Topaz Video 1.7.x - user benchmarking results

Topaz Video User Benchmarks
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With today’s Nvidia 617.42 driver

Pretty typical results for my system.

```
Topaz Video  v1.7.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.26
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor             63.556 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti  15.436 GB
Processing Settings
device: -2 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	30.77 fps 	2X: 	16.88 fps 	4X: 	04.64 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	35.71 fps 	2X: 	18.29 fps 	4X: 	05.04 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	32.34 fps 	2X: 	19.74 fps 	4X: 	05.26 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	09.26 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	11.34 fps 	2X: 	07.83 fps 	4X: 	04.67 fps 	
Gaia Animation		2X: 	22.43 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	15.02 fps 	2X: 	13.59 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	35.71 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	02.40 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	04.58 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	04.53 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	55.81 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	25.34 fps 	APFast: 	36.59 fps 	Chronos: 	22.87 fps 	CHFast: 	22.25 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	30.69 fps 	

```
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Topaz Video  v1.7.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.24
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor            93.672 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090  31.433 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics  1.9744 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	45.98 fps 	2X: 	17.24 fps 	4X: 	04.79 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	50.00 fps 	2X: 	22.30 fps 	4X: 	05.69 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	53.81 fps 	2X: 	21.16 fps 	4X: 	06.08 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	19.93 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	21.82 fps 	2X: 	15.27 fps 	4X: 	05.42 fps 	
Gaia Animation		2X: 	27.59 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	33.90 fps 	2X: 	26.61 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	47.81 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	04.62 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	04.39 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	05.51 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	57.69 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	27.35 fps 	APFast: 	35.76 fps 	Chronos: 	26.08 fps 	CHFast: 	26.09 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	31.55 fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	ERR spf
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M2 Ultra 76 GPU Cores

```

Topaz Video v1.7.1

System Information

OS: Mac v27.02

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: 18.55 fps 2X: 10.35 fps 4X: 03.50 fps

Iris 1X: 08.89 fps 2X: 05.22 fps 4X: 02.58 fps

Proteus 1X: 16.09 fps 2X: 11.37 fps 4X: 04.00 fps

Proteus Natural 2X: 00.81 fps

Gaia 1X: 06.54 fps 2X: 04.38 fps 4X: 03.05 fps

Gaia Animation 2X: 13.71 fps

Nyx 1X: 07.18 fps 2X: 06.82 fps

Nyx Fast 1X: 19.45 fps

Nyx XL 1X: 00.13 fps

Rhea 4X: 01.72 fps

RXL 4X: 01.74 fps

Hyperion HDR 1X: 78.95 fps

4X Slowmo Apollo: 21.02 fps APFast: 35.48 fps Chronos: 06.78 fps CHFast: 08.14 fps

Starlight Mini 1X: 5.479 spf

```

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Updated benchmark for Starlight Precise 2.6 on macOS 27 with Video AI 1.7.1.2 beta

I ran the same video 640x480 2x up-scaled to 1280x960:

Type Proc CPU GPU RAM (GB) SSD (GB) spf
Mac Mini M4 10 10 16 256 18.0
Mac Mini M6 12 12 16 256 10.4
Mac Studio M4 Max 14 32 36 512 6.4
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I’m glad to see you were successful in removing the non-working Aion from the benchmarks while that’s being fixed for macOS 27.

Regards

Andy

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Yes, I removed the Aion entry from the benchmark configuration file. (Benchmarks.json) Had to restart Topaz for it to take effect.

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Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96 GB 36 CPU 80 GPU core 1 TB disk

Topaz Video BETA  v1.7.1.2.b
System Information
OS: Mac v27.0001
CPU: Apple M5 Ultra  96 GB
GPU: Apple M5 Ultra  77.76 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	29.93 fps 	2X: 	16.88 fps 	4X: 	04.15 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	26.37 fps 	2X: 	16.51 fps 	4X: 	03.44 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	33.33 fps 	2X: 	23.58 fps 	4X: 	05.70 fps 	
Proteus Natural		2X: 	01.67 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	11.54 fps 	2X: 	07.68 fps 	4X: 	06.01 fps 	
Gaia Animation		2X: 	22.73 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	18.87 fps 	2X: 	15.71 fps 	
Nyx Fast		1X: 	36.92 fps 	
Nyx XL		1X: 	00.24 fps 	
Rhea		4X: 	05.32 fps 	
RXL		4X: 	05.44 fps 	
Hyperion HDR		1X: 	ERR fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	30.05 fps 	APFast: 	39.74 fps 	Chronos: 	10.31 fps 	CHFast: 	13.51 fps 	
16X Slowmo		Aion: 	82.29 fps 	
Starlight Mini		1X: 	1.736 spf
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Updated benchmark for Starlight Precise 2.6 on macOS 27 with Video AI 1.7.1.2 beta

I ran the same video 640x480 2x up-scaled to 1280x960:

Type Proc CPU GPU RAM (GB) SSD (GB) spf
Mac Mini M4 10 10 16 256 18.0
Mac Mini M6 12 12 16 256 10.4
Mac Studio M4 Max 14 32 36 512 6.4
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 36 80 96 1024 2.4

Memory utilization on M5 Ultra remains low <16GB, will see if it gets higher with more complex videos

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Thanks for this. After waiting so long for new Studio and 5090 being close to 2 years old now (and possible end of life now), was hoping the new Studio could at least match the 5090 :frowning: