Topaz Video 1.2.x - user benchmarking results

tcole-3526 · March 7, 2026, 10:09pm

```

Topaz Video v1.2.1

System Information

OS: Windows v11.25

CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X 24-Cores 191.5 GB

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 31.433 GB

Processing Settings

device: -2 vram: 1 instances: 1

Input Resolution: 1920x1080

Benchmark Results

Artemis 1X: 40.40 fps 2X: 20.76 fps 4X: 07.00 fps

Iris 1X: 54.05 fps 2X: 21.43 fps 4X: 06.82 fps

Proteus 1X: 47.43 fps 2X: 21.51 fps 4X: 06.24 fps

Proteus Natural 2X: 15.36 fps

Gaia 1X: 17.00 fps 2X: 11.57 fps 4X: 05.68 fps

Nyx 1X: 24.39 fps 2X: 19.61 fps

Nyx Fast 1X: 47.81 fps

Nyx XL 1X: 04.01 fps

Rhea 4X: 06.46 fps

RXL 4X: 06.88 fps

Hyperion HDR 1X: 21.98 fps

4X Slowmo Apollo: 40.08 fps APFast: 37.08 fps Chronos: 35.31 fps CHFast: 40.65 fps

16X Slowmo Aion: 41.75 fps

Starlight Mini 1X: 1.717 spf

```

SkyDude · March 7, 2026, 10:49pm

So this guy with a 5090 gets a similar spf as me running Starlight Mini on my 4070 Ti Super.
Not gonna complain tho!

Grammy · March 8, 2026, 5:01am

The benchmark is maybe a little strange. My 4090 is faster than a 5090 with 1.147 spf. So yeah…totaly right!

kiprode · March 8, 2026, 5:35pm

Mac Studio 16 CPU. 40 GPU

Topaz Video  v1.2.1
System Information
OS: Mac v26.03
CPU: Apple M4 Max  64 GB
GPU: Apple M4 Max  51.84 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	13.57 fps 	2X: 	08.40 fps 	4X: 	02.98 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	09.62 fps 	2X: 	05.27 fps 	4X: 	01.84 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	12.73 fps 	2X: 	08.92 fps 	4X: 	02.73 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	00.63 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	04.33 fps 	2X: 	02.99 fps 	4X: 	02.19 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	05.66 fps 	2X: 	05.64 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	16.00 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	00.10 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	01.18 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	01.28 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	13.12 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	14.27 fps 	APFast: 	25.58 fps 	Chronos: 	05.69 fps 	CHFast: 	09.29 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	16.23 fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	8.384 spf

kiprode · March 8, 2026, 6:11pm

Mac Studio 16 CPU 40 GPU

Topaz Video  v1.2.1
System Information
OS: Mac v26.03
CPU: Apple M4 Max  64 GB
GPU: Apple M4 Max  51.84 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 720x480
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	13.75 fps 	2X: 	12.92 fps 	4X: 	08.81 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	13.70 fps 	2X: 	12.92 fps 	4X: 	06.49 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	13.98 fps 	2X: 	13.72 fps 	4X: 	08.42 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	05.19 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	23.08 fps 	2X: 	15.98 fps 	4X: 	12.97 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	22.39 fps 	2X: 	21.58 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	13.33 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	00.87 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	07.60 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	07.97 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	14.14 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	34.89 fps 	APFast: 	48.86 fps 	Chronos: 	15.51 fps 	CHFast: 	17.87 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	85.93 fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	6.853 spf

kiprode · March 8, 2026, 6:36pm

Mac Studio 16 CPU 40 GPU

Topaz Video  v1.2.1
System Information
OS: Mac v26.03
CPU: Apple M4 Max  64 GB
GPU: Apple M4 Max  51.84 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 480x360
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	13.84 fps 	2X: 	32.26 fps 	4X: 	08.84 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	57.42 fps 	2X: 	29.85 fps 	4X: 	06.79 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	77.92 fps 	2X: 	51.28 fps 	4X: 	08.95 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	09.10 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	23.58 fps 	2X: 	17.29 fps 	4X: 	10.40 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	17.75 fps 	2X: 	16.85 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	37.15 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	00.98 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	13.30 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	14.27 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	14.30 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	36.56 fps 	APFast: 	229.66 fps 	Chronos: 	20.24 fps 	CHFast: 	27.17 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	144.06 fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	7.118 spf

