AV1 hardware decoder implementations

[benwaggoner]

Now that you mention it I think I was thinking Zen 4 architecture, but don't see why a GPU could not support that instruction set.
GPUs are pretty much massively parallel SIMD units. But AVX512 inherits some x86-isms that aren't really perfectly matched.

[Spyros]

The newly announced Snapdragon X2 Plus supports (https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/images/company/news-media/media-center/press-kits/ces-2026/documents/ProductBrief_SnapdragonX2Plus.pdf):


AV1 decode: 8K at 60 fps
AV1 encode: 8K UHD at 15 fps, 4K UHD at 60 fps


Snapdragon X Plus (September 2024) supported (https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/Snapdragon-X-Plus-8-Core-Product-Brief.pdf):

AV1 decode: 4K at 30 fps, 10-bit
AV1 encode: 4K UHD at 30 fps, 8-bit