On 26 Sep 2014, at 18:36, Ryan M <rymerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am putting together hardware to encode a large and ever growing catalog > of video using ffmpeg/x264. Much of the source video is 1080p ProResHQ. > Currently I have a box with a Haswell 4770k CPU which gets around 12-15 > fps, I am of course looking to increase that as much as possible. Have a look at http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-5960X+%40+3.00GHz&id=2332 and compare with http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-4770K+%40+3.50GHz&id=1919 or in 1 view http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1919&cmp[]=2364 7 times the price for less then 2 times the performance. Spreading the task over more much cheaper CPU’s gives you more bang for the buck if realtime encoding isn’t needed. You could use 8 Dual Celeron systems to get the same performance as 1 E5-2690 where CPU cost would be 8x52.45 vs. 1x2299.99 Of course motherboards etc are needed and housing but a low cost MB and Housing can be bought at < 100.00 a piece. 8*(100+52.45) ~ 1220.00 Saved more then $1.000 And the Xeon still needs a motherboard and case of course. > > Trying to determine if getting the latest dual CPU Xeon (such as E5-2690 > v3) setup is going to be worth the significant additional cost over the > best Haswell-E (Core i7-5960X). > > I've read lots of articles/posts and it is not clear to me. I know worth > is subjective but looking to know if there'll be significant increase in > fps using 2 Xeons. I need to justify the $6-7k price tag. > > Any insight/experience would be appreciated. > > thanks > Ryan > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
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