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, 16 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 11 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 20k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsx264 Popularity Statisticspts/x2642010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.0180K160K240K320K400K
* 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 29 May 2023.
Bosphorus 1080p50.1%Bosphorus 4K49.9%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

Creator Workloads

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

x264 2022-02-22

Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p

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.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Frames Per Second (Average)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
100th
33
284 +/- 15
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
99th
12
268 +/- 2
Intel Core i9-13900K
96th
28
246 +/- 17
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core
96th
17
246 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
95th
3
241 +/- 3
2 x AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
95th
5
241 +/- 24
AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core
95th
3
233 +/- 29
Intel Core i7-13700KF
91st
5
223 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
90th
68
218 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
90th
11
216 +/- 32
Intel Core i7-13700K
89th
6
214 +/- 21
Intel Core i9-12900K
89th
22
211 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
87th
5
208 +/- 4
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
86th
3
204 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
86th
3
201 +/- 2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
85th
5
195 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-13600K
84th
15
190 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
83rd
4
189 +/- 11
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
83rd
9
188 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core
81st
19
181 +/- 6
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
81st
4
180 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-12700K
81st
3
180 +/- 9
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
80th
4
179 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
80th
16
178 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
79th
6
174 +/- 8
AMD EPYC 7713P 64-Core
78th
3
171 +/- 11
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
77th
7
168 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7443P 24-Core
77th
3
168 +/- 19
Mid-Tier
75th
< 151
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
75th
14
147 +/- 12
Intel Core i5-12600K
73rd
14
143 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core
73rd
13
143 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
73rd
12
142 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
72nd
4
140 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
71st
19
139 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-10900K
70th
4
138 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
69th
8
135 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-13400
69th
4
134
Intel Core i9-11900K
68th
6
132 +/- 6
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
67th
5
127 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core
66th
15
123 +/- 10
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
66th
3
122 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
66th
9
122 +/- 6
Intel Core i9-10980XE
65th
4
118 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
64th
4
116 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
64th
3
116 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
64th
3
115
Intel Core i7-10700K
59th
3
110 +/- 4
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
59th
4
110 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
58th
4
108
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
57th
5
106 +/- 3
Intel Core i9-9900K
57th
3
105 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-1280P
57th
11
105 +/- 9
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
57th
4
105 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
56th
9
103 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
55th
14
100 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-12400
55th
11
100 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
53rd
3
99 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N
52nd
5
98 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-11600K
51st
3
95
Median
50th
95
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
50th
4
94 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
48th
15
90 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core
47th
3
87 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
47th
5
87 +/- 6
Intel Core i5-10600K
45th
4
82
Intel Core i7-8700K
44th
3
79 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
44th
4
79 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-10700T
41st
4
73 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
41st
3
73 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-5960X
40th
3
72 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
40th
4
72 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
40th
3
71 +/- 4
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U
40th
3
71 +/- 3
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
37th
11
67 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
36th
5
64 +/- 5
Intel Core i3-12100
35th
7
61 +/- 4
Intel Xeon W-3235
35th
16
61 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
35th
4
61 +/- 2
AMD EPYC 7251 8-Core
31st
4
56 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10100
29th
4
52 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
29th
3
52
Intel Core i7-7700
28th
4
50 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon L5640
27th
10
49
Intel Core i7-4790K
27th
3
47 +/- 7
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
26th
6
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-1185G7
26th
13
46 +/- 4
Low-Tier
25th
< 45
Intel Core i7-3930K
25th
3
44 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
23rd
4
41
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
21st
3
39 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8565U
21st
8
38 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
18th
4
32
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core
17th
6
31 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-7100
13th
9
25 +/- 1
Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core
11th
3
21 +/- 1
Intel Atom x6425RE
7th
4
15
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
6th
3
13
AMD Embedded G GX-420GI Radeon R7E
5th
5
8 +/- 1
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core
2nd
4
3
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p1373 Results Range From 0 To 301 Frames Per Second1734516885102119136153170187204221238255272289306306090120150

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080pRun-Time3691215Min: 1 / Avg: 1.62 / Max: 10

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.1%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080pDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 1.08 / 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 ScalingVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080p46810121624641.15632.31263.46894.62525.7815

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
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000-HV
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M1 Max, Apple M1 Pro
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, 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-N1 80-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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