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

Test Dependencies

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

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 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:36:59 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 1,012 public results since 16 October 2020 with the latest data as of 26 February 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

99th

27.5 ^{+/- 3.3}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

98th

26.8 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

95th

26.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

92nd

24.9 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core

90th

24.2 ^{+/- 1.0}

AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core

89th

23.9 ^{+/- 1.5}

AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core

88th

23.8 ^{+/- 1.2}

AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core

88th

23.8 ^{+/- 1.1}

AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core

87th

23.6

AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core

85th

23.4 ^{+/- 1.5}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

83rd

23.0 ^{+/- 2.0}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

82nd

22.9

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core

81st

22.6 ^{+/- 1.4}

AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core

81st

22.5 ^{+/- 0.6}

AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core

81st

22.3 ^{+/- 1.1}

AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core

81st

22.3 ^{+/- 1.3}

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

80th

22.2 ^{+/- 1.4}

Intel Core i9-7960X

79th

21.9

AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core

78th

21.7

AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core

76th

20.9 ^{+/- 0.6}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 20.9

Intel Core i9-7980XE

75th

20.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

73rd

20.4 ^{+/- 1.9}

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R

72nd

20.1

AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core

72nd

20.1

2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core

70th

19.9 ^{+/- 0.6}

2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core

70th

19.8 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core

69th

19.7 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Xeon Gold 6226R

68th

19.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core

67th

19.3 ^{+/- 0.6}

AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core

65th

19.1 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i9-10900K

63rd

18.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R

62nd

18.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core

59th

16.5 ^{+/- 0.6}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core

59th

16.1 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

57th

15.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

56th

15.1

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core

55th

14.7 ^{+/- 0.7}

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

54th

14.3 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i9-9900KS

54th

14.2 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core

53rd

13.7 ^{+/- 0.1}

2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core

52nd

13.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i9-9900K

51st

13.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

Median

50th

13.0

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

50th

12.8 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Core i5-10600K

50th

12.6 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Xeon E-2288G

48th

12.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-8086K

47th

12.2

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core

47th

12.2 ^{+/- 1.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G

47th

12.1 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

46th

12.0 ^{+/- 0.5}

Intel Core i7-8700K

45th

11.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core

45th

11.7

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

44th

11.6 ^{+/- 0.8}

Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core

42nd

10.2 ^{+/- 0.5}

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

41st

10.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core

38th

9.0 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Core i5-8400

38th

8.9

Intel Core i5-9400F

38th

8.9

Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

38th

8.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core

38th

8.8

Intel Core i7-6800K

37th

8.8 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core

37th

8.7 ^{+/- 0.4}

AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core

37th

8.7

Intel Core i7-7700K

36th

8.5

Intel Core i7-9750H

36th

8.5 ^{+/- 0.8}

Intel Core i7-7740K

35th

8.4

Intel Core i7-5960X

34th

8.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

33rd

8.3

Intel Xeon Gold 5217

33rd

8.3 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

33rd

8.3 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core

33rd

8.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core

32nd

8.1 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core

31st

7.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core

31st

7.8

Intel Core i3-10100

30th

7.6

Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6

29th

7.5

Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5

29th

7.4

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U

28th

7.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

27th

7.0 ^{+/- 0.2}

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

26th

6.9

Intel Core i5-7600K

26th

6.9

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5

26th

6.9

Low-Tier

25th

< 6.8

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

25th

6.8 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i3-8100

25th

6.7

Intel Core i7-9700TE

24th

6.6

Intel Core i7-4790K

23rd

6.4 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i7-4960X

23rd

6.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

23rd

6.4

POWER9 44-Core

22nd

6.2

Intel Core i7-5775C

21st

6.1

Intel Core i5-6500

21st

6.1

Intel Core i5-4690K

21st

6.0 ^{+/- 0.6}

Intel Core i7-4770K

20th

5.8 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i5-4670

19th

5.8

Intel Core i7-6700HQ

19th

5.7

Intel Core i7-1165G7

17th

5.4 ^{+/- 0.2}

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

16th

5.3

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

15th

5.1

Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5

15th

5.1

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

13th

4.7 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core

13th

4.6

Intel Core i7-1065G7

13th

4.5 ^{+/- 0.3}

Intel Core i3-7100

13th

4.5

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4

12th

4.4 ^{+/- 0.1}

Intel Core i7-3770K

11th

4.4 ^{+/- 0.3}

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

11th

4.3 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core

10th

3.6

Intel Core i5-3470

9th

3.4

Intel Core i7-2700K

9th

3.4

Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx

7th

2.8 ^{+/- 0.4}

Intel Core i3-4130

7th

2.8

AMD A10-7850K APU

6th

2.6 ^{+/- 0.1}

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

5th

2.6

POWER9 4-Core

3rd

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 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 0.6%.

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.

x265results1 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core - AMD [AMD] 17h - 16GB Os - 13.0-STABLE - Openbox 3.6
5900X LInux 5.12 Test 2 Systems - 95 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core - ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO - AMD Starship Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.1
cpu_result 1 System - 25 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon E5-2698R v4 - HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-65-generic - GCC 9.3.0
video-encoding-test 1 System - 39 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-3770K - ASUS P8Q77-M - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 Debian testing - 5.10.0-3-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.20.5
xps 9310 1 System - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 - Intel Device a0ef Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.6.0-1047-oem - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
aws-u16-c5-2x-ptscpu 1 System - 26 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8275CL - Amazon EC2 c5.2xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Ubuntu 16.04 - 4.4.0-1121-aws - 1.0.61
aaaltra 1 System - 358 Benchmark Results	Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 - WIWYNN Mt.Jade - Ampere Computing LLC Device e100 Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.11.0-051100-generic-64k - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
xps9310 1 System - 24 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 - Intel Device a0ef Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.6.0-1047-oem - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
i3 1 System - 3 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i3-4330T - MSI CSM-B85M-E45 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Debian 10 - 5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 - GCC 8.3.0
Zen2 Scheduler Performance Backports 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U - LENOVO 20UD0013GE - 32GB Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS - 5.10.16 - amdgpudrmfb
Linux 5.10.16 - performance 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U - LENOVO 20UD0013GE - 32GB Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS - 5.10.16 - amdgpudrmfb
HP ZBook Studio G7 Monitoring 1 System - 209 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10885H - HP 8736 - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-43-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2

Ryzen 9 5900X / Ryzen 9 5950X Linux Performance 11 Systems - 217 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-10600K - Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - Intel Comet Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900-generic - GNOME Shell 3.36.4
Xeon E 8 Systems - 84 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E-2288G - Compulab SBC-ATCFL v1.2 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.8.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2
TPL14_CPU 3 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U - LENOVO 20U6S1SD00 - AMD Renoir Root Complex Arch rolling - 5.10.16-zen1-1-zen - GNOME Shell 3.38.3
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
h265 icelake 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Device 34ef Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.9.0-050900rc7daily20201003-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
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
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
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
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
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
Linux 5.11 Feb 2021 Rafael Patch Test Featured Kernel Comparison	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Renoir Root Complex Ubuntu 20.10 - 5.11.0-051100rc6daily20210204-generic - GNOME Shell 3.38.2

x265

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x265 3.4

Video Input: Bosphorus 4K

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