Help needed choosing cpu

[Feahnorl]

Hi,

I need to buy a mini pc that’s going to be mostly used to compress movies and shows to h265 using quicksync.

I’m actually using an n100 but I can get a i5-12450h for not much.

Is it worth it? I mostly use handbrake and I NEVER use cpu-based encoding. Is the quicksync version on the i5 faster than the one on the n100?

The n100 I’m using is the Beelink S12 Mini Pro and the i5 is the Beelink Sei12.

Thanks for your help.

[RanmaCanada]

The ASICS are pretty much the same across a generation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video). The N100 is pure e-core only. If you honestly want a better system, I usually suggest people to pick up a laptop with a smashed screen as they can be gotten for cheap. My latest "upgrade" for my Emby server was a i5-1235u that I got off eBay for $118 USD. There are some differences in regards to how the extra shaders are used for features like filtering and that, but if the N100 is doing the job, you may not need to upgrade. in regards to speed, I've only ever seen benchmarks between a laptop and a desktop using quicksync and the desktop was faster (https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/120384-intel-iris-xe-vs-uhd-700-series-gpus/). Maybe we can start a thread with a set sample like Sol Levante and a set of switches so people can benchmark their quicksync speeds?

If you can wait, ideally you would want something with AV1, or build an ITX system with an A380.

[Feahnorl]

Thanks for your help.

I can’t really wait as I’m still on the return window. Getting the i5-12450h will cost me 100€ more. With the n100 I’m getting around 110 fps on 1080p -> 1080p hevc quality encoding at icq 24 and around 34 fps when compressing 4k.

If the i5 would not give me a significant boost I think I’ll keep the n100 as it uses around 26W at full load and the i5 uses around 90W.

[RanmaCanada]

Thanks for your help.

I can’t really wait as I’m still on the return window. Getting the i5-12450h will cost me 100€ more. With the n100 I’m getting around 110 fps on 1080p -> 1080p hevc quality encoding at icq 24 and around 34 fps when compressing 4k.

If the i5 would not give me a significant boost I think I’ll keep the n100 as it uses around 26W at full load and the i5 uses around 90W.

If you're still in the return window, post your command line and i can test it on my i5-1235u. I use the one in the hardware encoding thread myself, but have it changed to 24:26:27 and I see fps between 260-400 pending on content for 1080p and around 60fps for 4k to 4k. For quality I have it set to BEST.

--avhw --codec hevc --quality best --profile main10 --bframes 14(or 16) --b-pyramid --adapt-ltr --open-gop --async-depth 4 --no-repeat-pps --no-tskip --sao none --fixed-func --cqp 24:26:27 --qp-offset 2:4:8