Video AI v3.3.X - User Benchmarking Results

Mac Studio 2023 with M2 ultra (24c CPU / 60c GPU):

Upscaling DVD with RAM at 100%:

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Mac v13.04
CPU: Apple M2 Ultra  64 GB
GPU: Apple M2 Ultra  48 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 720x480
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	44.21 fps 	2X: 	25.56 fps 	4X: 	09.66 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	41.97 fps 	2X: 	22.98 fps 	4X: 	06.17 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	23.84 fps 	2X: 	15.78 fps 	4X: 	12.48 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	56.44 fps 	APFast: 	181.62 fps 	Chronos: 	12.14 fps 	CHFast: 	16.45 fps

And then with RAM set to 10%:

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Mac v13.04
CPU: Apple M2 Ultra  64 GB
GPU: Apple M2 Ultra  48 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 0.1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 720x480
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	60.40 fps 	2X: 	43.74 fps 	4X: 	15.16 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	63.79 fps 	2X: 	36.45 fps 	4X: 	12.88 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	23.02 fps 	2X: 	17.31 fps 	4X: 	12.77 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	52.54 fps 	APFast: 	227.39 fps 	Chronos: 	20.42 fps 	CHFast: 	30.01 fps

So that’s quite a BIG difference.

With Full HD sources the picture changes (in the benchmark):

100% RAM:
Topaz Video AI v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Mac v13.04
CPU: Apple M2 Ultra 64 GB
GPU: Apple M2 Ultra 48 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis 1X: 15.27 fps 2X: 08.90 fps 4X: 02.94 fps
Proteus 1X: 15.19 fps 2X: 07.91 fps 4X: 02.50 fps
Gaia 1X: 04.78 fps 2X: 03.38 fps 4X: 02.65 fps
4X Slowmo Apollo: 10.52 fps APFast: 33.48 fps Chronos: 05.25 fps CHFast: 07.20 fps

10% RAM:
Topaz Video AI v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Mac v13.04
CPU: Apple M2 Ultra 64 GB
GPU: Apple M2 Ultra 48 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 0.1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis 1X: 10.06 fps 2X: 07.11 fps 4X: 02.71 fps
Proteus 1X: 09.90 fps 2X: 07.09 fps 4X: 02.33 fps
Gaia 1X: 04.03 fps 2X: 02.95 fps 4X: 01.91 fps
4X Slowmo Apollo: 08.72 fps APFast: 36.18 fps Chronos: 03.97 fps CHFast: 05.67 fps

Thanks very much for that most enlightening comparison. I think Apple Silicon users upscaling SD are being let down by Topaz - they are not even taking the easiest step - to inform users on maximising performance. Even worse - their online user guide still states, without exception, that increasing memory increases performance. That is demonstratively incorrect (and the opposite) when upscaling SD on Apple Silicon. I’m going to raise that in Bugs and Issues.

Thanks.

Andy

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Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Mac v13.0401
CPU: Apple M2 Ultra  128 GB
GPU: Apple M2 Ultra  96 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	17.09 fps 	2X: 	09.58 fps 	4X: 	03.10 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	16.22 fps 	2X: 	08.19 fps 	4X: 	02.71 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	06.32 fps 	2X: 	04.32 fps 	4X: 	03.22 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	11.61 fps 	APFast: 	40.13 fps 	Chronos: 	06.02 fps 	CHFast: 	07.47 fps 	

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Topaz Video AI  v3.3.0
System Information
OS: Windows v10.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor              127.91 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti  10.859 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
Processing Settings
device: 3 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	20.32 fps 	2X: 	07.61 fps 	4X: 	01.97 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	19.35 fps 	2X: 	06.91 fps 	4X: 	01.85 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	12.32 fps 	2X: 	05.74 fps 	4X: 	00.79 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	10.83 fps 	APFast: 	32.66 fps 	Chronos: 	13.37 fps 	CHFast: 	10.07 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.0
System Information
OS: Windows v10.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor              127.91 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	23.00 fps 	2X: 	08.04 fps 	4X: 	02.16 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	15.26 fps 	2X: 	07.52 fps 	4X: 	02.03 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	10.46 fps 	2X: 	07.16 fps 	4X: 	02.02 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	27.20 fps 	APFast: 	41.34 fps 	Chronos: 	22.38 fps 	CHFast: 	21.80 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.0
System Information
OS: Windows v10.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor              127.91 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti  10.859 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti  10.859 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	04.10 fps 	2X: 	02.72 fps 	4X: 	01.07 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	03.86 fps 	2X: 	02.60 fps 	4X: 	01.04 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	01.50 fps 	2X: 	01.00 fps 	4X: 	ERR fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	04.88 fps 	APFast: 	19.43 fps 	Chronos: 	02.43 fps 	CHFast: 	03.81 fps 	

is this the 60 core or 76 core version?

