AMD AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - Which Recording/Streaming Codec should you use?

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Today, with a requested video testing the video quality of 3 codecs:
- AVC (Advanced Video Coding)
- HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)
- AV1 (AOMedia Video 1)

The 3 codecs are tested at 1080P and 1440P, at 2, 5, 10 & 15 Mbps (video bitrate).

00:00 - Intro
01:27 - Recording & Streaming Video Quality

05:10 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1080P - 2Mbps
06:15 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1080P - 5Mbps
07:44 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1080P - 10Mbps
08:45 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1080P - 15Mbps

10:00 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1440P - 2Mbps
11:13 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1440P - 5Mbps
12:11 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1440P - 10Mbps
13:15 - AVC vs HEVC vs AV1 - 1440P - 15Mbps

14:48 - Conclusion
16:42 - Channel Members
17:03 - More Videos

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AMD PC USED for AM4 CPU testing:

MB: Asus X570 Strix-F
RAM: 4x8Gb Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600MHz CL16)
GPU: AMD RADEON RX 7900XTX @2900/2700 MHz
SSD: 256Gb Kingston Nvme + 1Tb Crucial SSD
PSU: BitFenix Whisper 650W 80+ Gold (Modular)
CASE: BitFenix Nova Mesh TG SE

INTEL 10/11th Gen PC USED for CPU testing:

MB: MSI Z490 Tomahawk
RAM: 4x8Gb Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600 MHz CL16)
GPU: AMD RADEON RX 7900XTX @2900/2700 MHz
SSD: Kingston V300 120Gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2Tb 7200 rpm
PSU: Seasonic SIII 650W Bronze
CASE: Aerocool One Frost Edition

INTEL 12th Gen PC USED for CPU testing:

MB: Gigabyte Z690 Aorus ELITE (DDR4)
RAM: 4x8Gb Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600 MHz CL16)
GPU: AMD RADEON RX 7900XTX @2900/2700 MHz
SSD: Kingston A400 240Gb + WD SN570 500Gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2Tb 7200 rpm
PSU: Aerocool X-Strike 800W 80+ Silver Semi Modular
CASE: Phanteks Eclipse P400A

My Main PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (5.4GHz Static OC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S
MB: MSI X670E Carbon Wifi
RAM: 2x16Gb Trident Z 6000MHz CL36
GPU: AMD RADEON RX 7900XTX @2900/2700 MHz
HDD: 1x2TB + 1x4TB
SSD: 500Gb Toshiba RC500 + 2Tb Kingston NV1
PSU: Corsair RM750X (White) 750W 80+ Gold
CASE: Thermaltake View 51 TG

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[AncientGameplays]

This was a very requested video for several months, so it would make me happy if you could hit like to help this video get more and more recommended!

[Harvester]

I am personally using AV1 on YouTube for streaming but for recording purposes I went HEVC. AV1 files were difficult to edit in resolve for me. I love the file size of AV1 recordings though. I could do lossless and get smaller files than HEVC and still great quality.

[TheRealClaylex]

It still boggles me YT and even other newer streaming platforms are STILL ahead of what Twitchs streaming capabilities can do.

[Atilolzz]

I really apprectiate the enormous amounts of work you put into these videos! They are genuinely helpful!

[Malefikar]

I'm not a streamer, but sometimes i record some games for my friends. This video can be very helpful, thanks!

[Nick]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video. For my use case, I have a decent gaming PC on my home network and sometimes I like to stream games from it to another PC. It is not an easy question to ask which codec is best for this or how to set this up for the best quality with the least amount of money spent. Understanding the differences between encoding and decoding and the technologies involved helps with me selecting a good enough GPU to get the highest quality out of my streaming PC without overspending.

This video was extremely helpful for that pursuit.

[JegsTV]

just the video im actually researching on. thanks bro.

[tomghzel]

What is most important to me is the stuff in the background which is not the main focus point, with all these new codecs I often see stuff in the background moving at 1fps and it looks horrible.

[daniboy_tv]

Late to the party, but I sincerely thank you for all your continued efforts for all of us using AMD! Really has saved me a lot of work and headaches <3

[JordonAM]

Unfortunately for channels under 10K you get stuck with AVC transcoding from YouTube. The only way you can force VP9 is if you upload or stream at 1440p. It's a strange rule and I wish that wasn't the case

[DeusGladiorum]

Interestingly, I would say the text clarity is actually better in HEVC than AV1, though maybe not leaps and bounds. If you pause around 8:53 - 8:54 and observe the white flag on the left, as it gets closer I can definitely read the word "festival" much more readily in the HEVC version before I can in the AV1 version. And I see similar superiority in HEVC when I try to read other text like the words at the bottom of the license plate at various times

[CuervoVirtual]

For streaming YouTube: AMD H265 is amazing (nothing to envy Nvidia HEVC / NVENC).

Twitch: AMD H264 (RDNA2 & 3) is It is decent but it does not reach the level Quality of Nvidia cards (slightly less than Pascal 😮, and much less than Turing & Ampere).

AV1: I haven't tried av1 (I have an RX 6650 XT) but it should surprise you.

[SpecCrazy]

AVC is really old now. At that time it come out for use with CPU Encoding (x264). If compare Hardware H.264 vs x264 you will see different.

Unlike H.265 and AV1 that come out while the GPU get very powerful and more versatile like these days.

Especially AV1 that must require quite a lot of processing power (must require GPU, otherwise the AV1 quality will come out like garbage like when using SVT-AV1) and many software like Adobe Premiere Pro does not support it make H.265 better in general.

But if these 3 codecs have decent value of bitrate it will come out almost the same quality.

[yarom]

yes finally a good comparison between them

[ivanbrkic]

That cat at the start always cracks me up, great video as always Fabio!

[sharkcode]

I just bought a Ryzen 9 7900X, a RX 7900XT and put 64 Gb RAM in my new setup. I'll do live streams and try the AV1 for sure. Let's see what this "thing" can do hehe. Thanks for the video

[VROTmneTOTEM]

Thank you so much. You make very good and useful content! I love to plunge headlong into your creativity!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[moustafa_]

Really good video thank you! but I didn't catch it (sorry f'ed up sleeping schedule lol), what GPU was used? and how does NVENC campare to AMD Encoder?

[Jeyxx]

Really nice video, one more reason to buy the new 7000 series in the future although I think AMD was very late in getting their act together now I know why my graphics card has a decoder but no encoder I can see why the high CPU usage in OBS thank you !

[vladislavkaras]

Great comparison with great explanation!
Thanks for the video!