AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Make For Compelling Budget Servers, Leading Performance & Value Over Xeon E

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 5 September 2023 at 08:00 PM EDT. Page 10 of 13. 38 Comments.
SVT-HEVC benchmark with settings of Tuning: 7, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
SVT-HEVC benchmark with settings of Tuning: 10, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ryzen 9 7950X3D was the fastest.
SVT-VP9 benchmark with settings of Tuning: Visual Quality Optimized, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ryzen 9 7950X3D was the fastest.
SVT-VP9 benchmark with settings of Tuning: PSNR/SSIM Optimized, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ryzen 9 7950X3D was the fastest.
SVT-VP9 benchmark with settings of Tuning: VMAF Optimized, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ryzen 9 7950X3D was the fastest.
Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Super Fast. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
x265 benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
uvg266 benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p, Video Preset: Very Fast. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
VVenC benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p, Video Preset: Faster. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.

The AMD Ryzen servers in 1U form factor can also make quite a competent video encoding/transcoding setup that's very power efficient with the Ryzen 7000 series. If wishing to maximize the performance-per-Watt, the AMD Ryzen 3D V-Cache processors were again leading when it came to the best power efficiency.

FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Live. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Upload. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Platform. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Video On Demand. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.

The AMD Ryzen 7000 series performance was also great for FFmpeg for dealing with live video streaming and similar uses at the edge.


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