MSU Video Codecs Comparison 2020
Fifteen Annual Worldwide Video Codecs Comparison
Deepest codecs review: 5 reports, including subjective with 1000+ viewers and 7000+ charts
Video group head:
Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin
Project head:
Dr. Dmitriy Kulikov
Measurements, analysis:
Dr. Mikhail Erofeev,
Anastasia Antsiferova,
Egor Sklyarov,
Alexander Yakovenko,
Nickolay Safonov
Anastasia Antsiferova,
Egor Sklyarov,
Alexander Yakovenko,
Nickolay Safonov
Navigation
- Updates
- Comparison parts
- Free vs Enterprise reports
- Methodology
- Thanks
- Leave a feedback
- Contact
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Updates
- 01.04.2021: Released 4K report
- 23.03.2021: Released subjective report
- 07.12.2020: Released express UGC report
- 07.12.2020: Released express FPGA report
- 07.12.2020: Released main (FullHD objective) report
- 26.11.2020: Report release dates updated
Comparison parts
Main (FullHD) comparison 2020
Subjective comparison 2020
4K & 10-bit objective comparison
Offline (1 fps) and Online (30 fps) encoding, 50 FullHD videos,
SSIM, PSNR & VMAF metrics
[Released] December 07
Watch results>> Subjective comparison conducted on Subjectify.us platform
[Released] March 23
Watch results>> Comparison on high-resolution video sequences
[Released] April 1
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SSIM, PSNR & VMAF metrics
[Released] December 07
Watch results>> Subjective comparison conducted on Subjectify.us platform
[Released] March 23
Watch results>> Comparison on high-resolution video sequences
[Released] April 1
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Express comparisons
FPGA/Hardware encoders comparison
UGC-videos-based express subjective comparison
Two encoding use cases measured on 50 FullHD videos
[Released] December 07
Watch results>> Subjective comparison of set of videos from YouTube UGC dataset
[Released] December 19
Watch results>>
[Released] December 07
Watch results>> Subjective comparison of set of videos from YouTube UGC dataset
[Released] December 19
Watch results>>
Comparison Methodology
- 50 FullHD video sequences (main report) + 10 4K video sequences (separate 4K comparison report)
- SSIM, PSNR, VMAF objective metrics and subjective evaluation
- 3 color-planes (Y,U,V) and integral metric values
- 2 use cases for comparison on FullHD videos: Fast and Offline encoding (differ by encoding speed) + 2 use cases for subjective comparison on FullHD videos + 2 special use cases for comparison on 4K videos
- 8-10 different target bitrates (1—12 Mbps for HD and 2—20 Mbps for 4K)
- Prosumer-level modern hardware, automatic testing system
- 15000+ resulting graphs, PDF and HTML reports
Download comparison methodology (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Thanks
Special thanks to the following contributors of our previous comparisons
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Materials about MSU Codec Comparison
See all MSU Video Codecs Comparisons
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)
- Second Annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison (December 2005)
- 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:
Other Materials
Video resources:
3D and stereo video
Projects on 3D and stereo video processing and analysis
MSU Video Quality Measurement tools
Programs with different objective and subjective video quality metrics implementation
Objective and subjective quality evaluation
tests for video and image codecs
5-th MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
Codec Analysis for Companies:
Options Analysis of Codec x264
4-th MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
Lossless Video Codecs Comparison 2007
3-rd MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
HD Photo and JPEG 2000 Comparison
MPEG-2 Decoders Crash Test
Subjective Compar. of 4 Modern Codecs
2-nd MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Comparison
1-st MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Codecs Comparison
JPEG 2000 Image Codecs Comparison
Lossless Video Codecs Comparison 2004
MPEG-4 SP/ASP Codecs Comparison
Video codecs comparison (old)
Ext. link:
x264 parameters efficiency comparison
Projects on 3D and stereo video processing and analysis
- MSU S3D-video analysis reports
- MSU 3D Devices Testing
- 3D Displays Video Generation
- 3D Displays Video Capturing
- Stereo Video Depth Map Generation
- SAVAM Saliensy-Aware Video Compression & Dataset
- Video Matting Benchmark
- Video Inpainting Benchmark
MSU Video Quality Measurement tools
Programs with different objective and subjective video quality metrics implementation
- MSU Video Quality Measurement Tool - objective metrics for codecs and filters comparison
- MSU Human Perceptual Quality Metric - several metrics for exact visual tests
Objective and subjective quality evaluation
tests for video and image codecs
- MSU Video Codecs Comparison 2025
- MSU Video Codecs Comparison 2023-2024
- MSU Video Codecs Comparison 2022
- MSU Video Codecs Comparison 2021
- MSU Video Codecs Comparison 2020
- MSU Cloud Benchmark 2020
- Cloud Encoding Services Comparison 2019
- HEVC/AV1 Codec Comparison 2019
- HEVC/AV1 Codec Comparison 2018
- HEVC/AV1 Codec Comparison 2017
- HEVC Codec Comparison 2016
- HEVC Codec Comparison 2015
- 9-th MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
- 8-th MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
- 7-th MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
- 6-th MPEG4-AVC/H.264 Comparison
Public MSU video filters
Here are available VirtualDub and AviSynth filters. For a given type of digital video filtration we typically develop a family of different algorithms and implementations. Generally there are also versions optimized for PC and hardware implementations (ASIC/FPGA/DSP). These optimized versions can be licensed to companies. Please contact us for details via video(at)graphics.cs.msu_ru.
