I have to say, the bitrate difference can be enormous sometimes:
Code:
C:\temp\Encoding>avs2yuv -raw test/test.avs - | x264_mbtree_x64 --crf 19 --mbt
ree --bframes 0 --b-adapt 0 --ref 0 --direct spatial --deblock -3:-3 --subme 1 -
-trellis 0 --analyse all --me umh --ssim --fps 24000/1001 --output "test/test.mb
tree.mkv" - 1920x816
x264 [info]: 1920x816 @ 23.98 fps
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0
test/test.avs: 1920x816, 10000000/417083 fps, 1378 frames
x264 [info]: slice I:20 Avg QP:14.02 size:131728
x264 [info]: slice P:1358 Avg QP:15.01 size: 37773
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 24.8% 47.2% 28.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 22.4% 18.9% 1.6% P16..4: 35.4% 8.6% 1.8% 0.1% 0
.0% skip:11.2%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:44.2% inter:41.4%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:35.8% 87.5% 74.4% inter:13.7% 58.9% 19.6%
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9929551
x264 [info]: kb/s:7506.7
encoded 1378 frames, 30.29 fps, 7506.94 kb/s
C:\temp\Encoding>avs2yuv -raw test/test.avs - | x264.x64 --crf 19 --bframes 0
--b-adapt 0 --ref 0 --direct spatial --deblock -3:-3 --subme 1 --trellis 0 --ana
lyse all --me umh --ssim --fps 24000/1001 --output "test/test.mkv" - 1920x816
x264 [info]: 1920x816 @ 23.98 fps
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0
test/test.avs: 1920x816, 10000000/417083 fps, 1378 frames
x264 [info]: slice I:21 Avg QP:10.66 size:187241
x264 [info]: slice P:1357 Avg QP:11.45 size: 73091
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 23.5% 37.2% 39.3%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 20.8% 17.8% 5.0% P16..4: 32.7% 10.9% 4.0% 0.4% 0
.1% skip: 8.4%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:40.7% inter:31.8%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:51.6% 88.9% 81.5% inter:36.5% 73.8% 41.9%
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9953622
x264 [info]: kb/s:14353.1
encoded 1378 frames, 26.12 fps, 14353.34 kb/s