俄罗斯的MSU Graphics & Media Lab (Video Group)出品的H.264编码器性能测试报告。测试了主流的H.264编码器的性能。从测试的结果来看，开源产品x264性能已经超过了商用编码器的性能。
参与测试的编码器有如下几种：
使用的测试序列：
Table 1. Summary of video sequences
| 序列 | 帧数 | 帧率 | 分辨率 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 视频会议 (5 个) | |||
| Deadline | 1374 | 30 | 352x288 |
| Developers 4CIF | 3600 | 30 | 640x480 |
| Developers 720p | 1500 | 30 | 1280x720 |
| Presentation | 548 | 30 | 720x480 |
| Business | 493 | 30 | 1920x1080 |
| 电影 (10 个) | |||
| Ice Age | 2014 | 24 | 720x480 |
| City | 600 | 60 | 704x576 |
| Crew | 600 | 60 | 704x576 |
| Indiana Jones | 5000 | 30 | 704x288 |
| Harbour | 600 | 60 | 704x576 |
| Ice Skating | 480 | 60 | 704x576 |
| Soccer | 600 | 60 | 704x576 |
| Race Horses | 300 | 30 | 832x480 |
| State Enemy | 6500 | 24 | 720x304 |
| Party Scene | 500 | 50 | 832x480 |
| HDTV (16个) | |||
| Park Joy | 500 | 50 | 1280x720 |
| Riverbed | 250 | 25 | 1920x1080 |
| Rush Hour | 500 | 25 | 1920x1080 |
| Blue Sky | 217 | 25 | 1920x1080 |
| Station | 313 | 25 | 1920x1080 |
| Stockholm | 604 | 50 | 1280x720 |
| Sunflower | 500 | 25 | 1920x1080 |
| Tractor | 690 | 25 | 1920x1080 |
| Bunny | 600 | 24 | 1920x1080 |
| Dream | 600 | 24 | 1920x1080 |
| Troy | 300 | 24 | 1920x1072 |
| Water Drops | 535 | 30 | 1920x1080 |
| Capitol | 600 | 30 | 1920x1080 |
| Parrots | 600 | 30 | 1920x1080 |
| Citybus | 600 | 30 | 1920x1080 |
| Underwater | 600 | 30 | 1920x1080 |
测试设备：
总体结果：
编码器性能排序：
- x264
- MainConcept
- DivX H.264
- Elecard
- Intel Ivy Bridge QuickSync
- XviD
- DiscretePhoton
- MainConcept CUDA