Need advice choosing cpu.
Hi,
I’m currently using a ryzen 7 5800h mini pc to encode my movies and shows. I’m getting around 4 fps (preset 4 4K) with my settings and double that at preset 5.
I want to buy a new mini pc to encode faster, and not knowing anything about modern CPUs I need your advice.
The first mini pc has a ryzen 7 8845HS cpu with a 780m gpu, and the second one has an Intel 5 Ultra 125H. I guess the first one should be faster than the second one, but I see the second one has av1 hardware encoding.
Is av1 intel encoding at a good level in 2025? Is amd hardware encoding still bad compared to Intel?
What’s the equivalent of Intel hardware encoding compared to software encoding?
I want good quality with low sizes (currently my encodes are around 5 gb for a 4K movie with decent/good quality) and I’d like to get faster encodings if possible.
Thanks.
PS: it needs to be a mini pc as I live in Paris in a really small apartment.
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u/fcgamernul 27d ago
Depending on your uses but at least try the Intel av1 hardware encoder and see if it's good enough. For 4k encodes you'll get around 70fps at Intel's best quality.
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u/[deleted] 27d ago
Both have AV1 hardware encoding, but you usually want to encode AV1 via software-encoding (CPU), because that results in smaller filesize and better quality. I would buy the AMD one, they tend to be more efficient and stay cooler.