Hardware Environment:

  • CPU: Intel Core2 E6300 running at 2.1Ghz
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA965P
  • Memory: 1G DDR2 667 x 2
  • Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 KS 250G (SATA2)
  • Display Adapter: GeForce 7300GT

Software Environment:

  • Windows XP Professional SP2
  • No program other than MediaCoder running
  • No user interaction during transcoding
  • MediaCoder’s encoder priority set to Normal (default is Lower)

Original Format Target Format Transcoding Speed
(versus 1x playtime)
MPEG-1 352×240@29.97fps 1.5Mbps (VCD) MPEG-4 SP 320×240@15fps / MP3 Audio 9.3x
MPEG-2 720×480@29.97fps 8Mbps (DVD) MPEG-4 SP 320×240@15fps / MP3 Audio 5.7x
MPEG-2 1920×1080@25fps 15Mbps (HDTV) MPEG-4 SP 320×240@15fps / MP3 Audio 2.8x
MPEG-4/DivX 320×240@24fps 500Kbps MPEG-4 SP 320×240@15fps / MP3 Audio 13.4x
MPEG-4/XviD 1280×720@25fps 3Mbps MPEG-4 SP 320×240@15fps / MP3 Audio 4.3x
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 1920×816@25fps 11Mbps MPEG-4 SP 320×240@15fps / MP3 Audio 2.2x
     
MPEG-1 352×240@29.97fps 1.5Mbps (VCD) AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 3.1x
MPEG-2 720×480@29.97fps 8Mbps (DVD) AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 3.0x
MPEG-2 1920×1080@25fps 15Mbps (HDTV) AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 1.9x
MPEG-4/DivX 320×240@24fps 500Kbps AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 4.1x
MPEG-4/XviD 1280×720@25fps 3Mbps AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 2.9x
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 1920×816@25fps 11Mbps AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 1.8x
     
MPEG-1 352×240@29.97fps 1.5Mbps (VCD) MPEG-4 ASP 352×240@29.97fps / MP3 Audio 5.4x
MPEG-2 720×480@29.97fps 8Mbps (DVD) MPEG-4 ASP 720×480@29.97fps / MP3 Audio 1.8x
MPEG-2 1920×1080@25fps 15Mbps (HDTV) MPEG-4 ASP 1920×1080@25fps / MP3 Audio 0.5x
MPEG-4/DivX 320×240@24fps 500Kbps MPEG-4 ASP 320×240@25fps / MP3 Audio 9.3x
MPEG-4/XviD 1280×720@25fps 3Mbps MPEG-4 ASP 1280×720@25fps / MP3 Audio 1.1x
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 1920×816@25fps 11Mbps MPEG-4 ASP 1920×816@25fps / MP3 Audio 0.6x
     
MPEG-1 352×240@29.97fps 1.5Mbps (VCD) AVC/H.264 352×240@29.97fps / AAC Audio 3.5x
MPEG-2 720×480@29.97fps 8Mbps (DVD) AVC/H.264 720×480@29.97fps / AAC Audio 1.0x
MPEG-2 1920×1080@25fps 15Mbps (HDTV) AVC/H.264 1920×1080@25fps / AAC Audio 0.3x
MPEG-4/DivX 320×240@24fps 500Kbps AVC/H.264 320×240@25fps / AAC Audio 5.5x
MPEG-4/XviD 1280×720@25fps 3Mbps AVC/H.264 1280×720@25fps / AAC Audio 0.7x
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 1920×816@25fps 11Mbps AVC/H.264 1920×816@25fps / AAC Audio 0.5x

MediaCoder Video Transcoding Benchmark Chart


Original Format Target Format Transcoding Speed
(versus 1x playtime)
FLAC 44.1KHz/Stereo 948Kbps MP3 / LAME 3.98a5 20.1x
MP3 / HelixMP3 64.8x
Vorbis / OggEnc 2.84 original 15.4x
Vorbis / OggEnc 2.84 aoTuVb5 16.3x
Vorbis / OggEnc 2.83 Lancer SSE2 23.6x
LC-AAC (Nero 1.1.34.2) 23.2x
HE-AAC (Nero 1.1.34.2) 24.5x
HE-AAC v2 (Nero 1.1.34.2) 40.6x
LC-AAC (FAAC 1.25) 17.5x
LC-AAC /CT AAC+ Encoder 31.0x
HE-AAC / CT AAC+ Encoder 32.9x
HE-AAC v2 / CT AAC+ Encoder 34.3x
WMA 7 / FFmpeg 33.6x
WMA 8 / FFmpeg 34.6x
WMA 9 / Windows Media Format SDK 38.3x
MusePack / MPC Encoder 24.4x
Speex / Speex Encoder (44.1khz->32khz) 18.5x
Speex / Speex Encoder (44.1khz->16khz) 31.3x
AC-3 / FFmpeg 42.0x
IMA ADPCM / FFmpeg 119.0x
WavPack (Best Compression) / WavPack Compressor 54.3x
FLAC (Compression = 8)/ FLAC Encoder 28.0x
APE (Extra High) / Monkey’s Audio 22.4x
MPEG-4 ALS / ALS Reference Codec 47.6x

MediaCoder Audio Transcoding Benchmark Chart