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, 45 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 11 Seconds

Test Dependencies

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

Accolades

40k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result UploadsReported Installs*Test Completions*OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsx265 Popularity Statisticspts/x2652018.072018.082018.092018.102018.112018.122019.012019.022019.032019.042019.052019.062019.072019.082019.092019.102019.112019.122020.012020.022020.032020.042020.052020.062020.072020.082020.092020.102020.112020.122021.012021.022021.032021.044K8K12K16K20K
* 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 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:29:47 GMT.
Bosphorus 4K53.3%Bosphorus 1080p46.7%Video Input Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

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 1080p

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,080 public results since 16 October 2020 with the latest data as of 10 April 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 7763 64-Core
94th
3
75.3
Intel Core i9-10900K
89th
15
71.3 +/- 0.4
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
87th
5
69.6 +/- 7.0
Intel Core i9-11900K
87th
7
67.5 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i9-7960X
84th
3
64.4 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
84th
16
63.7 +/- 8.3
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
83rd
16
62.6 +/- 4.0
Intel Core i9-10980XE
83rd
3
62.4 +/- 0.3
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
79th
3
60.4 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i9-9900KS
78th
3
60.2 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i9-9900K
76th
6
59.3 +/- 1.1
Intel Core i5-11600K
76th
5
58.5 +/- 3.0
Mid-Tier
75th
< 58.3
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
75th
7
58.2 +/- 0.5
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
75th
15
57.4 +/- 4.4
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
74th
25
55.9 +/- 8.1
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
73rd
3
55.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Xeon E-2288G
73rd
12
55.0 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G
72nd
6
54.3 +/- 0.5
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
70th
15
53.1 +/- 5.1
Intel Core i5-10600K
70th
7
52.8 +/- 0.4
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
70th
6
52.7 +/- 7.5
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
69th
10
51.9 +/- 1.7
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
68th
3
51.6 +/- 5.9
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
68th
4
51.3
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
66th
5
50.1
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
65th
4
49.9 +/- 2.2
Intel Core i7-8700K
65th
3
49.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-8086K
64th
4
49.6 +/- 0.6
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
64th
6
49.2 +/- 0.9
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
64th
23
48.9 +/- 3.2
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
63rd
5
48.6
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
61st
6
48.4 +/- 0.3
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
61st
5
48.4
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
60th
5
48.2
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
58th
5
47.9
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
58th
5
47.8
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
56th
5
47.4
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
56th
5
47.3
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
55th
9
47.2 +/- 1.2
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
54th
5
46.5
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
53rd
3
46.2
Median
50th
44.5
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
48th
3
40.8 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i9-7980XE
48th
3
40.4 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i5-9400F
47th
3
40.1 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-8400
47th
3
39.8 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
47th
3
39.7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
46th
3
39.5 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-7740K
46th
3
39.3 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-7700K
46th
3
39.1 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
45th
8
38.8 +/- 2.7
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
45th
3
38.7 +/- 0.2
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
44th
3
37.9
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
44th
3
37.8 +/- 0.6
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
44th
5
37.5
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
43rd
3
37.2 +/- 0.3
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
41st
6
36.5 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-9750H
41st
9
36.2 +/- 3.1
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
41st
3
35.8 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i7-10700T
40th
5
35.4 +/- 4.9
Intel Core i7-6800K
40th
7
35.3 +/- 0.8
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
39th
4
35.1 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
39th
6
34.8 +/- 0.2
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
39th
12
34.8 +/- 0.2
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
38th
3
34.6 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i3-10100
37th
3
34.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
37th
3
34.4 +/- 0.2
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
36th
6
34.2 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
35th
3
33.9 +/- 0.3
Intel Core i7-5960X
35th
4
33.8 +/- 0.3
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
35th
3
33.8 +/- 0.2
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
35th
3
33.1
Intel Core i7-9700TE
33rd
4
31.5 +/- 0.1
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
33rd
4
31.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
32nd
3
31.1 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
32nd
3
31.1 +/- 1.2
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
31st
15
30.8 +/- 1.9
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
31st
3
30.8 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-7600K
30th
3
29.9 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-4790K
30th
6
29.8 +/- 1.0
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U
30th
5
29.5 +/- 0.3
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
29th
3
28.8 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i3-8100
29th
3
28.8 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v6
28th
3
28.1 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-5775C
28th
5
28.0 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-4770K
26th
3
26.9 +/- 0.1
Low-Tier
25th
< 26.9
Intel Core i5-4690K
25th
5
26.4 +/- 2.5
Intel Core i5-6500
25th
3
26.4
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
25th
3
26.2 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-1165G7
24th
23
25.6 +/- 1.3
Intel Core i7-4960X
23rd
3
25.3 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i5-4670
23rd
3
25.2 +/- 0.1
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
20th
4
22.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Core i7-8550U
20th
4
22.4 +/- 1.8
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
19th
3
22.1 +/- 0.1
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
19th
3
22.0 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-1065G7
18th
7
21.0 +/- 1.4
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
17th
3
20.0 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i3-7100
16th
3
19.6 +/- 0.1
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core
16th
4
19.4 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-3770K
16th
4
19.4 +/- 0.9
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
16th
4
19.2 +/- 0.7
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
15th
3
18.5 +/- 0.2
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
14th
4
16.4 +/- 0.4
Intel Core i7-3615QM
14th
8
16.4 +/- 2.3
Intel Core i5-3470
13th
3
15.5 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i7-2700K
12th
3
15.2
Intel Pentium G4560
10th
4
13.4
POWER9 44-Core
9th
9
12.7 +/- 0.2
Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx
9th
3
12.6 +/- 1.5
Intel Core i7-5600U
9th
3
12.5 +/- 0.1
Intel Core i3-4130
8th
3
12.1 +/- 0.1
AMD A10-7850K APU
7th
6
11.6 +/- 0.2
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
6th
3
11.4 +/- 0.1
POWER9 4-Core
3rd
7
5.5 +/- 0.1
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core
3rd
3
3.1
Intel Pentium Dual T2310
2nd
4
1.3 +/- 0.2
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p1066 Results Range From 0 To 94 Frames Per Second0816243240485664728088964080120160200

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (x265 3.4 - 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: 1.41 / Max: 7

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

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080pDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.56 / Max: 6

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 Basex265 CPU Core ScalingVideo Input: Bosphorus 1080p246816243248641.39792.79584.19375.59166.9895

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