The Hexus HandBrake 0.9.6 charts - who has the greatest multi-threaded POWER!!??

[DanceswithUnix]

Handbrake release note says that libx264 was updated.

Release notes for that give lots of performance tweaks specially in x86-64.

There seem to be a lot of code paths in there.

[Terbinator]

Now we just need some Bulldozer figures.

[watercooled]

Don't suppose anyone still has the output files from 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 to compare sizes? I know it's not ideal but it might give some indication of quality has been changed dramatically in the preset.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I now get 10.139193 fps for Tron if I use High Profile with my Core i3 2100. That is a huge drop from 38.018112 fps.

The thing is the profile used can make a large difference in the relative performance of CPUs after having a look at this article now:

http://ht4u.net/reviews/2011/amd_fx_...ew/index15.php

The Core i3 2120 is very close to a Core i5 750 for the low quality iPod profile,but is nowhere close for the High Profile encode.

If the Normal setting is now reduced quality,then it means a lower load on the CPU.

Hence,perhaps High Profile will now be the better choice as it stresses the CPU more,and this thread is about multi-threaded POWAR!

I still think that the Core i7 will probably rule the roost here.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

After looking at the HT4U article, I think we should default to High Profile. This is a better test of CPU processing power if the Normal preset is less demanding now.

[DanceswithUnix]

Reading the Handbrake release note they claim that quality and output file size remain the same, they have just tuned for better efficiency. That with the libx264 updates and it could well just be faster.

Does the High profile make the output file bigger?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Reading the Handbrake release note they claim that quality and output file size remain the same, they have just tuned for better efficiency. That with the libx264 updates and it could well just be faster.

Does the High profile make the output file bigger?

AFAIK,yep!

[watercooled]

Do I smell 2 graphs, one for high/normal?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Do I smell 2 graphs, one for high/normal?

Might be a good idea,although it would mean more work for people!

Edit!!

I think that actually it is an excellent idea, as it will be useful to see how a variation in load affects the relative positioning of the CPUs.

If we see a big difference it could explain why certain websites contradict each other.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I hope everyone is fine with this??

[Ross1]

I still feel far too much disdain for handbrake. It makes very poor use of avisynth, "HandBrake does not currently support control of the x264 Preset and Tune options", etc....

[DanceswithUnix]

I still feel far too much disdain for handbrake. It makes very poor use of avisynth, "HandBrake does not currently support control of the x264 Preset and Tune options", etc....

Understandable, but would you find it a useful indicator of what a CPU could do with something that *does* make good use of avisynth? In other words, is it a useful benchmark to you.

[DanceswithUnix]

I hope everyone is fine with this??

So three runs at two settings? Still only 6 runs, my netbook can do that in just a few hours

Gets my vote.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The reason I used HandBrake is because it is free,easy to use and is widely used by many review websites. Another one would have been x264 HD Benchmark Ver. 4.0 but HandBrake is more common AFAIK.

So three runs at two settings? Still only 6 runs, my netbook can do that in just a few hours

Gets my vote.

Yep!

[Pob255]

Just want to double check, this is still running on cpu only? no gpu acceleration/PPU ?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Just want to double check, this is still running on cpu only? no gpu acceleration/PPU ?

Yep.