It is the 76 core version

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thanks! is it possible you do also a 720p and a UHD benchmark?

Thanks you!

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  63.576 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 3840x2160
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	05.92 fps 	2X: 	02.90 fps 	4X: 	00.84 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	05.08 fps 	2X: 	03.12 fps 	4X: 	00.89 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	02.23 fps 	2X: 	01.51 fps 	4X: 	00.94 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	11.76 fps 	APFast: 	21.83 fps 	Chronos: 	04.93 fps 	CHFast: 	09.18 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  63.576 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	27.54 fps 	2X: 	15.20 fps 	4X: 	04.01 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	24.89 fps 	2X: 	13.91 fps 	4X: 	04.02 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	10.34 fps 	2X: 	07.06 fps 	4X: 	04.32 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	34.29 fps 	APFast: 	68.35 fps 	Chronos: 	22.91 fps 	CHFast: 	29.24 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 480x360
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	108.55 fps 	2X: 	58.86 fps 	4X: 	18.74 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	89.91 fps 	2X: 	50.88 fps 	4X: 	18.42 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	75.22 fps 	2X: 	45.86 fps 	4X: 	19.53 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	120.21 fps 	APFast: 	227.54 fps 	Chronos: 	82.69 fps 	CHFast: 	96.38 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 640x480
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	90.78 fps 	2X: 	54.94 fps 	4X: 	13.81 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	82.54 fps 	2X: 	47.66 fps 	4X: 	13.65 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	60.40 fps 	2X: 	40.95 fps 	4X: 	16.72 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	128.85 fps 	APFast: 	262.23 fps 	Chronos: 	52.33 fps 	CHFast: 	99.68 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 720x480
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	91.29 fps 	2X: 	48.37 fps 	4X: 	12.85 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	82.43 fps 	2X: 	45.30 fps 	4X: 	13.06 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	57.15 fps 	2X: 	40.13 fps 	4X: 	16.34 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	141.18 fps 	APFast: 	262.84 fps 	Chronos: 	52.53 fps 	CHFast: 	97.76 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 768x576
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	69.36 fps 	2X: 	34.91 fps 	4X: 	09.36 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	65.64 fps 	2X: 	30.03 fps 	4X: 	08.37 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	33.77 fps 	2X: 	23.89 fps 	4X: 	11.11 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	73.79 fps 	APFast: 	159.89 fps 	Chronos: 	39.86 fps 	CHFast: 	61.68 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1280x720
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	44.99 fps 	2X: 	21.51 fps 	4X: 	05.46 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	42.63 fps 	2X: 	20.50 fps 	4X: 	05.42 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	22.62 fps 	2X: 	15.58 fps 	4X: 	06.17 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	52.31 fps 	APFast: 	115.21 fps 	Chronos: 	28.15 fps 	CHFast: 	42.19 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	20.78 fps 	2X: 	09.80 fps 	4X: 	02.36 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	19.19 fps 	2X: 	08.69 fps 	4X: 	02.28 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	10.73 fps 	2X: 	06.95 fps 	4X: 	02.55 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	17.19 fps 	APFast: 	38.65 fps 	Chronos: 	13.89 fps 	CHFast: 	21.66 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.923 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX  23.945 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 3840x2160
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	04.44 fps 	2X: 	02.15 fps 	4X: 	00.54 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	04.21 fps 	2X: 	02.00 fps 	4X: 	00.54 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	02.29 fps 	2X: 	01.52 fps 	4X: 	00.59 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	08.04 fps 	APFast: 	12.77 fps 	Chronos: 	03.02 fps 	CHFast: 	05.60 fps 	

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Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor               127.92 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT  15.617 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 0.9 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	12.89 fps 	2X: 	06.28 fps 	4X: 	02.26 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	11.76 fps 	2X: 	07.12 fps 	4X: 	02.01 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	06.82 fps 	2X: 	04.63 fps 	4X: 	02.36 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	14.42 fps 	APFast: 	34.40 fps 	Chronos: 	09.54 fps 	CHFast: 	15.92 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.0
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K  31.776 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070  11.744 GB
GPU: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770  0.125 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	20.56 fps 	2X: 	13.43 fps 	4X: 	04.21 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	17.86 fps 	2X: 	12.82 fps 	4X: 	04.23 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	06.64 fps 	2X: 	04.63 fps 	4X: 	03.17 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	23.38 fps 	APFast: 	63.32 fps 	Chronos: 	14.23 fps 	CHFast: 	22.62 fps 	

