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

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result UploadsTest Completions*Reported Installs*OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsx264 Popularity Statisticspts/x2642011.032011.072011.112012.032012.072012.112013.032013.072013.112014.032014.072014.112015.032015.072015.112016.032016.072016.112017.032017.072017.112018.032018.072018.112019.032019.072019.112020.032020.072020.112021.0350K100K150K200K250K
* 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, 05 Mar 2021 10:51:51 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 1,822 public results since 19 February 2020 with the latest data as of 6 March 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 7642 48-Core
99th
5
209 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
99th
5
209 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
97th
31
205 +/- 29
2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
97th
7
205 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 7402 24-Core
97th
5
205 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
97th
6
205 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
96th
15
202 +/- 20
2 x AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
96th
5
202 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
95th
5
201 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
94th
26
192 +/- 24
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
94th
22
191 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
94th
9
191 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
92nd
36
185 +/- 22
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
90th
13
176 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
90th
5
175 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
88th
4
173 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
87th
6
169 +/- 15
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
86th
11
166 +/- 19
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
86th
12
165 +/- 12
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
85th
19
164 +/- 9
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
85th
8
163 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
84th
4
162 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
84th
7
162 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
84th
19
160 +/- 10
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
83rd
8
158 +/- 19
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
82nd
66
155 +/- 22
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6250
81st
3
151 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
80th
6
149 +/- 13
2 x AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
79th
5
147 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
79th
6
147 +/- 3
Mid-Tier
75th
< 142
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
75th
73
141 +/- 8
2 x AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
74th
5
140 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
73rd
16
138 +/- 5
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
73rd
5
138
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
72nd
4
137 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
71st
19
135 +/- 12
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
70th
11
133 +/- 18
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
68th
8
127 +/- 12
Intel Core i9-10900K
68th
17
125 +/- 7
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138
67th
4
123 +/- 10
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
67th
14
122 +/- 14
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
65th
10
114 +/- 6
AMD EPYC 7401P 24-Core
65th
3
114 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
64th
6
111 +/- 6
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
64th
9
111 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
63rd
4
109 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
61st
3
101 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
61st
3
101 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900K
61st
15
101 +/- 10
Intel Xeon Gold 6136
61st
9
100 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
60th
8
99 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
60th
6
99 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E-2288G
59th
5
96 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-9900KS
59th
12
96 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
58th
19
94 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
58th
8
94
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
57th
3
93 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
57th
14
93 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
56th
9
92 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
55th
4
90
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4210
54th
4
86 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
54th
8
80 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
53rd
4
78 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
51st
7
77 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
51st
31
77 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
51st
15
76 +/- 3
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
51st
4
76 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
51st
17
76 +/- 1
Median
50th
76
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
49th
4
75 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-10600K
49th
15
75 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
47th
5
73
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
47th
3
72
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core
46th
26
71 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8700K
46th
4
71 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
45th
4
67 +/- 10
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
45th
3
66 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
44th
3
62 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
44th
4
62
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
43rd
9
60 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
42nd
11
58 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-5960X
42nd
4
57
Intel Core i5-9400F
41st
3
56
Intel Core i5-8400
41st
4
55 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
40th
3
55 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
40th
4
54 +/- 2
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
40th
4
52 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6800K
40th
7
52 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
39th
6
52 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-7740K
38th
4
51
Intel Core i7-7700K
38th
3
50 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
38th
4
50 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
37th
4
48
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
36th
25
45 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
34th
3
42
Intel Core i7-4790K
34th
14
41 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
34th
3
41
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
34th
5
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
33rd
7
38 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-4770K
33rd
3
38 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4108
32nd
3
37
Intel Core i7-1165G7
30th
15
34 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8650U
30th
11
34 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-7600K
29th
7
33
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
29th
5
33 +/- 4
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
28th
9
32
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core
26th
6
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3770K
26th
4
29 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-8100
26th
6
29 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8550U
26th
4
28
Low-Tier
25th
< 28
Intel Core i5-1035G1
25th
3
28 +/- 4
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
25th
3
28 +/- 4
Intel Core i5-8400H
25th
3
28 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-6500
24th
17
27
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
23rd
4
27
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
22nd
3
26
Intel Core i5-8250U
22nd
5
25 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-2700K
21st
3
25 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-2500K
19th
9
21 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-3470
19th
4
21 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10110U
19th
5
20 +/- 1
AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
17th
4
17
Intel Core i7-4558U
17th
3
17
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
16th
5
16 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-4130
16th
4
15
Intel Pentium Silver J5040
15th
8
15
AMD A10-7850K APU
15th
3
14 +/- 1
POWER9 4-Core
14th
5
14
Intel Core i5-7Y54
12th
19
13
2 x Intel Xeon 5150
11th
3
10 +/- 1
Intel Core i5 480M
10th
4
9
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
9th
3
7
Intel Xeon E5310
7th
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
4th
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 Encoding1821 Results Range From 0 To 253 Frames Per Second016324864809611212814416017619220822424025660120180240300

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: 3.02 / 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

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 Encoding24681216202432642.755.58.251113.75

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