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Handbrake encoding Sandy Bridge *Updated with several results*

My desktop model with a 2.94 GHz Core i7 8GB (Hackintosh) performed just in between the two i7 iMacs posted. Mine is not a Sandy Bridge processor/motherboard.
5:45 @ 41.84 fps
Got the same results for two tests, so I stopped there. I am surprised it didn't beat out the iMac with the same specs.
 
2011 Mac Mini Server

2011 Mac Mini Server (2.0 i7 Quad w/ 8GB RAM)

6:51 @ 34.976871 fps

Comparatively:

2011 Macbook Pro 15" (2.0 i7 Quad w/4GB RAM)

6:21 @ 37.774349 fps

Guess that AMD GPU in the MPB adds a little extra spice...
 
using the appletv2 preset in handbrake 0.9.5 to encode Big_Buck_Bunny_1080p_surround_FrostWire.com.avi

2011 mac mini server with 8GB ram and RAID-0 (1GB striped from 2x500GB hdd):
6:35 @ 36.35 fps

as far as i know, handbrake does not utilize the gpu for encoding. any. however that doesn't mean the gpu isn't used by the OS to draw animations and such in the app itself (such as the progress meter in handbrake). that could explain why martinm0's mbp with a discrete gpu is slightly faster.
 
2011 Macbook Air 11" i5 @ 1.6GHz

17.0169 FPS
14min 3sec

It's amazing how technology advances. This thing makes my 08 iMac look slow.
 
2012 Macbook Pro?

acedickson said:
In order to benchmark head to ->Big Buck Bunny and download the 1920x1080 MP4.

Encode using the Apple TV 2 preset and report back with length of encode, average FPS, and your Mac's specs. If willing, run the same encode 3 times and report averages but if you can't 1 is helpful too.

If your machine has different specs, i.e. more RAM, I'll update with your specs. As they're reported I'll update this post for all users.

"In other words confirming what we already know, having an SSD doesn't improve encode speeds." DaGamer34

I agree, and to try to clean up the benchmarks I'm going to remove drive size in the specs of the machines.

2011 MacBook Pro (Sandy Bridge)

13"

13" MBP 2.3GHz Dual Core i5 4GB RAM - 10 mins 22 secs @ 23.06 fps
13" MBP 2.3GHz Dual Core i5 8GB RAM - 10 mins 20 secs @ 23.28 fps

13" MBP 2.7GHz Dual Core i7 4GB RAM - 9 mins 53 secs @ 24.18 fps
13" MBP 2.7GHz Dual Core i7 8GB RAM - 9 mins 17 secs @ 25.76 fps

15"

15" MBP 2.0GHz Quad Core i7 4GB RAM - 6 mins 44 secs @ 35.31 fps
15" MBP 2.0GHz Quad Core i7 8GB RAM - 6 mins 7 secs @ 39.23 fps

15" MBP 2.2GHz Quad Core i7 4GB RAM - 5 mins 39 secs @ 42.27 fps
15" MBP 2.2GHz Quad Core i7 8GB RAM - 5 mins 39 secs @ 42.31 fps

15" MBP 2.3GHz Quad Core i7 4GB RAM - 5 mins 19 secs @ 44.78 fps
15" MBP 2.3GHz Quad Core i7 8GB RAM - 5 mins 25 secs @ 44.20 fps

17"

17" MBP 2.2GHz Quad Core i7 4GB RAM - 5 mins 37 secs @ 42.48 fps
17" MBP 2.2GHz Quad Core i7 8GB RAM - 5 mins 40 secs @ 42.03 fps

17" MBP 2.3GHz Quad Core i7 4GB RAM - TBD
17" MBP 2.3GHz Quad Core i7 8GB RAM - 5 mins 49 secs @ 41.12 fps


Miscellaneous Macs

13" MBA (Late '10) 2.13GHz C2D 4GB RAM - 20 mins 58 secs @ 11.42 fps

13" MBP 2.26GHz C2D 8GB RAM - 19 mins 12 secs @ 12.47 fps
13" MBP 2.4GHz C2D 4GB RAM - 19 mins 25 secs @ 12.32 fps
15" MBP Core i7 2.66 GHz 8GB RAM - 11 mins 15 secs @ 21.07 fps

Mac Mini 2GHz C2D 4Gb RAM - 22 mins 33secs @ 10.86 fps

27" iMac 2.8GHz i7 Quad Core 8GB RAM - 5 mins 46 secs @ 41.45 fps
27" iMac 2.93GHz i7 Quad Core 8GB RAM - 5 mins 39 secs @ 42.06 fps

Mac Pro 2.8GHz Quad Core 16GB RAM - 6 mins 12 secs @ 38.69 fps
Mac Pro 3.33GHz 6 Core 16GB RAM - 3 mins 34 secs @ 67.27 fps

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Any 2012 Macbook Pro owners wish to run this test?
thanks
 
15" 2012 MBP (non-retina ivy bridge) 8 GB Ram (1333, had that around will upgrade to 16 gb 1600), Samsung SSD

average encoding speed for job is 45.690174 fps, Duration 5 Min 15 Seconds
 
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Ben8472 said:
15" 2012 MBP (non-retina ivy bridge) 8 GB Ram (1333, had that around will upgrade to 16 gb 1600), Samsung SSD

average encoding speed for job is 45.690174 fps, Duration 5 Min 15 Seconds
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Clock speed?
 
I'm surprised this hasn't been posted, but here goes:
2011 iMac w/ 3.4GHz Core i7, 16 GB 1333MHz RAM - 3 min 51 sec @ 61.93 fps.
 
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Here's another one that I'm surprised hasn't been posted:
Mid-2012 rMBP w/ 2.7GHz Core i7, 16GB 1600MHz RAM, and 512GB SSD - 3 min 43 sec @ 64.55 fps.

So, it seems my 2.7GHz Ivy Bridge rMBP is actually faster than my 3.4GHz Sandy Bridge iMac. That's amazing.
 
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Sure :)

Mid-2012 13" Macbook Air w/ 2.0GHz Core i7 (Dual Core), 8GB 1600MHz RAM, and 256GB SSD:

8 min 14 sec
Average encoding speed = 29 FPS
 
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I've not read the entire thread - but are people testing this using HandBrakes OpenCL capabilities yet? It let's you use the GPU for decoding, will change the entire game!
 
I would gladly do the test, but for some reason Handbrake cause some impressive memory leaks when I use it :confused:
 
DoFoT9 said:
I've not read the entire thread - but are people testing this using HandBrakes OpenCL capabilities yet? It let's you use the GPU for decoding, will change the entire game!
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I tried Cuda encoders on the Windows side in the past and while fast, quality came out night and days worse over something like x264.. Hope OpenCL encoding can speed up encoding without ruining quality like Nvidia CUDA did.
 
MBA 13" (mid 2012) 1.8Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD. Mountain Lion.

9 mins 30 secs
25.023638 fps

Only attempted 1 run. Handbrake v0.9.8.
 
2011 13" MacBook Air 1.8Ghz i7, 4GB RAM

I ran the test 3 times after a fresh restart.

Average time 10:43

Average FPS 22.31

Not bad given what it is. I normally encode on my Mac Pro so I was curious to see how the Air would do.
 
great thread! could anyone with a 2.9Ghz i7 2012 13" macbook pro can post a result please? :) Thinking of buying one, and would be interesting to compare it to the macbook air 2.0 Ghz 2012 result.
 
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