x264

This is a multi-threaded test of the x264 video encoder run on the CPU with a choice of 1080p or 4K video input.

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

Project Site

videolan.org

Source Repository

code.videolan.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

28 May 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 51 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 11 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

400k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsx264 Popularity Statisticspts/x2642010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.042024.092025.02130K260K390K520K650K
* 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 2 February 2025.
Bosphorus 1080p52.5%Bosphorus 4K47.5%Video Input Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/x264-2.7.0   [View Source]   Sat, 28 May 2022 07:04:44 GMT
Update against x264 Git, add 4K option, switch to app thread management default rather than set outside, adjust slow option. Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/221 Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/issues/189

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

Video Encoding

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Encoding

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

x264 2022-02-22

Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 2,321 public results since 28 May 2022 with the latest data as of 28 January 2025.

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 Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores
100th
10
320 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
100th
13
299 +/- 16
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores
99th
7
291 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
99th
54
285 +/- 18
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
96th
17
260 +/- 14
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 64-Cores
95th
3
250 +/- 17
Intel Core i9-14900K
95th
6
250 +/- 28
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
95th
3
249 +/- 27
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
95th
5
248 +/- 29
Intel Core i9-13900K
95th
29
247 +/- 16
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
95th
6
244 +/- 23
2 x INTEL XEON GOLD 6548Y
94th
3
237 +/- 27
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
94th
3
235 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
94th
7
235 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-13700KF
91st
6
221 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
90th
11
216 +/- 32
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
90th
80
215 +/- 12
Intel Core i7-13700K
89th
6
214 +/- 21
Intel Core i9-12900K
89th
24
211 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
88th
7
208 +/- 7
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
87th
3
204 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-14600K
86th
4
198 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
86th
5
195 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-13600K
85th
15
190 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
84th
4
189 +/- 11
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
84th
9
188 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
83rd
32
185 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
82nd
5
182 +/- 27
AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core
82nd
4
181 +/- 22
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
82nd
24
180 +/- 6
Intel Core i7-12700K
82nd
3
180 +/- 9
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
82nd
4
180 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
81st
20
177 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
80th
8
173 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
79th
10
169 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 7443P 24-Core
79th
3
168 +/- 19
Intel Core i5-14500
77th
5
159 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
77th
3
159 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
77th
5
158 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-12700
77th
3
157 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E E-2488
76th
3
155 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
76th
4
151 +/- 3
Mid-Tier
75th
< 151
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
75th
3
149 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
75th
14
147 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
73rd
13
143 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-12600K
73rd
15
143 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
73rd
31
141 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
72nd
4
140 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-10900K
71st
4
138 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
70th
28
137 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
69th
15
135 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-13400
69th
4
134
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
68th
5
133 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
68th
4
132 +/- 4
Intel Core i9-11900K
68th
7
131 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
67th
10
128 +/- 16
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
67th
5
127 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
66th
4
125
Intel Core i7-12700H
66th
5
123 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
66th
16
123 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core
66th
18
123 +/- 10
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
66th
3
122 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
65th
3
119 +/- 13
Intel Core i9-10980XE
65th
4
118 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
64th
4
116 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
64th
3
116 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
63rd
3
115
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
63rd
5
114 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-10700K
59th
3
110 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U
59th
3
110 +/- 10
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
59th
4
110 +/- 3
ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 16-Core
58th
3
109
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
58th
10
108 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
58th
4
108
Intel Core i9-9900K
58th
4
108 +/- 5
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
57th
4
105 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-1280P
57th
11
105 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E-2278G
57th
4
105 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
55th
11
102 +/- 7
Intel Core i5-11600K
55th
5
101 +/- 9
Intel Core i5-12400
55th
11
100 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core
55th
3
100 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
54th
3
99 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
53rd
5
98 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
52nd
3
97 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS
52nd
4
96 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
51st
4
94 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
51st
24
94 +/- 11
Median
50th
93
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
49th
15
90 +/- 5
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0
49th
4
88 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
48th
6
87 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
48th
10
85 +/- 5
Intel Core i5-10600K
47th
4
82
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
45th
3
80 +/- 7
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
45th
4
79 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
45th
3
78 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-14100
45th
3
78
Intel Core i7-8700K
44th
4
77 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
43rd
3
73 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7551P 32-Core
43rd
3
73
Intel Core i7-10700T
43rd
4
73 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
42nd
4
72 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5960X
42nd
3
72 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
42nd
3
71 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
42nd
3
71 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
39th
13
67 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
38th
5
64 +/- 5
Intel Core i3-12100
37th
8
61 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
37th
4
61 +/- 2
Intel Xeon W-3235
37th
16
61 +/- 1
2 x AMD Opteron 6276
34th
3
57
AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core
34th
4
56 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
33rd
6
53 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-10100
32nd
4
52 +/- 1
Apple M1 Pro
31st
3
51 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon L5640
30th
10
49
Intel Core i7-6700
29th
3
46 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
29th
6
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-1185G7
29th
13
46 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-4790K
28th
8
45 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-3930K
28th
3
44 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4790
26th
4
42 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-8750H
26th
4
41 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
26th
4
41
Low-Tier
25th
< 41
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
24th
3
39 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8565U
24th
8
38 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-3770
22nd
3
33 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
22nd
4
32
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
20th
6
31 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-2600
20th
5
30 +/- 2
Intel N150
19th
4
30
Intel Core i5-6600K
19th
3
29 +/- 1
Intel N97
19th
5
28 +/- 2
Intel N100
17th
8
26 +/- 4
Intel Core i3-7100
17th
11
25 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-7300U
14th
3
22
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core
14th
3
21 +/- 1
Intel Atom x6425RE
10th
4
15
Intel Core i5-5200U
9th
6
14
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
8th
3
13
Intel Core i3-4010U
6th
3
10 +/- 1
AMD Embedded G GX-420GI Radeon R7E
5th
5
8 +/- 1
Intel Atom x5-Z8350
4th
4
5
AMD G-T56N
2nd
3
2
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p2321 Results Range From 0 To 341 Frames Per Second183654729010812614416218019821623425227028830632434260120180240300

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x264 2022-02-22 - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p) 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 BenchmarkVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080pRun-Time48121620Min: 1 / Avg: 1.68 / Max: 13

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080pDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 1.19 / Max: 11

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does 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 Basex264 CPU Core ScalingVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080p246810121416243264510152025

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 POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER8E, POWER9 16-Core
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000-HV, Loongson-3A6000-HV
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A7 4-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M1 Max, Apple M1 Pro, Apple M3 Max, Apple M4, Apple M4 Pro
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A57, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 8-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 32-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2, ARMv8 rev 0, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core, Apple, Apple M1, Phytium FT-E2000, Qualcomm, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core

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