HEVC Video Codecs Comparison (Eleventh MSU Video Codec Comparison) (original) (raw)
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| Objective Metrics | SSIM | SSIM, PSNR | ||
| Different types of analysis | Encoding quality, encoding speed, bitarte handling, speed/quality analysis etc. (some graphs) | Encoding quality, encoding speed, bitarte handling, speed/quality analysis etc. | ||
| ColorPlanes | Only overall YUV | Y, U, V and overall YUV | ||
| Graphs | Some graphs | All the graphs for all the metrcis, codecs and presets | ||
| Test video sequences | 27 HD video (only description) | 10 4K video (only description) | 27 HD video (available for download) | 27 HD video + 10 4K video (available for download) |
| Tested uses-cases | 3 different use cases:Fast Transcoding, Universal and Ripping (some graphs) | 4K transcoding(some graphs) | 3 different use cases:Fast Transcoding, Universal and Ripping | 3 different use cases:Fast Transcoding, Universal and Ripping + 4K transcoding |
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Report Overview
Video Codecs that Were Tested
HEVC
Chips&Media HEVC Encoder
Intel MSS HEVC Encoder
Kingsoft HEVC Encoder
nj265
SHBPH.265 Real time encoder
x265
Non HEVC
nj264
x264
Overview
Objectives and Testing Tools
HEVC Codec Testing Objectives
The main goal of this report is the presentation of a comparative evaluation of the quality of new HEVC codecs and codecs of other standards using objective measures of assessment. The comparison was done using settings provided by the developers of each codec. Nevertheless, we required all presets to satisfy minimum speed requirement on the particular use case. The main task of the comparison is to analyze different encoders for the task of transcoding video�e.g., compressing video for personal use.
HEVC Codec Testing Rools
The comparison was performed on Corei7 6700K (Skylake) @4Ghz, RAM 8GB, Windows8.1. For this platform we considered three key use cases with different speed requirements.
- Fast/High Density � 1080@60fps
- Universal/Broadcast VQ � 1080p@25fps
- Ripping/Pristine VQ � 1080p@1fps and SSIM-RD curve better than x264-veryslow
Video sequences selection
Video sequences for all of MSU video codec comaprison reports were choosen by MSU team through manual selection. Various videos were selected to help to find the strengths and weaknesses of video encoders. This comparison�s test dataset was significantly updated. Our goal was to create dataset with videos that encoders are facing in everyday life. For this purpose 30000 videos from Vimeo service were analyzed and 885 4K videos with high bitrate were analyzed. These videos were clusterized (by spatial and temporal complexity) and 27 video from the clusters were chosen.
Overall Conclusions
Overall, the leaders in this comparison are Intel MSS HEVC and Kingsoft HEVC encoders! Here are some overall graphs from report:
Professional Versions of Comparison Report
HEVC Comparison Report Pro 2016 version contains:
- Additional objective metrics (PSNR, SSIM)
- All metrics results for all colorplanes (Y,U,V and overall)
- Results for all the sequences, codecs and presets used in comparison
- Much more figures
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Acknowledgments
The Graphics & Media Lab Video Group would like to express its gratitude to the following companies for providing the codecs and settings used in this report:
- Intel Corporation
- �System house �Business partners� company
- x264 developer team
- MulticoreWare, Inc.
- Nanjing Yunyan
- Kingsoft
- Chips&Media Inc.
The Video Group would also like to thank these companies for their help and technical support during the tests.
Thanks
Special thanks to the following contributors of our previous comparisons
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See all MSU Video Codecs Comparisons
MSU video codecs comparisons resources:
- Introduction to Video Codecs Comparison
- Lossless Video Codecs Comparison 2004 (October 2004)
- MPEG-4 SP/ASP Video Codecs Comparison (March 2005)
- JPEG 2000 Image Codecs Comparison (September 2005)
- First Annual MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 Video Codecs Comparison (January 2005)
- Second Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison (December 2005)
- Subjective Comparison of Modern Video Codecs (February 2006)
- MPEG-2 Video Decoders Comparison (May 2006)
- WMP and JPEG2000 Comparison (October 2006)
- Third Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (December 2006) (All versions for free!)
- Lossless Video Codecs Comparison 2007 (March 2007)
- Fourth Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (December 2007) (All versions for free!)
- Options Analysis of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Codec x264 (December 2008)
- Fifth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2009) (All versions for free!)
- Sixth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2010)
- Seventh MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2011)
- Eighth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2012)
- Ninth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (Dec 2013)
- Tenth Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Oct 2015)
- Eleventh Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Aug 2016)
- Twelfth Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Aug 2017)
- Thirteen Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Aug 2018)
- Fourteen Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Sept 2019)
- Cloud Encoding Servoces Comparison 2019 (Dec 2019)
- Fifteen Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Dec 2020)
- Sixteen Video Codec Comparison (Dec 2021)
- Seventeen Video Codecs Comparisons (Nov 2022)
- Eighteenth Video Codecs Comparisons (Apr 2025)
- Nineteenth Video Codecs Comparisons (2025)
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