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 1,383 public results since 28 May 2022 with the latest data as of 26 May 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.
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 1.1%.
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.
1 System - 7 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U - HUAWEI BOHK-WAX9X-PCB - AMD Raven Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.3.1 - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
2 Systems - 73 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-3930K - Gigabyte X79-UD3 - Intel Xeon E5 Arch rolling - 6.2.12-arch1-1 - X Server |
1 System - 99 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i5-6600 - MSI Z170A GAMING PRO - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 ManjaroLinux 22.1.2 - 6.1.29-1-MANJARO - Xfce 4.18 |
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core - Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-42-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
4 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-3930K - Gigabyte X79-UD3 - Intel Xeon E5 Arch rolling - 6.2.12-arch1-1 - X Server |
1 System - 18 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-20-generic - GNOME Shell 44.0 |
2 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-3930K - Gigabyte X79-UD3 - Intel Xeon E5 Arch rolling - 6.2.12-arch1-1 - X Server |
2 Systems - 112 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-41-generic - Budgie 10.6.1 |
2 Systems - 99 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Gentoo 2.13 - 6.3.1-gentoo-x86_64 - KDE Plasma |
1 System - 99 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Gentoo 2.13 - 6.3.1-gentoo-x86_64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5 |
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
Loongson-3A5000-HV - Loongson Loongson-LS3A5000-7A2000-1w-EVB-V1.21 - Loongson LLC Hyper Transport Bridge Loongnix 20 - 4.19.0-19-loongson-3 - X Server 1.20.4 |
1 System - 36 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core - Gigabyte X570S AERO G - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 6.3.2-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 5.27.5 |
1 System - 2 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-10750H - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5 |
1 System - 99 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Gentoo 2.13 - 6.3.1-gentoo-x86_64 - KDE Plasma |
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i5-10400 - Oracle VirtualBox v1.2 - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.3.0 - GNOME Shell 42.5 |