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

51 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 11 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsx264 Popularity Statisticspts/x2642010.122011.042011.082011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.042021.0870K140K210K280K350K
* 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 20 September 2021.

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 2,517 public results since 19 February 2020 with the latest data as of 23 September 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
# Compatible Public Results
Frames Per Second (Average)
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
100th
6
236 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
100th
8
229 +/- 11
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
99th
6
225 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
99th
13
223 +/- 28
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
99th
7
222 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
98th
5
220 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32-Cores
98th
3
219 +/- 17
2 x AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
98th
5
215 +/- 21
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
98th
14
215 +/- 23
2 x AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
97th
5
213 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
96th
5
209 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
96th
5
209 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
95th
6
208 +/- 10
2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
95th
10
207 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
94th
31
205 +/- 29
2 x AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
94th
6
205 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7402 24-Core
94th
5
205 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
94th
17
204 +/- 20
2 x AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
93rd
5
202 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
93rd
5
201 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
91st
4
197 +/- 22
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
91st
7
196 +/- 28
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
90th
10
194 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
90th
28
193 +/- 12
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
90th
31
192 +/- 24
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
90th
54
191 +/- 20
AMD EPYC 7J13 64-Core
89th
22
188 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
88th
5
186 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
85th
13
176 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
85th
5
175 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
84th
8
174 +/- 16
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
84th
4
173 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
82nd
13
168 +/- 19
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
81st
21
166 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
81st
93
164 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
81st
17
164 +/- 13
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
81st
10
163 +/- 19
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
81st
8
163 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
80th
4
162 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
80th
7
162 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
78th
22
157 +/- 14
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
78th
3
155 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6250
77th
3
151 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
76th
6
149 +/- 13
Mid-Tier
75th
< 147
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
75th
6
147 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
75th
5
147 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
75th
4
146 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8252C
74th
4
145 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
74th
4
145 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
73rd
4
143 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
72nd
76
141 +/- 8
2 x AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
71st
5
140 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
70th
16
138 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
70th
5
138
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
70th
4
137 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
70th
21
137 +/- 13
Intel Core i9-7960X
68th
4
133 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
68th
11
133 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
68th
10
131 +/- 13
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
66th
17
125 +/- 15
Intel Core i9-10900K
66th
21
125 +/- 6
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
66th
4
123 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
64th
21
117 +/- 6
Intel Core i9-11900K
64th
17
117 +/- 3
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
63rd
4
114 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core
63rd
3
114 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
63rd
8
113 +/- 6
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
62nd
9
111 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
62nd
5
111 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-9900K
60th
19
104 +/- 7
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
59th
3
101 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
59th
6
101 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-10700K
58th
18
100 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 6136
58th
9
100 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
57th
8
99 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
57th
6
99 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
56th
8
97 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
56th
7
96 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-9900KS
56th
12
96 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E-2288G
56th
8
95 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
55th
20
94 +/- 3
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
55th
10
94
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
54th
21
93 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
54th
11
93 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
54th
3
93 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
53rd
4
90
Intel Core i5-11600K
52nd
5
89 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210
51st
4
86 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
51st
3
86 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
51st
10
83 +/- 3
Median
50th
82
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
50th
8
80 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
50th
3
79 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
49th
4
78 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
48th
8
77 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
48th
31
77 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
48th
21
76 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
48th
4
76 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
48th
17
76 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
46th
4
75 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-10600K
46th
19
75 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
44th
3
72
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
44th
8
72 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-8700K
44th
4
71 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
44th
26
71 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8700
43rd
12
69 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
42nd
4
67 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
42nd
3
66 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
41st
3
62 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
41st
4
62
Intel Core i7-9850H
40th
6
61 +/- 7
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
40th
9
60 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
40th
12
59 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-5960X
39th
4
57
Intel Core i5-9400F
39th
3
56
Intel Core i5-8400
39th
4
55 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
38th
4
54 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
38th
4
52 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6800K
38th
7
52 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
37th
6
52 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-7740K
37th
4
51
Intel Core i7-7700K
36th
3
50 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
36th
11
50 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
36th
4
48
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
36th
10
48 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
34th
25
45 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
33rd
3
42
Intel Core i7-4790K
32nd
15
41 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
32nd
3
41
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
32nd
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
32nd
10
39 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4770K
31st
6
38 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
31st
3
37
Intel Core i7-1185G7
30th
3
37 +/- 5
Intel Core i7-8650U
29th
12
34 +/- 2
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 8-Core
28th
4
33
Intel Core i5-7600K
28th
7
33
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
28th
5
33 +/- 4
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
27th
9
32
Intel Core i5-4690K
27th
4
31 +/- 3
Low-Tier
25th
< 29
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core
25th
6
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3770K
25th
4
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-8100
25th
6
29 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8550U
25th
4
28
Intel Core i5-1035G1
24th
3
28 +/- 4
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
24th
3
28 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-8400H
24th
3
28 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6500
24th
17
27
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
23rd
4
27
Intel Core i5-8250U
23rd
6
26 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
22nd
3
26
Intel Core i7-2700K
21st
3
25 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-8100T
21st
3
24 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-3610QM
21st
3
23 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-2500K
19th
9
21 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-3470
19th
4
21 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10110U
19th
5
20 +/- 1
Intel Core i7 920
18th
3
19 +/- 2
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
17th
4
15
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
16th
8
15
Intel Core i5-6300U
15th
8
15 +/- 1
AMD A10-7850K APU
15th
3
14 +/- 1
POWER9 4-Core
15th
5
14
Intel Core i5-7Y54
13th
19
13
ARMv8 Cortex-A73 6-Core
13th
3
13 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon 5150
11th
3
10 +/- 1
Intel Core i5 480M
11th
4
9
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
10th
5
7
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
ARMv8 Cortex-A55 4-Core
5th
3
4
Intel Pentium Dual T2310
4th
7
3
ARMv7 Cortex-A53 4-Core
4th
3
2
Mobile AMD Sempron 3500
3rd
24
2
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - H.264 Video Encoding2511 Results Range From 0 To 253 Frames Per Second016324864809611212814416017619220822424025680160240320400

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: 3.06 / Max: 216

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.5%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsH.264 Video EncodingDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 1.54 / Max: 10

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To Basex264 CPU Core ScalingH.264 Video Encoding24681216202432641282.735.468.1910.9213.65

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