Benchmark Videos

These videos are made available by for use in benchmarking hardware and software encoders. They are licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 Deed. AKA you may redistribute and share these videos with attribution to as specified under each video, but may not share edited or remixed versions of them. Stills or shortened clips may be included in presentations or videos for the purpose of identifying the film in use.

Christmas Surprise

A 30-second clip in 59.94fps featuring a cinematic style film with nine scene changes. Total of 1796 frames.

No Audio.

Videographer: Chris Griffith – Instagram | Website
Model: Minju Yee – Instagram
License: CC BY-ND 4.0 Deed (Attribute to “CDGriffith Photography”)

ResolutionCodecChroma SubsamplingBit depthHDR10Color SpaceSize (MB)Download
2160pFFV14:2:010-bitYes 1000nitBT.20209082Primary
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2160pDNxHR HQX4:2:210-bitYes 1000nitBT.20206386Primary
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2160pH.2654:2:010-bitYes 1000nitBT.2020774Primary
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2160pH.2654:2:010-bitNoBT.709981Primary
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2160pH.2644:2:08-bitNoBT.7091091Primary
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1080pH.2654:2:010-bitNoBT.709323Primary
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1080pH.2644:2:08-bitNoBT.709342Primary
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Video was taken on a Sony FX30 at 4K 4:2:2 H.265 SLog3.Cine. DaVinci Resolve 18.6 built-in node Color Space Transformation Effect was used for transformation to SLog3.Cine to BT.2020. Manual color correction. That edit was directly exported to the first three videos that are in HDR10.

The top row, 2160p FFV1 was used as the intermediate track that all BT.709 conversions were based off. Color space transformation was done using DaVinci Resolve 18.6 built-in node Color Space Transformation Effect, no additional color correction or modifications.

Creator’s Cafe #5 Clip

A 51-second clip at 29.97fps by from Creator’s Cafe with Jessica Payne and guest Emily McGregor. Total of 1544 frames.

Audio is 2 channel (stereo) AAC 320kbps 48KHz.

Interviewer: Jessica Payne – Instagram | Kika Labs
Guest: Emily McGregor – Website | IMDB | Instagram
License: CC BY-ND 4.0 Deed (Attribute to “Creator’s Cafe by Jessica Payne”)

ResolutionCodecChroma SubsamplingBit depthHDR10Color SpaceSize (MB)Download
2160pH.2644:2:08-bitNoBT.709491Primary
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1080pH.2644:2:08-bitNoBT.709124Primary
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This was filmed on a Sony A6500 at 4K and Adobe Premiere Pro was used to re-master from source directly to both resolutions.

Desktop – Coding

A 10 second 600 frame 60fps clip of a desktop environment with a coding IDE active with some scrolling text.

Videographer: Chris Griffith – Instagram | Website
License: CC BY-ND 4.0 Deed (Attribute to “CDGriffith Photography”)

ResolutionCodecChroma SubsamplingBit DepthHDR10Color SpaceSizeDownload
2160pDNxHR 4:4:410-bitNoBT.7094.07GBPrimary
2160pYUV4:2:08-bitNoBT.7096.95GB Uncompressed
152MB 7z Download
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1080pYUV4:2:08-bitNoBT.7091.73GB Uncompressed
35MB 7z Download
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Butterfly

A 1 minute 24 second 59.94fps clip available in raw SONY S-LOG3 Cine, HDR and YUV 8-bit. A Handheld video in a backyard garden viewing a butterfly on a flower.

Videographer: Chris Griffith – Instagram | Website
License: CC BY-ND 4.0 Deed (Attribute to “CDGriffith Photography”)

ResolutionCodecChroma SubsamplingBit DepthHDR10Color SpaceSizeDownload
2160pHEVC4:2:210-bitNoSony S-LOG3 Cine 1.95GBPrimary
2160pHEVC4:2:010-bitYes 1000nitBT.2020479MBPrimary
2160pYUV4:2:08-bitNoBT.70958.3GB Uncompressed
29.8GB 7z Download
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1080pYUV4:2:08-bitNoBT.70914.5GB Uncompressed
8.30GB 7z Download
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480p (30fps)YUV4:2:08-bitNoBT.7091.08GB Uncompressed
732MB 7z Download
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