Chamberhouse · March 8, 2026, 6:44pm

Topaz Video  v1.2.1
System Information
OS: Mac v26.03
CPU: Apple M3 Ultra  96 GB
GPU: Apple M3 Ultra  77.76 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	16.69 fps 	2X: 	11.37 fps 	4X: 	03.83 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	10.66 fps 	2X: 	05.77 fps 	4X: 	02.65 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	15.19 fps 	2X: 	09.91 fps 	4X: 	04.36 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	00.81 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	06.39 fps 	2X: 	04.20 fps 	4X: 	03.03 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	05.40 fps 	2X: 	06.27 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	12.81 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	00.12 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	01.54 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	01.64 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	13.30 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	20.61 fps 	APFast: 	36.86 fps 	Chronos: 	06.92 fps 	CHFast: 	08.95 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	17.16 fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	6.571 spf

SD input resolution to follow at some point.

godefroydemaupeou-68 · March 10, 2026, 7:15am

```

Topaz Video v1.2.1

System Information

OS: Mac v26.0301

CPU: Apple M2 Ultra 64 GB

GPU: Apple M2 Ultra 51.84 GB

Processing Settings

device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1

Input Resolution: 1920x1080

Benchmark Results

Artemis 1X: 15.96 fps 2X: 09.65 fps 4X: 03.20 fps

Iris 1X: 11.30 fps 2X: 06.98 fps 4X: 02.33 fps

Proteus 1X: 13.79 fps 2X: 10.65 fps 4X: 03.30 fps

Proteus Natural 2X: 00.65 fps

Gaia 1X: 06.10 fps 2X: 04.41 fps 4X: 02.95 fps

Nyx 1X: 04.11 fps 2X: 04.14 fps

Nyx Fast 1X: 15.08 fps

Nyx XL 1X: 00.11 fps

Rhea 4X: 01.44 fps

RXL 4X: 01.49 fps

Hyperion HDR 1X: 73.62 fps

4X Slowmo Apollo: 18.09 fps APFast: 76.68 fps Chronos: 06.26 fps CHFast: 08.33 fps

16X Slowmo Aion: 17.77 fps

Starlight Mini 1X: 7.116 spf

```

andymagee-52287 · March 11, 2026, 12:36am

New Nvidia Studio Driver 595.79 was released today. Some minor performance drops, but within the range of normal variation.

```
Topaz Video  v1.2.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.25
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor             63.556 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti  15.62 GB
Processing Settings
device: -2 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	30.77 fps 	2X: 	15.77 fps 	4X: 	04.29 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	33.71 fps 	2X: 	16.90 fps 	4X: 	04.83 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	32.43 fps 	2X: 	19.08 fps 	4X: 	05.11 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	09.27 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	09.70 fps 	2X: 	06.91 fps 	4X: 	04.65 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	13.64 fps 	2X: 	11.65 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	33.80 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	02.33 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	04.60 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	04.32 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	33.24 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	24.64 fps 	APFast: 	37.81 fps 	Chronos: 	22.32 fps 	CHFast: 	22.85 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	ERR fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	2.133 spf 	

```

akhil.tandon · March 12, 2026, 3:44am

Topaz Video  v1.2.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.25
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900KS CPU @ 4.00GHz  15.928 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT  19.959 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	18.63 fps 	2X: 	08.46 fps 	4X: 	01.86 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	20.55 fps 	2X: 	10.71 fps 	4X: 	02.73 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	23.35 fps 	2X: 	11.32 fps 	4X: 	02.88 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	00.96 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	12.75 fps 	2X: 	07.92 fps 	4X: 	02.55 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	09.76 fps 	2X: 	08.47 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	20.65 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	00.26 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	02.15 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	02.21 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	19.90 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	21.84 fps 	APFast: 	23.50 fps 	Chronos: 	16.69 fps 	CHFast: 	20.39 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	24.52 fps

