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, 10 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/x2642010.122011.042011.082011.122012.042012.082012.122013.042013.082013.122014.042014.082014.122015.042015.082015.122016.042016.082016.122017.042017.082017.122018.042018.082018.122019.042019.082019.122020.042020.082020.122021.042021.082021.122022.042022.082022.1280K160K240K320K400K
* 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 22 January 2023.
Bosphorus 1080p49.0%Bosphorus 4K51.0%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

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

x264 2022-02-22

Video Input: Bosphorus 4K

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 963 public results since 28 May 2022 with the latest data as of 27 January 2023.

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 5965WX 24-Cores
100th
3
77.0 +/- 1.0
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
98th
5
75.0 +/- 1.0
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
98th
3
75.0 +/- 2.0
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
98th
18
74.0 +/- 3.0
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
96th
18
72.0 +/- 6.0
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
94th
3
67.0 +/- 7.0
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
92nd
8
65.0 +/- 5.0
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
92nd
3
64.0 +/- 7.0
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
92nd
5
64.0
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
91st
5
63.0 +/- 7.0
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
90th
4
62.0 +/- 2.0
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
88th
16
61.0 +/- 2.0
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
83rd
7
57.7 +/- 3.3
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
83rd
59
57.4 +/- 4.0
Intel Core i7-13700KF
82nd
3
54.1 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i9-12900K
78th
22
51.9 +/- 1.4
Intel Core i7-13700K
77th
3
51.1 +/- 1.8
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
76th
5
48.1 +/- 2.3
Mid-Tier
75th
< 47.1
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
75th
3
47.1 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
74th
6
45.7 +/- 2.5
Intel Core i5-13600K
73rd
13
44.7 +/- 1.1
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
73rd
4
44.4 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
72nd
19
43.7 +/- 1.7
Intel Core i7-12700K
71st
3
43.5 +/- 1.3
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
69th
4
42.2 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
68th
15
41.1 +/- 1.9
Intel Core i9-10980XE
66th
4
38.2 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
66th
7
37.7 +/- 1.2
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
65th
10
36.8 +/- 2.9
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
64th
4
35.4 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i5-12600K
63rd
12
34.2 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
60th
14
32.8 +/- 0.6
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
60th
7
32.7 +/- 0.6
Intel Core i9-10900K
60th
3
32.6 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
59th
10
32.6 +/- 0.9
Intel Core i5-13400
57th
4
31.8
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
57th
4
31.6 +/- 0.2
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
56th
5
31.4 +/- 0.7
Intel Core i9-11900K
56th
6
31.3 +/- 0.6
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
56th
7
30.9 +/- 1.0
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core
54th
12
28.7 +/- 2.6
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
54th
6
28.5 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
53rd
8
28.3 +/- 0.3
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
52nd
4
27.9 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
51st
4
27.2 +/- 0.2
Median
50th
26.7
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
50th
4
26.7
Intel Core i7-10700K
50th
3
26.1 +/- 1.3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
49th
3
25.1 +/- 0.2
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
48th
3
24.8 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
47th
10
24.2 +/- 1.5
Intel Core i5-12400
46th
12
23.9 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i9-9900K
45th
3
23.6 +/- 0.2
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
44th
4
22.9 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i5-11600K
43rd
3
21.6 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
42nd
6
21.3 +/- 3.1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
42nd
3
20.9 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
41st
3
20.5 +/- 1.6
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
39th
18
20.1 +/- 0.7
Intel Core i5-10600K
39th
4
20.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
39th
3
19.8 +/- 1.0
Intel Core i7-1280P
39th
12
19.8 +/- 2.5
Intel Core i7-8700K
37th
3
19.1 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
36th
4
18.7 +/- 2.1
Intel Core i7-5960X
35th
3
17.7 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
30th
6
15.6 +/- 1.4
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
30th
15
15.2 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
29th
4
14.4
Intel Core i7-10700T
27th
4
14.1
Intel Xeon W-3235
27th
16
14.1 +/- 0.1
Low-Tier
25th
< 13.8
Intel Core i3-10100
25th
4
12.5 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-1165G7
24th
4
12.3 +/- 0.7
2 x Intel Xeon L5640
23rd
10
12.2 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
23rd
5
12.1
Intel Core i7-7700
22nd
4
11.6 +/- 0.6
Intel Core i3-12100
22nd
7
11.2 +/- 0.2
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
20th
6
11.0 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-1185G7
20th
10
10.9 +/- 0.7
Intel Core i7-4770K
18th
12
10.5 +/- 0.6
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
17th
4
9.7
Intel Core i7-8565U
14th
8
8.6 +/- 0.7
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
14th
4
7.8 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i3-7100
11th
8
6.1
Intel Core i7-8550U
11th
4
6.1 +/- 0.8
Intel Atom x6425RE
6th
4
3.3 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
5th
3
3.1 +/- 0.1
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K960 Results Range From 0 To 110 Frames Per Second1020304050607080901001101204080120160200

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x264 2022-02-22 - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K) has an average run-time of 5 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 4KRun-Time816243240Min: 1 / Avg: 4.67 / Max: 40

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 4KDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 1.21 / 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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To Basex264 CPU Core ScalingVideo Input: Bosphorus 4K468101216641281.06252.1253.18754.255.3125

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
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M1 Max
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 32-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 16-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core

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