Hardware transcoding results

Source format  ->              28 mb/s H.264           12 mb/s MPEG2

Encoding format
FX-8120 720x576 VP8      52 fps / 18%            52 fps / 26%
FX-8120 720P VP8            35 fps / 17%            36 fps / 23%
FX-8120 1080P VP8          14 fps / 15% *         19 fps / 18%
FX-8120 720x576 H.264   101 fps / 44%           104 fps / 26%
FX-8120 720P H.264          96 fps / 50%            101 fps / 32%
FX-8120 1080P H.264      115 fps / 97% *         128 fps / 72%

i7-4790k 720x576 VP8         99 fps / 33%             89 fps / 23%
i7-4790k 720P VP8              70 fps / 28%             64 fps / 26%
i7-4790k 1080P VP8            30 fps / 25%             26 fps / 17%
i7-4790k 720x576 H.264     163 fps / 47%          200 fps / 36%
i7-4790k 720P H.264           160 fps / 63%         197 fps / 41%
i7-4790k 1080P H.264         156 fps / 99% *       204 fps / 87% *

IQS 720x576 VP8                100 fps / 32%         100 fps / 22%
IQS 720P VP8                       70 fps / 28%            60 fps / 23%
IQS 1080P VP8                     30 fps / 25%            26 fps / 17%
IQS 720x576 H.264              160 fps / 40%          145 fps / 24%
IQS 720P H.264                    155 fps / 43%          154 fps / 32%
IQS 1080P H.264                  145 fps / 58%          159 fps / 40%

nVidia 720x576 H.264           88 fps / 12%             97 fps / 12%    with 3D Decode
nVidia 720P H.264                 87 fps / 11%             97 fps / 11%    with 3D Decode
nVidia 1080P H.264               86 fps /  11%            94 fps / 17%    with 3D Decode

nVidia 720x576 H.264          113 fps / 32%            129 fps / 28%   
nVidia 720P H.264                122 fps / 38%            134 fps / 22%   
nVidia 1080P H.264              114 fps /  36%           130 fps / 20%   


* Transconding at this CPU level was not watchable

VP8 encoding is used for WEBM leveraged by Internet Explorer 11 and Firefox.
H.264 encoding is used by Microsoft Edge browsers.

The Mezzmo Web Client was set for 2.5 mb/s maximum bandwidth.


The fps is frames per second and the % is CPU utilization. The testing was done with an AMD FX-8120, and an Intel i7-4790K processor. The IQS testing was done with the I7-4790k.  The nVidia testing was done with a GTX 970 video card.

 

                                                    Additional transcoding results

This testing is software only results leveraging the Mezzmo web client access on a Ryzen 3700X processor with the transcoding 
priority set to medium.  The first set of results would be for a typical LAN environment.  The second for a WAN connection.

                                    Web client output 1080P 80mbps  FPS rate and CPU Utilization

Browser / Encoding Format

Firefox VP8 Firefox FLV Edge HLS Chrome MKV
Source file        
1080P H264 @ 36Mbps 27fps 11% 602fps 16% 207fps 48% 127fps 8%
4K HEVC @ 65mbps 30fps 31% 55fps 100% 63fps 80% 48fps 77%

 

                                    Web client output 720P 6mbps  FPS rate and CPU Utilization

Browser / Encoding Format

Firefox VP8 Firefox FLV Edge HLS Chrome MKV
Source file        
1080P H264 @ 36Mbps 46fps 12% 149fps 100% 260fps 53% 110fps 56%
4K HEVC @ 65mbps 45fps 48% 64fps 90% 82fps 71% 50fps 67%