Some encoding numbers M1 vs Intel

[winna]

Home video Blu-ray 2 h 35 min using Handbrake


mac mini Intel 6-core 2018 - 8 GB ram

Mac mini M1 2020 - 16 GB ram


H264 VideoToolbox

Intel: 28 min 05 sec - av. fps 132.30

M1: 19 min 41 sec - av. fps 188.86


H264

Intel: 1 h 18 min 11 sec - av. fps 47.54

M1: 1 h 12 min 26 sec - av. fps 51.06


H265 VideoToolbox

Intel: 21 min 10 sec - av. fps 175.64

M1: 16 min 44 sec - av. fps 222.33


H265

Intel: at least 3 h (right now av. fps 16.95) Can’t be bothered to wait

M1: at least 3 h (right now av. fps 15.73) Can’t be bothered to wait


Temperatures

Intel: 90-100 C — 4400 rpm (at 1700 rpm, I don't dare try)

M1: 78-83 C — 1700 rpm

M1: 63-70 C — 4400 rpm

 

[lordhamster]

Has handbrake been optimized for the M1?

 

[winna]

Has handbrake been optimized for the M1?

yeah, for a year. I usually use DVDFab but they have yet to present an M1 version.

 

[lordhamster]

yeah, for a year. I usually use DVDFab but they have yet to present an M1 version.

Thx for the update. I don't think I've used handbrake since like 2005 as I don't have DVDs anymore, but it is certainly a good real-world benchmark.

 

[Juicy Box]

I can't remember if I posted the Handbrake comparisons I did before, but what I noticed when comparing the Late 2011 17" MBP with the 2nd Gen i7, the Late 2012 iMac with the 3rd Gen i7, and the M1 Mac Mini, was that the M1 was about three times as fast as the 2nd Gen i7, and twice as fast as the 3rd Gen i7 for SHORT encodes.

When doing longer encodes, the M1 thermal throttled, only being about twice as fast as the 2nd Gen i7, and only 50% faster than the 3rd Gen i7.

Still impressive at the price point, but disappointing to me as I was expecting (or hoping) the M1's performance to be much better when being compared to 8 and 9 year old Macs.

I would love to see how the M1 Max performs.

VideoToolbox

While using the HW encoding was so much faster than the SW encoding, the file sizes were way too big to make it worth it to me, leading to me to stick with SW encoding.

 

[winna]

I can't remember if I posted the Handbrake comparisons I did before, but what I noticed when comparing the Late 2011 17" MBP with the 2nd Gen i7, the Late 2012 iMac with the 3rd Gen i7, and the M1 Mac Mini, was that the M1 was about three times as fast as the 2nd Gen i7, and twice as fast as the 3rd Gen i7 for SHORT encodes.

When doing longer encodes, the M1 thermal throttled, only being about twice as fast as the 2nd Gen i7, and only 50% faster than the 3rd Gen i7.

Still impressive at the price point, but disappointing to me as I was expecting (or hoping) the M1's performance to be much better when being compared to 8 and 9 year old Macs.

I would love to see how the M1 Max performs.


While using the HW encoding was so much faster than the SW encoding, the file sizes were way too big to make it worth it to me, leading to me to stick with SW encoding.

What do you mean by "longer" encodes? and how on earth did you manage to thermal throttle the M1? I pushed it hard for 24 hours and didn't surpass 85 C.

 

[Gnattu]

how on earth did you manage to thermal throttle the M1

In a fanless system it is possible.

 

[winna]

In a fanless system it is possible.

Yes but the M1 mini is NOT fanless

 

[Dembo]

If I may ask: What settings did you use for the VideoToolBox H264 encoding and what was the final file size you achieved?