12-17

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,635 public results since 19 February 2020 with the latest data as of 23 January 2021.

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
# Matching Public Results
Frames Per Second (Average)
2 x AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
100th
5
213 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
99th
5
209 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
99th
5
209 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
99th
8
208 +/- 14
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
98th
29
207 +/- 28
2 x AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
98th
6
205 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7402 24-Core
98th
5
205 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
98th
7
205 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
96th
5
202 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
96th
5
201 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
94th
9
191 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
94th
22
191 +/- 10
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
94th
24
190 +/- 25
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
92nd
29
180 +/- 21
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
92nd
12
178 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
91st
5
175 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
90th
4
173 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
87th
8
163 +/- 4
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
86th
9
162 +/- 13
2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
86th
7
162 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
86th
10
162 +/- 5
2 x AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
86th
4
162 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
86th
19
160 +/- 10
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
85th
8
159 +/- 19
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
85th
4
159
2 x AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
84th
5
158 +/- 25
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
84th
8
157 +/- 22
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
83rd
6
152 +/- 25
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
83rd
51
151 +/- 23
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6250
83rd
3
151 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
82nd
6
149 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
81st
6
148 +/- 19
2 x AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
81st
5
147 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
81st
6
147 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
81st
12
147 +/- 29
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
79th
5
145
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
79th
5
145
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
76th
69
141 +/- 8
2 x AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
76th
5
140 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
< 140
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
74th
5
138
Intel Core i9-10980XE
74th
16
138 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
74th
4
137 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
72nd
11
133 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
71st
16
132 +/- 11
Intel Core i9-10900K
69th
17
125 +/- 7
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
68th
4
123 +/- 10
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
68th
14
122 +/- 14
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
67th
5
118
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
66th
9
114 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core
66th
3
114 +/- 8
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
66th
9
111 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
64th
4
109 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
64th
3
106
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
63rd
3
101 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
63rd
3
101 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900K
63rd
14
101 +/- 11
Intel Xeon Gold 6136
63rd
9
100 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
61st
5
98 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900KS
60th
12
96 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
60th
17
94 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
60th
8
94
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
59th
3
93 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
59th
13
93 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
57th
4
90
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
57th
6
90 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210
56th
4
86 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
55th
8
80 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
54th
4
78 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
53rd
31
77 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
53rd
7
77 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
52nd
17
76 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
52nd
4
76 +/- 1
Median
50th
75
Intel Core i5-10600K
50th
15
75 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
50th
4
75 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
50th
12
75 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
49th
5
73
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
48th
3
72
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
47th
26
71 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8700K
47th
4
71 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
46th
4
67 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
46th
3
66 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
45th
4
62
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
45th
3
62 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E-2286M
44th
7
60 +/- 9
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
44th
9
60 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
43rd
10
58 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-5960X
43rd
4
57
Intel Core i5-9400F
43rd
3
56
Intel Core i5-8400
42nd
4
55 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
42nd
3
55 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
42nd
4
54 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
41st
4
52 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6800K
41st
7
52 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
40th
6
52 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-7740K
40th
4
51
Intel Core i7-7700K
39th
3
50 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
39th
3
49 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
39th
4
48
Intel Core i7-9750H
38th
10
48 +/- 8
POWER9 44-Core
38th
9
46 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
37th
16
43 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
36th
3
42
Intel Core i7-4790K
36th
14
41 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
35th
3
41
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
35th
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
34th
7
38 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4770K
34th
3
38 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
33rd
3
37
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
33rd
8
36
Intel Core i7-1165G7
31st
15
34 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8650U
31st
11
34 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-7600K
30th
7
33
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
30th
5
33 +/- 4
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
30th
9
32
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core
27th
6
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-8100
27th
6
29 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8550U
27th
4
28
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
26th
3
28 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-8400H
26th
3
28 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
< 27
Intel Core i5-6500
25th
17
27
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
24th
4
27
Intel Core i7-1065G7
24th
9
26 +/- 6
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
23rd
3
26
Intel Core i5-8250U
22nd
4
25 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-2700K
22nd
3
25 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
21st
6
22
Intel Core i5-2500K
20th
9
21 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-3470
20th
4
21 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10110U
20th
5
20 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
18th
5
17 +/- 5
AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
18th
4
17
Intel Core i7-4558U
18th
3
17
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
17th
5
16 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-4130
16th
4
15
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
16th
7
15
AMD A10-7850K APU
15th
3
14 +/- 1
POWER9 4-Core
14th
5
14
Intel Core i5-7Y54
12th
19
13
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
12th
3
11
2 x Intel Xeon 5150
11th
3
10 +/- 1
Intel Pentium N4200
10th
3
8
Intel Core i5-3427U
10th
3
7
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
9th
3
7
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
8th
14
6 +/- 1
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
8th
14
6 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E5310
8th
4
6
Intel Celeron J1900
7th
3
6
Intel Xeon 3050
6th
3
5
Intel Pentium Dual E2220
6th
3
5
Intel Pentium Dual T2310
5th
3
3
ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core
4th
3
2
Mobile AMD Sempron 3500
3rd
24
2
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - H.264 Video Encoding1635 Results Range From 0 To 253 Frames Per Second016324864809611212814416017619220822424025650100150200250

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x264 2019-12-17 - H.264 Video Encoding) has an average run-time of 3 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 BenchmarkH.264 Video EncodingRun-Time4080120160200Min: 1 / Avg: 3.12 / Max: 216

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.6%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsH.264 Video EncodingDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 1.57 / Max: 10

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