I wanted to make one benchmark we all could run with the same settings. I followed directions from another poster on here (forgive me for forgetting the name, I wasn't able to pull up the thread in question with a quick search) for upscaling the Vegas Pro benchmark to 4K to test VP14.

I assume you mean this thread/post.

So you now get for 4K 29.97fps Magix AVC NVENC: 6:04 the same time as before without upscaling during the rendering?

If I use the stock Vegas benchmark project with 1080p assets, and upscale to 4K by setting the project settings for 4K and using the 4K NVENC Magix AVC encoder preset, I have a render time of 1:21. If I upscale all of the assets to 4K MXF files (as in the media and project file linked to above) including upscaling the PNG still images, and do the same render settings (4K Magix AVC with NVENC), the render time is 6:04.

I really would not have expected that. Would be quite interesting to compare real UHDp30 XAVC-S footage. Could you please try then MAGIX AVC/AAC MP4  - Internet 4k with NVENC

using

http://www.dkamera.de/media/testberichte/sony/cyber-shot-dsc-rx10-iii/6_beispielaufnahmen/video/video02.MP4

From this site : http://www.dkamera.de/testbericht/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx10-iii/beispielaufnahmen.html

Rendering this 25;16 long clip to UHDp30 using QSV takes 25s (F=1.0) on my i7-6700k system.

To UHDp30 Intel HEVC 30-40Mbps it takes 35s (F=1.4).

4K NVENC AVC takes 30 seconds.

4K Magix AVC CPU Only: 1:29

UHDp30 HEVC 30-40mbps: 3:10

The default preset was 40-80mbps, not 30-40, so I ran it too. That clocked in at: 3:08

What are you referring to by (F=X.X)?

4K NVENC AVC takes 30 seconds. + / Intel QSV 25s

4K Magix AVC CPU Only: 1:29 + / i7-6700k 2:16

UHDp30 HEVC 30-40mbps: 3:10 + / Intel QSV 35s

What are you referring to by (F=X.X)?

Thanks for testing.

For easy comparing I calculate with F the factor of realtime uses e.g. F = render_time / clip_real_time.

I just added the CPU only value on my system : / i7-6700k 2:16

Definitely makes me want to check out the 10 series Nvidia GPUs. That's a pretty nice improvement on render speed. That will shave off days and days worth of render time for me each year.

Yes, I render UHD mainly to HEVC. That is better played on my hardware and it's really fast with Vegas pro.

Definitely makes me want to check out the 10 series Nvidia GPUs. That's a pretty nice improvement on render speed. That will shave off days and days worth of render time for me each year.

I test gtx970 and gtx1080 and the time of render is the same. :(

Can you post your 1080 render times using the benchmark or the mp4 file peter P linked to above? I only need to see the NVENC ones. Just curious about exactly how close they are.

Hi fr0sty, not sure if you have seen this thread, I did the red car fhd test using nvenc ...

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/any-improvement-in-rendering-speed-with-vegas-pro-15--108314/#ca667331

That is considerably faster than the 1:21 I got with my GTX 970, so I guess the 1080 benefits render times after all?

"using the 4K NVENC Magix AVC encoder preset, I have a render time of 1:21"

I just used the FHD render template, if you are rendering to 4K it'll take longer.

I really would not have expected that. Would be quite interesting to compare real UHDp30 XAVC-S footage. Could you please try then MAGIX AVC/AAC MP4  - Internet 4k with NVENC

using

http://www.dkamera.de/media/testberichte/sony/cyber-shot-dsc-rx10-iii/6_beispielaufnahmen/video/video02.MP4

From this site : http://www.dkamera.de/testbericht/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx10-iii/beispielaufnahmen.html

Rendering this 25;16 long clip to UHDp30 using QSV takes 25s (F=1.0) on my i7-6700k system.

To UHDp30 Intel HEVC 30-40Mbps it takes 35s (F=1.4).

Here are the results from the Belgian jury 🍺 GTX Titan-x (maxwell) and i7 4790k, 16G RAM

Tests A: Nvidea (GTX TITAN-X) selected in preferences video tab

4K Magix NVENC AVC takes 35s 

4K Magix INTEL QSV takes 30s

4K Magix AVC CPU Only takes 2:38

UHDp30 HEVC 30-40mbps takes 4:39

Tests B: INTEL (4600) selected in preferences video tab

4K Magix NVENC AVC takes 1:01  

4K Magix INTEL QSV takes 57s

4K Magix AVC CPU Only takes 2:37

UHDp30 HEVC 30-40mbps takes 4:43

And the winning combination (on my setup) is strangely enough: selecting nvidea HW acceleration, but rendering in INTEL QSV

Renderings were repeated max 3x to check abnormal runtime deviations.

Note that I put dynamic ram preview at default 200, normally I put it to zero for stability or to avoid weird artifacts, putting it to zero will increase nvec render time from 35s to 41s on this trial

using

http://www.dkamera.de/media/testberichte/sony/cyber-shot-dsc-rx10-iii/6_beispielaufnahmen/video/video02.MP4

From this site : http://www.dkamera.de/testbericht/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx10-iii/beispielaufnahmen.html

This is my test:

GTX 1080 and i7 4930k, 32G RAM

4K Magix NVENC AVC takes 29s 

4K Magix AVC CPU Only takes 2:20s

And the winning combination (on my setup) is strangely enough: selecting nvidea HW acceleration, but rendering in INTEL QSV

That's not really 'strange' because in this combination the load is spread to the two GPUs. One for decoding, the other for encoding in rendering and shows again the power of the integrated Intel GPU.

...I wasn't able to pull up the thread in question with a quick search) for upscaling the Vegas Pro benchmark to 4K to test VP14....

OldSmoke's instructions for converting the 1080 benchmark to 4k were in this comment, but better to use fr0sty's pre-made version in the OP.

To do this properly (i.e. standardizing and visualizing the results), someone needs to maintain a spreadsheet of results like @Hulk did in this thread back in 2013 (follow his link in the post). Could be done on Google Drive (Sheets). Here's the info needed from each poster in order to get the whole picture:

• Name
• Vegas Version
• Windows Version
• CPU and Clockspeed
• GPU (& maybe speed, memory)
• GPU Driver Version
• Dynamic RAM Preview
• Preview Performance at Best (Full)
• GPU used for acceleration of video processing
• Render Encode Mode
• Format
• Render Time

Fancy it @fr0sty? Otherwise could be potentially done on the moderators' Google Drive account.

When I attempt to access frostys media I get a message saying that there being zipped up, goes on forever, gave up, why not make all of the files available in a single downloadable zip?

I'll work on that later tonight.

Hello,

Can you please update the download link? It comes back with a 404 error. Maybe someone else can upload it as well so we can dual source?

If you're referring to Sony Vegas Pro 11 (Red Car) benchmark download, the link in section 4 of https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-graphics-cards-gpu-acceleration-for-vegas-pro--104614/ still works.