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, 49 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 16 January 2025.

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 245 public results since 5 April 2024 with the latest data as of 5 January 2025.

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

99th

314 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

96th

303 ^{+/- 9}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores

94th

300 ^{+/- 8}

Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

94th

298 ^{+/- 4}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores

92nd

294

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core

86th

279 ^{+/- 4}

Intel Core i7-1280P

77th

271 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

77th

271 ^{+/- 11}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 270

Intel Core i5-12600K

75th

270 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

68th

252 ^{+/- 8}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores

61st

238 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core

61st

238 ^{+/- 14}

AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

59th

237 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

59th

236 ^{+/- 4}

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

56th

225 ^{+/- 7}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

54th

222 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen AI 9 365

53rd

220 ^{+/- 13}

Median

50th

215

2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592

48th

213 ^{+/- 3}

2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

48th

213 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i7-1165G7

46th

209 ^{+/- 6}

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core

43rd

204 ^{+/- 6}

Intel Core i7-1185G7

43rd

204 ^{+/- 11}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

42nd

199 ^{+/- 2}

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

39th

191 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

33rd

178 ^{+/- 1}

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

33rd

177 ^{+/- 3}

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

31st

176

AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core

31st

176

AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core

27th

171

Low-Tier

25th

< 166

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

24th

163 ^{+/- 1}

Intel Xeon Silver 4216

17th

129 ^{+/- 1}

AmpereOne 192-Core

16th

128 ^{+/- 2}

AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core

13th

118 ^{+/- 1}

Detailed Performance Overview

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (FFmpeg 7.0 - Encoder: libx264 - Scenario: Live) 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 0.1%.

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

IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit

ppc64le

POWER8E

ARMv8 64-bit

aarch64

ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A78E 12-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, AmpereOne 192-Core

Encoding 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 - GIGABYTE V4288 MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Debian - 6.12.6-amd64 - GCC 14.2.0
ffmpeg_test_all 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core - Gigabyte X670 GAMING X AX V2 - AMD Device 14d8 Fedora Linux 41 - 6.11.4-301.fc41.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 47.0
before 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	Intel Core i7-4790 - Dell 0N4YC8 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM NobaraLinux 41 - 6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64 - GNOME Shell 46.6
ryzen 5959x ffmpeg 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 - AMD Starship Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-51-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
ffmpeg-122224 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i5-12400F - Colorful And Development CVN B760M-BACK FROZEN WIFI - Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH Artix rolling - 6.12.4-artix1-1 - Wayland
hetzner 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E-2276G - ASUS WS C246 DC - Intel Cannon Lake PCH Arch Linux - 6.12.4-arch1-1 - GCC 14.2.1 20240910
mothership-ffmpeg1 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	Intel Celeron N3160 - AMI Aptio CRB - 8GB Ubuntu 20.04 - 6.1.118-Unraid - X Server
2024-12-04-1617 1 System - 104 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 24.04 - 6.8.0-41-generic - GNOME Shell 46.0
encodertest 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores - ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE - AMD Genoa Debian - 6.11.10-amd64 - KDE Plasma 6.2.3
h2 3 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X570-I GAMING - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.10.6-273-tkg-bore - Sway
ffmpeg.live.1 2 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment EliteMini HPBSD v1.0 - AMD Device 14e8 NobaraLinux 40 - 6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.2.2
ffmpeg.live.1 1 System - 1 Benchmark Result	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS - Shenzhen Meigao Electronic Equipment EliteMini HPBSD v1.0 - AMD Device 14e8 NobaraLinux 40 - 6.11.9-200.fsync.fc40.x86_64 - KDE Plasma 6.2.2
h2 2 Systems - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X570-I GAMING - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.11.10-273-tkg-bore-llvm - KDE Plasma
h2 1 System - 8 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X570-I GAMING - AMD Starship EndeavourOS rolling - 6.10.6-273-tkg-bore - Sway
yogaproffmpeg 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - AMD Device 1507 Arch rolling - 6.12.1-arch1-1 - KDE Plasma 6.2.3

2021-09-09-1229 73 Systems - 527 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 - Intel S2600CW - Intel Xeon E7 v4 Arch Linux - 6.9.7-arch1-1 - GCC 14.1.1 20240522
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
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
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
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
dkdda 2 Systems - 160 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 - MSI Z170A SLI PLUS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Ubuntu 20.04 - 6.1.0-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
dkdda 2 Systems - 160 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 - MSI Z170A SLI PLUS - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 Ubuntu 20.04 - 6.1.0-phx - GNOME Shell 3.36.9
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
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
dddd 2 Systems - 219 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS - Framework Laptop 16 - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.7.0-060700-generic - GNOME Shell 45.2
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
amdryzen54500u Featured Kernel Comparison	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U - RO Calla_RN - AMD Renoir Arch rolling - 6.9.10-arch1-1 - X Server 1.21.1.13
Pop OS Kernels Linux 6.8 2 Systems - 206 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI - AMD Starship Pop 22.04 - 6.6.6-76060606-generic - GNOME Shell 42.5