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 28 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 7.0

Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 129 public results since 5 April 2024 with the latest data as of 29 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 Xeon E E-2488

100th

314 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

97th

308 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

92nd

294

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

88th

278 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i7-1280P

84th

271 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

81st

252 ^{+/- 8}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 243

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

73rd

238 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

70th

236 ^{+/- 4}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

68th

222 ^{+/- 2}

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

60th

213 ^{+/- 1}

2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

60th

213 ^{+/- 3}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

57th

209 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

53rd

204 ^{+/- 11}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

53rd

204 ^{+/- 6}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

52nd

199 ^{+/- 2}

Median

50th

198

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

46th

191 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

39th

178 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

37th

177 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

35th

176

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

35th

176

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

28th

171

Low-Tier

25th

< 166

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

20th

129 ^{+/- 1}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

17th

118 ^{+/- 1}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 7.0 - Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live) has an average run-time of 6 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)

RISC-V 64-bit

riscv64

SiFive RISC-V, rv64imafdcvsu

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 12-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core

Noctua Heatsink 1 System - 912 Benchmark Results
kul 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-13700K - MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-21-generic - Budgie 10.8
ffmpeg-2 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - AMD Starship - 32GB Debian - 6.8.7-sven - Xfce 4.18
ffmpeg-1 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core - AMD Starship - 32GB Debian - 6.8.7-sven - Xfce 4.18
ffmpeg_ppd_performance_ptm7950 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - Framework FRANMDCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Fedora 39 - 6.8.6-200.fc39.x86_64 - Sway 1.8.1
2024-04-22-0232 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.6.28-cloudrock_performance - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-1012 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.6.28-cloudrock - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-0301 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023.x86_64 - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-1012 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.6.28-cloudrock - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
2024-04-21-0301 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Amazon EC2 c6i.4xlarge - Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240416 - 6.1.84-99.169.amzn2023.x86_64 - GCC 11.4.1 20230605
ddggg 2 Systems - 126 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1165G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 0GG9PT - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-21-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0
1 1 System - 3 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework FRANMZCP07 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-1020-oem - KDE Plasma 5.24.7
1 Featured Kernel Comparison	6.5.0-26-generic - 6.5.0-28-generic
ddddss 2 Systems - 107 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i7-1185G7 - Dell XPS 13 9310 0DXP1F - Intel Tiger Lake-LP Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700rc5-generic - GNOME Shell 45.1
first 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core - ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Arch rolling - 6.8.7-arch1-1.1 - Sway 1.9

epyc fr 2 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core - GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 - AMD 17h Debian 12 - 6.1.0-10-amd64 - GCC 12.2.0
ffmpeg x265 updates 4 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores - System76 Thelio Major - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-11-generic - GNOME Shell 45.3
ffmpeg x265 epyc 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core - AMD Cinnabar - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.8.1-060801-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
x264 ffmpeg xeon a 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E E-2488 - Supermicro Super Server X13SCL-F v0123456789 - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-11-generic - GNOME Shell 45.3
x265 ffmpeg meteor lake intel 6 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H - MTL Swift SFG14-72T Coral_MTH - Intel Device 7e7f Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
ff 4 Systems - 14 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.9.0-060900rc1daily20240327-generic - GCC 13.2.0
ne 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - NB05 TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen3 R14FA1 - AMD Device 14e8 Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
dgka 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen2 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
dgka 2 Systems - 33 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - NB01 TUXEDO Aura 15 Gen2 NL5xNU - AMD Renoir Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10027-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
ddg Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS ROG Strix G513QY_G513QY G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
dddd 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Swift SFE16-43 Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Tuxedo 22.04 - 6.5.0-10022-tuxedo - KDE Plasma 5.27.10
llama x265 ffmpeg 4 Systems - 13 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core - ASRockRack EPYCD8 - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-11-amd64 - X Server
skks 3 Systems - 43 Benchmark Results	2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592+ - Quanta Cloud QuantaGrid D54Q-2U S6Q-MB-MPS - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-rc5-phx-patched - GNOME Shell 45.0
ryzen ffmpeg 7.0 3 Systems - 11 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core - MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM - AMD Starship Debian 12 - 6.1.0-18-amd64 - X Server 1.20.11
dlda 2 Systems - 47 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-10980XE - ASRock X299 Steel Legend - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.0-18-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2