FFmpeg

This is a benchmark of the FFmpeg multimedia framework. The FFmpeg test profile is making use of a modified version of vbench from Columbia University's Architecture and Design Lab (ARCADE) [http://arcade.cs.columbia.edu/vbench/] that is a benchmark for video-as-a-service workloads. The test profile offers the options of a range of vbench scenarios based on freely distributable video content and offers the options of using the x264 or x265 video encoders for transcoding.

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

Project Site

ffmpeg.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

5 April 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

3 Minutes, 50 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 20 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Yasm Assembler + Nasm Assembler + Python + CMake

Accolades

400k+ 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 updated weekly as of 21 April 2024.

Revision History

pts/ffmpeg-7.0.1 [View Source] Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:20:54 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 7.0 upstream.

pts/ffmpeg-6.1.0 [View Source] Sat, 11 Nov 2023 08:41:20 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 6.1 upstream.

pts/ffmpeg-6.0.0 [View Source] Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:41:28 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 6.0 upstream release. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/702

pts/ffmpeg-3.0.0 [View Source] Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:36:37 GMT
Update to use vbench with x264 and x265 options, switch to latest FFmpeg 5.1.2 release, other improvements to make this test useful...

pts/ffmpeg-2.8.0 [View Source] Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:48:49 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 4.0.2

pts/ffmpeg-2.7.2 [View Source] Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:56:28 GMT
Use gmake on BSD to fix build, update download links too.

pts/ffmpeg-2.7.1 [View Source] Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:20:08 GMT
Add Windows support.

pts/ffmpeg-2.7.0 [View Source] Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:15:00 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 3.4.1

pts/ffmpeg-2.6.0 [View Source] Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:54:05 GMT
Update against upstream FFMpeg 3.3.3.

pts/ffmpeg-2.5.0 [View Source] Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:17:44 GMT
Update against FFmpeg 2.8.1, also use --disable-doc on build process.

pts/ffmpeg-2.4.0 [View Source] Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:24:48 GMT
Update download links and update against upstream FFmpeg 2.6.2.

pts/ffmpeg-2.3.1 [View Source] Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:59:31 GMT
Update download links.

pts/ffmpeg-2.3.0 [View Source] Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:39:15 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 2.2.1 release.

pts/ffmpeg-2.2.0 [View Source] Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:42:37 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 2.0.

pts/ffmpeg-2.1.0 [View Source] Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:06:12 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 1.1 release.

pts/ffmpeg-2.0.0 [View Source] Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:20:54 GMT
Update ffmpeg test profile against upstream FFmpeg 1.0 application and switch to H.264 HD input file.

pts/ffmpeg-1.8.0 [View Source] Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:20:11 GMT
Update against upstream FFmpeg 0.10 release.

pts/ffmpeg-1.7.0 [View Source] Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:48:00 GMT
Update ffmpeg to upstream version 0.8.7

pts/ffmpeg-1.6.0 [View Source] Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:03:30 GMT
Update to upstream FFmpeg 0.8.2, require Yasm external dependency.

pts/ffmpeg-1.5.0 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:47:10 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Video Encoding

Encoding

Multi-Core

Creator Workloads

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

FFmpeg 6.1

Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 251 public results since 11 November 2023 with the latest data as of 5 April 2024.

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

FPS (Average)

Intel Core i9-14900K

100th

350 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

96th

317 ^{+/- 11}

Intel Xeon E E-2488

95th

315 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores

91st

298 ^{+/- 5}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

89th

294 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core

85th

282 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core

84th

280 ^{+/- 5}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX 96-Cores

84th

278 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

80th

258 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

76th

236 ^{+/- 2}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 234

AMD EPYC 9334 32-Core

74th

233 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

72nd

231

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

70th

227 ^{+/- 3}

Apple M2

70th

227

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

60th

216 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

56th

211 ^{+/- 15}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

53rd

204 ^{+/- 2}

Median

50th

200

Intel Core i7-8700

48th

197 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

47th

196 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

46th

195 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-1065G7

41st

187 ^{+/- 2}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

40th

184 ^{+/- 6}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

38th

182 ^{+/- 1}

2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480

38th

182

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

33rd

176 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

30th

174

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

30th

174

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

27th

173

2 x AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

27th

173

Low-Tier

25th

< 172

Intel Core i9-10980XE

25th

170 ^{+/- 12}

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

23rd

167

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

22nd

166 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-8565U

20th

165

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

12th

123 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

11th

119

ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core

5th

69 ^{+/- 3}

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core

2nd

28 ^{+/- 4}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 6.1 - Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live) has an average run-time of 3 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 0.1%.

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)

Loongson LoongArch 64-bit

loongarch64

Loongson-3A6000-HV

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, Apple M2, Phytium D2000

config-5-all 1 System - 250 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Arch Linux - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 17.0.6
FFmpeg Release 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.1-060801-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
config-4-all 1 System - 250 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Arch Linux - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 17.0.6
config-3-all 1 System - 250 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Arch Linux - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 17.0.6
config-2-all 1 System - 250 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Arch Linux - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 17.0.6
results 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-13600KF - ASUS ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Pop 22.04 - 6.6.10-76060610-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5
2024-03-28-1658 76 Systems - 921 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
video-encode-run-1 1 System - 93 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Device 14a4 Arch Linux - 6.8.1-arch1-1 - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 17.0.6
fedora-beta-40 Featured Kernel Comparison	6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - 6.8.2-300.fc40.x86_64
2024-03-29-1003 1 System - 26 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P - Intel Device 7a27 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
fedora-beta-40 Featured Kernel Comparison	6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - 6.8.2-300.fc40.x86_64
fedora-beta-40 Featured Kernel Comparison	6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - 6.8.2-300.fc40.x86_64
fedora-beta-40 Featured Kernel Comparison	6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - 6.8.2-300.fc40.x86_64
7900xt-gre 4 Systems - 143 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core - Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI - AMD Starship Fedora 40 - 6.8.1-300.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.0.2
sdfdf 3 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E E-2488 - Supermicro Super Server X13SCL-F v0123456789 - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-26-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9

7800x3d-pbo-co20-expo 2 Systems - 31 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 EndeavourOS rolling - 6.6.5-zen1-1-zen - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D ECC@5200 2 Systems - 339 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core - ASUS ProArt B650-CREATOR - AMD Device 14d8 Debian 12 - 6.5.0-0.deb12.1-amd64 - Xfce 4.18
ffmpeg rabbit 4 Systems - 18 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
new ice 3 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1065G7 - Dell 06CDVY - Intel Ice Lake-LP DRAM Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-35-generic - GNOME Shell 44.3
ffmpeg threadripper 3 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-10-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
dlg 2 Systems - 39 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
2024-01-31-1541 62 Systems - 456 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 - Intel S2600CWR - Intel Xeon E7 v4 SystemRescue 10.01 - 6.1.30-1-lts - X Server 1.21.1.8
tgls Featured Kernel Comparison	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
ddd 3 Systems - 80 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc2daily20231127-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
ddd 2 Systems - 78 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-phx-bcachefs - GNOME Shell 45.0
Threadripper 7000 EXPO Featured Processor Comparison	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-Cores - ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
zbychuk-g5-testy2 2 Systems - 9 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-9500T - HP 8598 - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Debian 12 - 6.1.0-13-amd64 - X Server 1.21.1.7
sss 2 Systems - 180 Benchmark Results
ff Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
pclinux 6 Systems - 97 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core - ASRock X370 Taichi - AMD 17h Debian - 6.4.0-4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.7