x265

This is a simple test of the x265 encoder run on the CPU with 1080p and 4K options for H.265 video encode performance with x265.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark x265.

Project Site

x265.org

Test Created

28 July 2018

Last Updated

16 October 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

2 Minutes, 49 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 11 Seconds

Accolades

40k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

* 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 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:04:01 GMT.

Revision History

pts/x265-1.3.0 [View Source] Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:48:37 GMT
Update against x265 3.4 upstream, add 1080p/4K video option input.

pts/x265-1.2.0 [View Source] Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:43:32 GMT
Update against upstream per https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/99

pts/x265-1.1.0 [View Source] Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:47:16 GMT
Update against x265 v3.0, also fixes building on POWER9.

pts/x265-1.0.0 [View Source] Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:09:00 GMT
Finally got around to uploading this x265 video encode test profile.

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

Common Workstation Benchmarks

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests

Creator Workloads

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

x265 3.4

Video Input: Bosphorus 4K

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 804 public results since 16 October 2020 with the latest data as of 21 January 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)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

100th

27.9 ^{+/- 2.9}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

98th

26.7 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

96th

26.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core

94th

24.5 ^{+/- 7.2}

AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core

91st

23.6

AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core

90th

23.4

AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core

88th

23.1

AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core

86th

23.0

Intel Core i9-10980XE

86th

22.9

AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core

85th

22.9

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core

84th

22.6 ^{+/- 1.4}

AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core

84th

22.5 ^{+/- 0.6}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

84th

22.3 ^{+/- 2.8}

AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core

84th

22.3

Intel Core i9-7960X

82nd

21.9

AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core

81st

21.7

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

80th

21.6 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core

80th

21.5

AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core

80th

21.4

AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core

78th

20.9 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i9-7980XE

78th

20.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

76th

20.2 ^{+/- 1.8}

2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core

76th

20.2 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core

76th

20.2 ^{+/- 3.2}

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R

76th

20.1

Mid-Tier

75th

< 20.1

AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core

75th

20.1

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

73rd

19.7 ^{+/- 0.6}

2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

73rd

19.6 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

72nd

19.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

70th

19.3 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Core i9-10900K

66th

18.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

66th

18.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core

66th

18.6

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core

63rd

16.7

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core

62nd

16.1 ^{+/- 0.8}

AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core

62nd

15.9

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

60th

15.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

60th

15.1

AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core

60th

14.9

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

58th

14.6 ^{+/- 0.6}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

57th

14.3 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i9-9900KS

57th

14.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core

55th

13.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

54th

13.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i9-9900K

53rd

13.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

52nd

12.8 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Core i5-10600K

52nd

12.6 ^{+/- 0.2}

Median

50th

12.4

Intel Core i7-8086K

49th

12.2

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core

49th

12.2 ^{+/- 1.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

48th

12.0 ^{+/- 0.5}

Intel Xeon E-2288G

48th

11.9 ^{+/- 1.3}

Intel Core i7-8700K

48th

11.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

48th

11.8 ^{+/- 0.7}

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

48th

11.7

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

43rd

10.0 ^{+/- 0.1}

Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core

42nd

9.9 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i7-9750H

42nd

9.2

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core

41st

9.0 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i5-8400

41st

8.9

Intel Core i5-9400F

40th

8.9

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

40th

8.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core

40th

8.8

Intel Core i7-6800K

39th

8.8 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core

39th

8.7

Intel Core i7-7700K

37th

8.5

Intel Core i7-7740K

36th

8.4

AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core

36th

8.4

Intel Core i7-5960X

35th

8.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

35th

8.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

35th

8.3

Intel Xeon Gold 5217

35th

8.3 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core

34th

8.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core

33rd

8.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core

32nd

7.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core

