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HEVC Video Codecs Comparison
(Tenth MSU Video Codecs Comparison)

compression.ru	in cooperation with		Lomonosov MSU Graphics & Media Lab (Video Group)	Video group head: Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin Project head: Dr. Dmitriy Kulikov Measurements, analysis: Mikhail Erofeev, Vladimir Yanushkovsky
			Dubna State University
			Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS

UPDATE 22/02/2016

4K video encoders comparison is anounced

There is Pro Version of HEVC Comparison 2015 report:

	Free Version	Free 4K video Version	Pro Version (Enterprise)	Pro+ Version (Enterprise + 4K video analysis)
Objective Metrics	SSIM		SSIM, PSNR
Different types of analysis	Encoding quality, encoding speed, bitarte handling, speed/quality analysis etc.		Encoding quality, encoding speed, bitarte handling, speed/quality analysis etc. (some graphs)
ColorPlanes	Y		Y, U, V and overall
Graphs	Some graphs		All the graphs for all the metrcis, codecs and presets
Test video sequences	20 HD video (only description)	11 4K video (only description)	20 HD video (available for download)	20 HD video (available for download) + 11 4K video
Hardware used for analysis	Desktop and Server configurations	Desktop configurations	Desktop and Server configurations
Tested uses-cases	3 different use cases: Fast Transcoding, Universal and Ripping (some graphs)	1 use case 10 fps ecnoding(some graphs)	3 different use cases: Fast Transcoding, Universal and Ripping	3 different use cases: Fast Transcoding, Universal and Ripping + 1 use case 10 fps ecnoding
Number of figures	29	11	5000+	5500+
Price	Free		$850	$995
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Report Overview

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Video Codecs that Were Tested

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HEVC

f265 H.265 Encoder

Intel MSS HEVC GAcc

Intel MSS HEVC Software

Ittiam HEVC Hardware Encoder

Ittiam HEVC Software Encoder

Strongene Lentoid HEVC Encoder

SHBP H.265 Real time encoder

x265

Non HEVC

InTeleMax TurboEnc

SIF Encoder

VP9 Video Codec

x264

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Overview

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Objectives and Testing Tools

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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 two platforms:

Desktop—Core i7 4770R @3.9 GHz, RAM 4 GB, Windows 8.1

Server—Xeon E5 2697v3, RAM 64 GB, Windows Server 2012

For both platforms we considered three key use cases with different speed requirements.

Desktop

Ripping—no minimum speed
Universal—minimum 10 FPS
Fast transcoding—minimum 30 FPS

Server

Ripping—no minimum speed
Universal—minimum 30 FPS
Fast transcoding—minimum 60 FPS

Overall Conclusions

Overall, the leaders in this comparison are x265, Intel MSS Hevc and x264! Here are some overall graphs from report: Speed/Quality trade-off for Riping use-case (Y-SSIM metric)

Speed/Quality trade-off for Riping use-case (Y-SSIM metric)

Average bitrate for Fast transcoding use-case (Y-SSIM metric)

Average bitrate for Fast transcoding use-case (Y-SSIM metric)

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Professional Versions of Comparison Report

[an error occurred while processing this directive] HEVC Comparison Report Pro 2015 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

etc.

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Acknowledgments

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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:

InTeleMax, Inc.

Intel Corporation

Ittiam Sysytems (P) Ltd.

Strongene Ltd.

”System house ”Business partners” company

SIF Encoder developper team

The WebM Project team

x264 developer team

MulticoreWare, Inc.

The Video Group would also like to thank these companies for their help and technical support during the tests.

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Thanks

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Special thanks to the following contributors of our previous comparisons

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Contact Information

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See all MSU Video Codecs Comparisons

MSU video codecs comparisons resources:

Second Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison (December 2005)

FAQ of Second Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison

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