So now that I have got a 5950X, to work along side the 3950X, I have been testing these "so called" AVX & AVX2 optimized x265's...
And sadly I cannot notice a significant difference between any of them, unless I am missing something....
If anyone has an opinion on this, I would be glad to hear it.
I also ran a few tests with a 4 minute test file I have (which unfortunately only uses 3 DE servers)...
So with all the x265 builds I tried, there was only a few seconds difference in the encoding time (start to finish), which was approx 3:00 minutes (on the 5950X),
I tested on the 3950X with ALL the same settings, and it was 15 seconds quicker, due to the fact that the 3950X was to run at 100% on the 3 DE servers,
whereas the 5950X was substantially less, at around 75% +/-, due to the extra "power" the 5950X has, I guess.
And just as a reference, I also ran the 4 minute test file without DE, on the 5950X. and it took 4:11, so that's how much difference DE can make, just on the same PC.
And just as a test, I also ran it on a single E5 2690 v1, and it took 13:11, running at 100% on the 3 DE's.
So just to sum up, I was rather disappointed that the "optimized" x265's were a bit of a let down
