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

* 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 1 July 2022.

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 292 public results since 28 May 2022 with the latest data as of 1 July 2022.

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)

2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core

98th

74.5 ^{+/- 1.8}

2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core

98th

73.7 ^{+/- 3.2}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

94th

65.7 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

93rd

62.9 ^{+/- 1.4}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

91st

61.8 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

87th

55.0 ^{+/- 3.5}

Intel Core i9-12900K

82nd

50.6 ^{+/- 2.4}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

79th

47.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

77th

44.4 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core

76th

43.5 ^{+/- 0.2}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 43.4

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

73rd

42.2 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

73rd

42.1 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

70th

38.2 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

69th

36.2 ^{+/- 3.6}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

69th

35.4 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i5-12600K

66th

34.0 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

64th

32.0 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

62nd

31.6 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i9-11900K

61st

30.9 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

59th

28.3 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core

58th

27.9

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

56th

27.2 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

55th

26.7

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

54th

25.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

51st

24.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Median

50th

24.1

Intel Core i5-12400

50th

23.8 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i9-9900K

49th

23.6 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

47th

22.9 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

41st

20.1 ^{+/- 0.7}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core

40th

19.8 ^{+/- 1.0}

Intel Core i7-8700K

39th

19.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-1280P

38th

19.0 ^{+/- 1.9}

Intel Core i7-5960X

36th

17.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

Apple M1

34th

16.5 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

31st

15.4 ^{+/- 1.5}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

30th

15.1 ^{+/- 0.7}

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core

27th

14.4

Low-Tier

25th

< 14.2

Intel Core i7-10700T

24th

14.1

Intel Core i3-10100

21st

12.4

Intel Core i7-1165G7

20th

12.3 ^{+/- 0.7}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

19th

12.1

Intel Core i3-12100

18th

11.2 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

15th

10.9 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i7-8565U

11th

9.1 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i3-7100

8th

6.1

Intel Core i7-8550U

5th

5.7

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

4th

3.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

3rd

1.8

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x264 2022-02-22 - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K) has an average run-time of 4 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 0.8%.

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.

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)

ARMv7 32-bit

armv7l

ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, Apple M1

UP 4000 System Applications Comparison 4 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	Intel Atom x5-Z8350 - AAEON UP-CHT01 - Intel Atom Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-1-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
june 3 Systems - 143 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-8700K - ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING - Intel 8th Gen Core Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc6daily20200923-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
AMD EPYC Milan-X Mid-2022 Refresh Benchmarks 1 System - 643 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc4daily20220628-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
phoronix 2 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-10210U - Intel NUC10i5FNB - Intel Device 02ef Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.4.0-120-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.4
ODROID-N2 Thermal Performance 2 Systems - 32 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Cortex-A73 - Hardkernel ODROID-N2 - 4096MB Ubuntu 18.04 - 4.9.156-14 - GCC 7.3.0
Core i3 7100 Ubuntu 22.04 3 Systems - 45 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-7100 - Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
cpuresult 7 Systems - 25 Benchmark Results	AMD Opteron 4386 - ASUS KCMA-D8 v1.0 - AMD RD890 + SB7x0 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.8.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.7
zen1 epyc 4 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core - Dell 02MJ3T - AMD 17h Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
3950X Summer 2022 3 Systems - 144 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-43-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
7100 june 2022 2 Systems - 144 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-7100 - Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-63-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
good tests 3 Systems - 114 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1280P - MSI MS-14C6 - Intel Alder Lake PCH Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
3900X June 3 Systems - 191 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3900XT June 3 Systems - 191 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-rc1-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Fedora Linux -fno-omit-frame-pointer Performance Impact Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Lucienne 512MB
xeon gold sunday 4 Systems - 183 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.1

cascade lake summer 2022 3 Systems - 178 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 - GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.11.0-40-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
xeon june 2 Systems - 86 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 - TYAN S7100AG2NR - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - X Server
2022-06-03-1754 1 System - 46 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-12900K - MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH Debian testing - 5.17.0-1-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.3
2022-06-02-1407 Featured Processor Comparison	Intel Core i9-12900K - MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH Debian testing - 5.17.0-1-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.3
7f32 june 3 Systems - 41 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - GNOME Shell 3.38.6
simdjson x264 whiskey 5 Systems - 7 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-8565U - Dell 0KTW76 - Intel Cannon Point-LP Ubuntu 21.10 - 5.13.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 40.5
Neoverse-V1 Compiler Tests 2 Systems - 121 Benchmark Results	ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 - Amazon EC2 c7g.8xlarge - Amazon Device 0200 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-1004-aws - GCC 12.0.0 20220117
EPYC Milan-X Linux 5.19 Benchmarks Featured Kernel Comparison	2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.17.0-051700-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
june 5960X 3 Systems - 86 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-5960X - Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF - Intel Xeon E7 v3 Debian 11 - 5.10.0-10-amd64 - 1.0.2
laptop-popos 2 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
new tests eo may epyc 4 Systems - 71 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.18.0-clocksource-patch - GNOME Shell 3.38.4
2022-06-02-1407 1 System - 46 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-12900K - MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH Debian testing - 5.17.0-1-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.3
2022-06-13-2014 1 System - 46 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-12900K - MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel Alder Lake-S PCH Debian testing - 5.17.0-1-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.3
laptop-popos 2 Systems - 323 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1
laptop-popos 2 Systems - 323 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Pop 22.04 - 5.17.5-76051705-generic - GNOME Shell 42.1