32nd

7.8

Intel Core i3-10100

31st

7.6

Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

31st

7.5

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5

30th

7.4

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U

29th

7.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

28th

7.0 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

28th

6.9

Intel Core i5-7600K

28th

6.9

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5

28th

6.9

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

27th

6.8 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i3-8100

26th

6.7

Intel Core i7-9700TE

26th

6.6

Low-Tier

25th

< 6.5

Intel Core i7-4960X

25th

6.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-4790K

25th

6.4 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

25th

6.4

POWER9 44-Core

24th

6.2

Intel Core i7-5775C

23rd

6.1

Intel Core i5-6500

22nd

6.1

Intel Core i5-4690K

21st

5.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-4770K

21st

5.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i5-4670

21st

5.8

Intel Core i7-6700HQ

20th

5.7

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core

19th

5.7

Intel Core i7-1165G7

19th

5.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

18th

5.3

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

16th

5.1

Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5

16th

5.1

Intel Core i7-1065G7

15th

4.8

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

14th

4.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core

14th

4.6

Intel Core i3-7100

14th

4.5

Intel Core i7-3770K

13th

4.5

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

12th

4.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

12th

4.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core

11th

3.6

Intel Core i5-3470

10th

3.4

Intel Core i7-2700K

10th

3.4

Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx

8th

2.8 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i3-4130

7th

2.8

AMD A10-7850K APU

6th

2.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

6th

2.6

Intel Core i5-2500K

5th

2.2

POWER9 4-Core

4th

1.3

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x265 3.4 - 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.

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.6%.

x265_darkhero_pts 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO - AMD Starship Arch rolling - 5.10.7-xanmod1-1 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
x2654k_perf 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i3-6300 - ASRock H110M-STX - Intel Skylake Debian 10 - 4.19.0-13-amd64 - Cinnamon 3.8.8
x2651k 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i5-8600K - ASRock Z370M-ITX/ac - Intel 8th Gen Core CentOS Linux 7 - 3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
x2654k 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i5-8600K - ASRock Z370M-ITX/ac - Intel 8th Gen Core CentOS Linux 7 - 3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 3.28.3
x2654k_perf 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 - ASRock X99 Taichi - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Linuxmint 20 - 5.4.0-64-generic - Cinnamon 4.6.7
Linux 5.11 Invariance Regression Test 3 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.10.2-051002-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
Ryzen 9 5950X Linux 5.11 Regress Test Featured Kernel Comparison	5.10.9-051009-generic - 5.11.0-051100rc4daily20210121-generic - 5.11.0-rc4-max-boost-inv-patch
amd-epyc-viscomp 1 System - 24 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core - Supermicro H12DSU-iN v1.01 - AMD Starship Debian 10 - 4.19.0-13-amd64 - Xfce 4.12
epyc-test 1 System - 24 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core - Supermicro H12DSU-iN v1.01 - AMD Starship Debian 10 - 4.19.0-13-amd64 - Xfce 4.12
5950X ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WiFi BIOS 2 Systems - 129 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
performance-510-20210119 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E GAMING - AMD Starship ManjaroLinux 20.2.1 - 5.10.7-3-MANJARO - X Server 1.20.10
Ryzen 3 2200G 2021 3 Systems - 191 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G - ASUS PRIME B350M-E - AMD Raven Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-38-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1

Ryzen 9 5900X / Ryzen 9 5950X Linux Performance 11 Systems - 217 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD 17h Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
3800XT october 3 Systems - 25 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - ASRock X570 Pro4 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201003-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
x265 + kvazaar 3 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Core i9 10900K x265 + kvazaar 3 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10900K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-23-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
tiger x265 +kvazaar 3 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell 0GG9PT - Intel Device a0ef Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900daily20201016-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Ryzen 5 5600X Linux Performance 12 Systems - 229 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Ryzen 3 2200G 2021 3 Systems - 191 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G - ASUS PRIME B350M-E - AMD Raven Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-38-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
7700k okt 3 Systems - 12 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-7700K - MSI Z270-A PRO - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc8daily20201011-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
10980XE October 3 Systems - 12 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-48-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
jempebench 14 Systems - 30 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core - MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK - AMD Starship Arch Linux - 5.6.19-rt11-xanmod1-1-xanmod-rt - KDE Plasma 5.19.5
H265 Xeon 3 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5217 - Supermicro X11SPL-F v1.02 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.0
Ryzen Monitoring 6 Systems - 62 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4

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x265 3.4

Video Input: Bosphorus 4K

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