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.
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,883 public results since 28 May 2022 with the latest data as of 27 March 2024.
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.
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.
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.2%.
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.
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.
3 Systems - 15 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - OrangePi Lite2 - 919MB Debian 12 - 6.6.16-current-sunxi64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - MSI MEG B550 UNIFY - AMD Starship Gentoo 2.14 - 6.1.12-gentoor012 - KDE Plasma 5.27.11 |
2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - MSI MEG B550 UNIFY - AMD Starship Gentoo 2.14 - 6.1.12-gentoor012 - KDE Plasma 5.27.11 |
1 System - 6 Benchmark Results |
Intel Pentium III - Award Software 4.51 PG - Intel 440BX Debian 12 - 6.1.0-15-686-pae - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 15 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - OrangePi Zero3 - 918MB Debian 12 - 6.6.22-current-sunxi64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 15 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - OrangePi Zero3 - 918MB Debian 12 - 6.6.22-current-sunxi64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 15 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - OrangePi Zero3 - 918MB Debian 12 - 6.6.22-current-sunxi64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
1 System - 15 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - OrangePi Zero3 - 918MB Debian 12 - 6.6.22-current-sunxi64 - GCC 12.2.0 |
2 Systems - 56 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MSI MS-15A1 - Intel Device 7e7f EndeavourOS rolling - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.0.2 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING - 4 x 16384 MB 3200MHz F4-3200C16-16GVK Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 19045 - 10.0.19045.4170 - 536.23 |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i3-5010U - Intel NUC5i3RYB - Intel Broadwell-U-OPI ManjaroLinux 23.1.3 - 6.1.80-1-MANJARO - X Server 1.21.1.11 |
9 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 - Libre Board ALL-H3-CC H5 - 2048MB Raspbian 9.6 - 4.18.0-rc3-gfc36def997cf-dirty - X Server 1.19.2 |
3 Systems - 177 Benchmark Results |
Intel Xeon E E-2488 - Supermicro Super Server X13SCL-F v0123456789 - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9 |
3 Systems - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI - 2 x 16384 MB 6200MHz Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22631 - 10.0.22631.3296 - 536.23 |
1 System - 37 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - Supermicro H13SAE-MF v1.00 - AMD Device 14d8 Debian 12 - 6.1.0-18-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0 |