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Updates

• 17.05.2022: Publication of Cloud comparison
• 21.04.2022: Publication of 4K & 10-bit comparison
• 11.04.2022: Publication of Ultra-fast comparison
• 11.10.2021: Publication of FullHD and Subjective comparisons postponed until November, 1 and November, 10
• 10.10.2021: Application for 4K and Ultra-fast extended
• 06.09.2021: Application for 4K and Ultra-fast extended till September, 30
• 22.05.2021: FullHD application timeline extended till June, 14
• 01.05.2021: Call for codecs published
• 20.04.2021: Call for appliance

Main comparisons

FullHD comparison 2021 Subjective comparison 2021 4K comparison 2021

50+ FullHD videos,
full-reference objective quality metrics

Released: October 2021


Watch 2021 results>> Subjective comparison conducted on Subjectify.us platform


Released: November 2021


Watch 2021 results>> Comparison on high-resolution video sequences


Released: April 2021


Watch 2021 results>>

Special comparisons

FPGA/Hardware-accelerated
and Ultra-fast encoders comparison 2021 Cloud transcoding services comparison 2021 Super-Resolution for Video Compression Benchmark 2021

Released: April 2022



Watch 2021 results>> Released: May 2022


Watch 2021 results>> Comparison of Super-Resolution models paired with different codecs

Watch 2021 results>>

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Call for appliance 2021

All industry professionals will know about your codec success!

If you want to participate in MSU Codecs Comparisons 2021, please visit call-for-codecs page and fill in the appliance form, or contact us via e-mail.

We are open to any suggestions for 2021 comparison: use this form for any proposals. Your contribution is very important for comparison improvement!

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Thanks

Materials about MSU Codec Comparison

MSU video codecs comparisons resources:

• Introduction to Video Codecs Comparison
• Lossless Video Codecs Comparison 2004 (October 2004)
• MPEG-4 SP/ASP Video Codecs Comparison (March 2005)
• JPEG 2000 Image Codecs Comparison (September 2005)
• First Annual MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 Video Codecs Comparison (January 2005)
• FAQ of First MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 Comparison
• Selected Comments for First MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 Comparison
• Second Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison (December 2005)
• FAQ of Second Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison
• Subjective Comparison of Modern Video Codecs (February 2006)
• MPEG-2 Video Decoders Comparison (May 2006)
• WMP and JPEG2000 Comparison (October 2006)
• Third Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (December 2006) (All versions for free!)
• Lossless Video Codecs Comparison 2007 (March 2007)
• Fourth Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (December 2007) (All versions for free!)
• Options Analysis of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Codec x264 (December 2008)
• Fifth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2009) (All versions for free!)
• Sixth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2010)
• Seventh MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2011)
• Eighth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (May 2012)
• Ninth MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison (Dec 2013)
• Tenth Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Oct 2015)
• Eleventh Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Aug 2016)
• Twelfth Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Aug 2017)
• Thirteen Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Aug 2018)
• Fourteen Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Sept 2019)
• Cloud Encoding Servoces Comparison 2019 (Dec 2019)
• Fifteen Video Codec Comparison (HEVC) (Dec 2020)
• Sixteen Video Codec Comparison (Dec 2021)
• Seventeen Video Codecs Comparisons (Nov 2022)
• Eighteenth Video Codecs Comparisons (Apr 2025)
• Nineteenth Video Codecs Comparisons (2025)
• Codec Analysis for Companies:
  • Private Video Codec Comparison
  • MSU Video Quality Measurement Tool

Other Materials

Project updated by
Server Team and MSU Video Group

Project sponsored by YUVsoft Corp.

Project supported by MSU Graphics & Media Lab