HEVC and AVC compared
Objective:
Compare visual quality of 5Mbps encodes of HEVC (H.265) and AVC (H.264) at 3840x2160p59.94 (UltraHD).
Source:
Samsung 10-bit HEVC 2160p59.94 SUHD Colorful Food file.
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Software:
Handbrake Nightly 2a66431-master x86_64
VLC Nightly 2.2.2 9/26/2015
Visual Comparison:
Conclusion:
HEVC@5Mbps has a high level of artifacts but remains useable.
AVC@5Mbps is completely unusable with distracting amounts of blocking, blurring, banding and aliasing.
Benefits:
HEVC provides the ability to stream video at half the bitrate while retaining similar visual quality as AVC or produce twice the quality at the same bitrate.
Compare visual quality of 5Mbps encodes of HEVC (H.265) and AVC (H.264) at 3840x2160p59.94 (UltraHD).
Source:
Samsung 10-bit HEVC 2160p59.94 SUHD Colorful Food file.
Download
Software:
Handbrake Nightly 2a66431-master x86_64
VLC Nightly 2.2.2 9/26/2015
Visual Comparison:
Conclusion:
HEVC@5Mbps has a high level of artifacts but remains useable.
AVC@5Mbps is completely unusable with distracting amounts of blocking, blurring, banding and aliasing.
Benefits:
HEVC provides the ability to stream video at half the bitrate while retaining similar visual quality as AVC or produce twice the quality at the same bitrate.