Grammy · March 13, 2026, 12:45pm

```

Topaz Video v1.2.1

System Information

OS: Windows v11.25

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor 63.49 GB

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 31.433 GB

Processing Settings

device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1

Input Resolution: 1920x1080

Benchmark Results

Artemis 1X: 51.06 fps 2X: 19.35 fps 4X: 05.69 fps

Iris 1X: 57.14 fps 2X: 21.90 fps 4X: 06.29 fps

Proteus 1X: 55.30 fps 2X: 22.10 fps 4X: 05.95 fps

Proteus Natural 2X: 18.35 fps

Gaia 1X: 19.02 fps 2X: 13.14 fps 4X: 05.21 fps

Nyx 1X: 27.03 fps 2X: 21.78 fps

Nyx Fast 1X: 51.50 fps

Nyx XL 1X: 04.47 fps

Rhea 4X: 06.87 fps

RXL 4X: 05.20 fps

Hyperion HDR 1X: 32.00 fps

4X Slowmo Apollo: 43.33 fps APFast: 37.04 fps Chronos: 39.02 fps CHFast: 43.77 fps

16X Slowmo Aion: 31.12 fps

Starlight Mini 1X: 1.703 spf

```

Small upgrade from 4090 to 5090 …

TPX · March 13, 2026, 1:47pm

by how much from 4090?

jiansong.gu · March 16, 2026, 12:33am

```

Topaz Video v1.2.1

System Information

OS: Windows v11.25

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) w5-2465X 127.25 GB

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 11.729 GB

Processing Settings

device: 0 vram: 0.9 instances: 1

Input Resolution: 1920x1080

Benchmark Results

Artemis 1X: 18.46 fps 2X: 11.96 fps 4X: 03.51 fps

Iris 1X: 23.03 fps 2X: 12.81 fps 4X: 03.62 fps

Proteus 1X: 18.75 fps 2X: 13.59 fps 4X: 03.74 fps

Proteus Natural 2X: 05.04 fps

Gaia 1X: 06.21 fps 2X: 04.36 fps 4X: 03.21 fps

Nyx 1X: 09.46 fps 2X: 08.05 fps

Nyx Fast 1X: 19.11 fps

Nyx XL 1X: 01.28 fps

Rhea 4X: 03.25 fps

RXL 4X: 03.20 fps

Hyperion HDR 1X: 16.06 fps

4X Slowmo Apollo: 19.70 fps APFast: 29.41 fps Chronos: 13.69 fps CHFast: 20.04 fps

16X Slowmo Aion: ERR fps

```

dannylopez1966 · March 16, 2026, 4:44am

```

Topaz Video v1.2.1

System Information

OS: Windows v11.25

CPU: Intel(R) Core™ Ultra 7 265KF 95.523 GB

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 15.674 GB

Processing Settings

device: 0 vram: 0.72 instances: 1

Input Resolution: 1920x1080

Benchmark Results

Artemis 1X: 14.71 fps 2X: 10.84 fps 4X: 03.70 fps

Iris 1X: 16.00 fps 2X: 10.54 fps 4X: 03.62 fps

Proteus 1X: 15.79 fps 2X: 11.81 fps 4X: 03.86 fps

Proteus Natural 2X: 04.95 fps

Gaia 1X: 05.16 fps 2X: 03.51 fps 4X: 02.55 fps

Nyx 1X: 07.56 fps 2X: 06.77 fps

Nyx Fast 1X: 17.27 fps

Nyx XL 1X: 01.18 fps

Rhea 4X: 02.70 fps

RXL 4X: 02.52 fps

Hyperion HDR 1X: 16.19 fps

4X Slowmo Apollo: 20.82 fps APFast: 34.09 fps Chronos: 11.11 fps CHFast: 18.41 fps

16X Slowmo Aion: 22.33 fps

Starlight Mini 1X: 3.817 spf

```