We are working with Intel, Samsung, RealNetworks and other companies on adapting our filters other video processing algorithms for specific video streams, applications and hardware like TV-sets, graphics cards, etc. Some of such projects are non-exclusive. Also we have internal researches. Please let us know via video(at)graphics.cs.msu_ru if you are interested in acquiring a license for such filters or making a custom R&D project on video processing, compression, computer vision.
Here are available VirtualDub and AviSynth filters. For a given type of digital video filtration we typically develop a family of different algorithms and implementations. Generally there are also versions optimized for PC and hardware implementations (ASIC/FPGA/DSP). These optimized versions can be licensed to companies. Please contact us for details via video(at)graphics.cs.msu_ru.
- MSU Cartoon Restore
- MSU Noise Estimation
- MSU Frame Rate Conversion
- MSU Image Restoration
- MSU Denoising
- MSU Old Cinema
- MSU Deblocking
- MSU Smart Brightness and Contrast
- MSU Smart Sharpen
- MSU Noise generation
- MSU Noise estimation
- MSU Motion Estimation Information
- MSU Subtitles removal
- MSU Logo removal
- MSU Deflicker
- MSU Field Shift Fixer AviSynth plug-in
- MSU StegoVideo
- MSU Cartoonizer
- MSU SmartDeblocking
- MSU Color Enhancement
- MSU Old Color Restoration
- MSU TV Commercial Detector
- MSU filters FAQ
- MSU filters statistics
We are working with Intel, Samsung, RealNetworks and other companies on adapting our filters other video processing algorithms for specific video streams, applications and hardware like TV-sets, graphics cards, etc. Some of such projects are non-exclusive. Also we have internal researches. Please let us know via video(at)graphics.cs.msu_ru if you are interested in acquiring a license for such filters or making a custom R&D project on video processing, compression, computer vision.
- 3D Displays Video Generation
- 3D Displays Video Capturing
- Stereo Video Depth Map Generation
- Automatic Objects Segmentation
- Semiautomatic Objects Segmentation
- New Frame Rate Conversion
- New Deinterlacer
- MSU-Samsung Deinterlacing Project
- Digital TV Signal Enhancement
- Old Film Recovery
- Tuner TV Restore
- Panorama
- Video2Photo
- SuperResolution
- SuperPrecision
- MSU-Samsung image and video resampling
- MSU-Samsung Frame Rate Conversion
- Motion Phase filter
- Deshaker (video stabilization)
- Film Grain/Degrain filter
- Deblurring filter
- Video Content Search
Video codecs projects
Different research and development
projects on video codecs
Other information
Last updated:
28-May-2025
Different research and development
projects on video codecs
- MSU Lossless Video Codec (Top!)
- MSU Screen Capture Lossless Codec (Top!)
- MSU MPEG-2 Video Codec
- x264 Codec Improvement
Other information
- Crazy gallery (filters screams :)
- License for commercial usage of MSU VideoGroup Public Software (please be careful: some soft like metrics has another license!)
Server size: 8069 files, 1215Mb (Server statistics)
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MSU Video Group
Project sponsored by YUVsoft Corp.
Project supported by MSU Graphics & Media Lab