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Board InfoFFMPEG x264 Transcoding (m)CPU PerformancePower Consumption (Watts)Notes
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NameSOCRAMHardware Acc.Software
sysbench --threads=[CORES] --max-time=10 --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=20000 run
RPi 3 Relative PowerWOL/SleepIdleMaxPrice
Raw Performance Per $
FFMPEG CommandNotes
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Raspberry Pi 4Cortex-A72 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz4GB3.7940.5815921.0036.2$551.82
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec h264_omx -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
32 Bit OS, 4GB of ram largely unnecessary unless running GUI applications or in-memory db
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Raspberry Pi 3 B+Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz1GB4.6457.5212560.79$352.25
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec h264_omx -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
32 Bit OS
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Raspberry Pi 3 A+Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz512 MB 4.6457.5212560.791.4$203.94
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec h264_omx -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
32 Bit OS
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Raspberry Pi Zero W1GHz, ARM11 single-core512 MB33.12N/A1660.101.12$101.04
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -c:a copy output.mkv
32 Bit OS
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Banana Pi Zero M21GHz, ARM7 quad-core512 MB9.11N/A5610.351.252.5$21.991.60
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -pix_fmt nv12 -vcodec cedrus264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
Cedrus FFMPEG HW ACC.
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ODROID-XU42Ghz, A15 and A7 Octa core2GB3.7218.8622301.402.7510$702.00
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -pix_fmt nv21 -vcodec h264_v4l2m2m -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
MFC Hardware Acceleration
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ODROID N2Quad-core Cortex-A73(1.8Ghz) and Dual-core Cortex-A53(1.9Ghz)4GB12.143516722.091.95.5$7927.96
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -pix_fmt nv21 -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
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Rock64
RK3328 Quad Core A53
1GB$30
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RockPro64 4GBRK3399 - 2Ghz, Dual Cortex-A72 + Quad Cortex-A534GBN/A19.202594416.30$8020.37
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
No hardware transcoding support as of yet.
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RockPi SRockchip RK3308 Quad A35512 MB71515.690.451.2$13.9040.96
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NanoPI Duo 2Allwinner H3 (Cortex A7 Quad Core 1.2GHz)512 MBN/AN/A7170.450.71.8$19.502.31
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -pix_fmt nv12 -vcodec cedrus264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
Cedrus FFMPEG HW ACC.
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NanoPi M4RK3399 - 2Ghz, Dual Cortex-A72 + Quad Cortex-A534GBN/A20.112507215.75$101.9915.44
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
No hardware transcoding support as of yet.
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NanoPi R1Allwinner H3, Quad-core Cortex-A7 Up to 1.2GHz1GBN/A108.647030.441.252.75$39.001.13
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
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Orange Pi Zero1.2GHz, A7 Quad-Core512 MBN/AN/A6030.380.551.55$12.383.06-
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Orange Pi PC Plus1.6Ghz, A7 Quad-Core512 MBN/A72.707780.38$23.991.58
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
Broken MicroUSB connector, was able to power over GPIO. Ubuntu Armbian mainline kernel 4.19.y with FFMPEG Cedrus w/H3 modifications
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Orange Pi 31.8GHz, H6 Quad-core2GB N/A102.66142608.96$39.9922.40
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
Debian Server provided by OrangePi, no hardware encoding for H6 yet on ffmpeg.
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NVIDIA Jetson Nano1.43 GHz, A57 Quad-core4GB1.0320.24145319.13510$99.999.13
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
time gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=videoplayback.m4v ! decodebin ! omxvp8enc ! matroskamux ! filesink location=test.mkv -e
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Atomic PiIntel Atom x5-Z8350 quad core2GB3.724.0557583.625.758.75$34.0010.64
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
VAAPI For HW Accelerated transcoding
time ffmpeg -loglevel debug -hwaccel vaapi -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -i videoplayback.m4v -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -map 0:0 -threads 8 -aspect 16:9 -y -f matroska -acodec copy -b:v 12500k -vcodec h264_vaapi "output2.mkv"
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Khadas VIM3Amlogic A311D hexa-core4G10.0954107925.801.242.155.3$139.0018.56
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -c:a copy output.mkv
Uses 1.24W in standby WOL mode
time ffmpeg -loglevel debug -hwaccel vaapi -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -i videoplayback.m4v -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -map 0:0 -threads 8 -aspect 16:9 -y -f matroska -acodec copy -b:v 12500k -vcodec h264_vaapi "output2.mkv"
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Habaneroquad-core (717 MHz) IPQ4019/IPQ4029512 MBN/AN/A3.611$89.000.00
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VOCORE V2MT7628, 580 MHz, MIPS 24K128MB
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Intel NUC7CJYB2GHz base, 2.7GHz turbo Celeron Dual Core8GB2.3616.26118967.4714.610$149.005.02
Used 1W in standby WOL mode
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Desktop ServerIntel i5-4690K @ 3.50GHz16GB4.541836811.54$3563.24
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
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Desktop Workstation (2080 HW Encode)
Intel i7 8700K @ 3.7GHz32GB0.341.85794336.40$4907.43
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec libx264 -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
time ffmpeg -i videoplayback.m4v -vcodec h264_nvenc -acodec none -b:v 4000k -b:a 0k output.mkv
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Thinkpad X1 Carbon (6th Gen)
16GB18081
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Dell XPS 13 9300Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 8x 3.9GHz32GB47652
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