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K  31.773 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070  11.744 GB
GPU: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770  0.125 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	19.52 fps 	2X: 	13.28 fps 	4X: 	04.39 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	18.12 fps 	2X: 	12.41 fps 	4X: 	04.45 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	06.65 fps 	2X: 	04.60 fps 	4X: 	03.13 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	26.59 fps 	APFast: 	64.37 fps 	Chronos: 	14.26 fps 	CHFast: 	22.03 fps 	

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It looks like RTX 4070 provides the performance which is much close to RTX3090 right now.

7900 XT + 6700 XT
Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v10.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.915 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT  19.945 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT  11.955 GB
Processing Settings
device: 2 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	20.17 fps 	2X: 	07.49 fps 	4X: 	02.27 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	18.28 fps 	2X: 	07.86 fps 	4X: 	02.26 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	11.13 fps 	2X: 	07.00 fps 	4X: 	02.44 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	16.07 fps 	APFast: 	31.49 fps 	Chronos: 	14.79 fps 	CHFast: 	17.30 fps 	

7900 XT
Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v10.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.915 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT  19.945 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT  11.955 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	15.06 fps 	2X: 	07.34 fps 	4X: 	02.08 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	12.91 fps 	2X: 	06.63 fps 	4X: 	02.04 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	07.73 fps 	2X: 	05.12 fps 	4X: 	02.38 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	16.96 fps 	APFast: 	34.44 fps 	Chronos: 	10.17 fps 	CHFast: 	16.55 fps 	

6700 XT
Topaz Video AI  v3.3.1
System Information
OS: Windows v10.22
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor              63.915 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT  19.945 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT  11.955 GB
Processing Settings
device: 1 vram: 1 instances: 0
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	06.97 fps 	2X: 	03.87 fps 	4X: 	01.45 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	06.41 fps 	2X: 	03.76 fps 	4X: 	01.42 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	03.60 fps 	2X: 	02.34 fps 	4X: 	01.58 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	08.81 fps 	APFast: 	24.12 fps 	Chronos: 	05.04 fps 	CHFast: 	08.07 fps 	

Bench with only RTX 3080 Ti GPU Processor!

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.2
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  31.582 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti  11.816 GB
GPU: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770  0.125 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	22.43 fps 	2X: 	14.63 fps 	4X: 	04.02 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	20.68 fps 	2X: 	13.85 fps 	4X: 	03.95 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	07.60 fps 	2X: 	05.27 fps 	4X: 	03.57 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	27.52 fps 	APFast: 	60.87 fps 	Chronos: 	17.39 fps 	CHFast: 	27.18 fps 	

Same bench, but now with “All GPUs” in AI Processors

Topaz Video AI  v3.3.2
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  31.582 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti  11.816 GB
GPU: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770  0.125 GB
Processing Settings
device: 2 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	12.76 fps 	2X: 	10.62 fps 	4X: 	03.58 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	15.10 fps 	2X: 	10.33 fps 	4X: 	03.25 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	07.03 fps 	2X: 	04.52 fps 	4X: 	03.11 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	18.57 fps 	APFast: 	43.74 fps 	Chronos: 	08.81 fps 	CHFast: 	18.66 fps 	

This is REALLY STRANGE… why with using 2 GPUs (Intel + NVIDIA) we have worst result instead of using “only” the Discrete NVIDIA GPU???

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**Topaz Video AI  v3.3.2**
System Information
OS: Windows v11.22
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K  63.576 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080  15.688 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 1 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	30.06 fps 	2X: 	15.42 fps 	4X: 	04.32 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	27.39 fps 	2X: 	14.95 fps 	4X: 	04.25 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	10.71 fps 	2X: 	07.25 fps 	4X: 	04.66 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	35.60 fps 	APFast: 	88.92 fps 	Chronos: 	23.66 fps 	CHFast: 	31.82 fps 	

I don’t think the ‘all GPU’ option works properly in setups where there is one strong and one weak GPU. It probably offloads some of the processing to the weaker iGPU which just slows things down.

Even on a setup with 2 of the same GPU the it probably won’t be faster but you might be able to run more simultaneous exports.

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