Video encoding
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DivX
We used the DivX converter, a tool included in the DivX package, in order to measure the encoding performance using this codec. The DivX codec is capable of recognizing and using all available cores and the SSE4 instruction set.
We converted a Full HD, six-minute-long .mov video file into a .avi file, using the “HD 1080p” output profile. The results below are given in seconds, so the lower the better.
On DivX encoding, the FX-4300 was 14% slower than the FX-6350, 20% slower than the FX-8350 and the A10-7870K, and was 38% slower than the Core i3-6100.
DVDShrink
DVDShrink is an old but still very useful program to “shrink” video DVDs that have more than 4.7 GiB of data to fit single-layer DVD media. We used it to compress the DVD of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” DVD to 4.7 GiB. The results below are given in seconds, so the lower the better.
In this test, the FX-4300 was 12% slower than the FX-6350, 19% slower than the FX-8350, 9% slower than the A10-7870K, and 13% slower than the Core i3-6100.
Media Espresso
Media Espresso is a video conversion program that uses the graphics processing unit of the video engine to speed up the conversion process. We converted a 1 GiB, 1920x1080i, 23,738 kbps, .mov video file to a smaller 320×200, H.264, .MP4 file for viewing on a smartphone. The results below are given in seconds, so the lower the better.
Here the FX-4300 was 6% slower than the FX-6350, 11% slower than the FX-8350, 6% slower than the A10-7870K, and was 31% slower than the Core i3-6100.
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