A quickie test of the M1 v the i7 on a hard CPU job.

i7: Quad Core (Hyper threading), 3.4 GHz - not using GPU.
HD -> HB -> Ramdisk.

M1: 8 core (4+4)
SSD -> HB -> Ramdisk.

Conversion: a 1.4 GB .MP4 h.264 1080p --- to ---> .MP4 h.265 720p

Copied the presets from the i7 to the M1 Handbrake and checked all
settings were the same.

(HB is a universal binary for the M1; downloaded latest version for both
Macs (1.4.2)).

Because of the h.265 conversion this is hard on the i7 as it has no
dedicated h/w for it. The M1 does.

The files came out the same size, ... almost ... 2.5 kB difference
(about 1/1000 of a percent v output file size). While all the settings
were the same, there must some differences in the M1 and i7 handbrakes
even though both were the same and latest version. Perhaps the h.265
encoding in i7-version-s/w and the M1-h/w differ in some way.
Or I missed some minor setting.

Per the "intel Power gadget" the clock on the i7-3770 was in "Turbo" at
~3.6 GHz. (3.4 GHz normal, 3.9 "max Turbo"), so appears to have been
slightly thermally limited in this run - no surprise given the loading).

Results:
i7: 32:17 s. 23.66 fps
M1: 19:42 s. 38.77 fps - 64% faster.

On the M1 all 8 cores are used by HB (all 4 performance and all 4
efficiency cores) per iStat. 4 cores saturated, 4 not (I assume the
"right 4" cores on the IStat display are the efficiency cores, they were
at 100%).

The GPU cores on the M1 were not used per iStat.

There are only very limited GPU-model cases where HB uses the GPU and
only on Windows and Linux.

Not pleased with Handbrake for not taking advantage of the GPU cores on
the M1. Future maybe. (It's mainly volunteers and very little funding
so can't complain about $/performance too much).

If I have time I'll try a render in DaVinci Resolve next.

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On 2021-12-16 11:31, Alan Browne wrote:
>
> A quickie test of the M1 v the i7 on a hard CPU job.
>
> i7: Quad Core (Hyper threading), 3.4 GHz - not using GPU.
> HD -> HB -> Ramdisk.

To be clear this is the 2012 iMac (27"). Forgot that in the post.