The Procyon Video Editing Benchmark uses Adobe Premiere Pro in a typical video editing workflow.
The benchmark is modelled on the workflow of a professional video blogger who wants to edit footage from a GoPro and other similar devices into an exciting and action-packed video to publish on YouTube.
Workload v1.5
The Video Editing Export test is modeled on a user exporting a video in Premiere Pro. The test models a non-interactive user.
The benchmark starts by importing two video project files. The project timelines include various edits, adjustments and several GPU-accelerated effects. Each video project is exported in both Full HD and in 4K UHD, encoded in H.264.
The input projects are
- VideoEditing.prproj, denoted in measurements with the postfix “_1”
- VideoEditingSecond.prproj, denoted in measurements with the postfix “_2”
Open the project
Each project has all the imported footage, timeline setup, edits, adjustments, effects set up and applied to the sequence in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Export the project using a preset
The benchmark uses two modified presets in Adobe Premiere Pro. Four exports are measured in total.
H.264 - YouTube 1080p Full HD with the following modifications:
- Use Maximum Render Quality on
- Render at Maximum Depth on
- Target Bitrate [Mbps] 25
- Maximum Bitrate [Mbps] 25
H.264 - 4K UHD with the following modifications:
- Use Maximum Render Quality on
- Render at Maximum Depth
- Target Bitrate [Mbps] 60
- Maximum Bitrate [Mbps] 60
Note that the legacy benchmark (v1.2 and below) exports the 4K UHD project in HEVC (H.265) which has since been removed due to restrictions with Adobe Premiere Pro 25.3 and onwards.
Input files
| Filename | 202004PRD2160p60fps.mp4 | 201811PRGT2160p.mp4 | 201812PRD2160p.mp4 |
| Resolution | 3840 × 2160 | 3840 × 2160 | 3840 × 2160 |
| Frame rate | 60 FPS | 30 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Video data rate | 48060 kbps | 64752 kbps | 61992 kbps |
| Video bit rate | 48377 kbps | 65069 kbps | 62310 kbps |
| Audio data rate | 317 kbps | 317 kbps | 317 kbps |
| Audio channels | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Audio frequency | 48.000 kHz | 48.000 kHz | 48.000 kHz |
| File size | 894 MB | 845 MB | 1120 MB |
Exported files
| Project file | Export preset | Output | Measurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| VideoEditing.prproj | H.264 - YouTube 1080p Full HD | 1920 × 1080 at 60 FPS | export_h264_1_gpu |
| VideoEditingSecond.prproj | H.264 - YouTube 1080p Full HD | 1920 × 1080 at 60 FPS | export_h264_2 |
| VideoEditing.prproj | H.264 - 4K UHD | 3840 × 2160 at 60 FPS | export_h264_uhd_1_gpu |
| VideoEditingSecond.prproj | H.264 - 4K UHD | 3840 × 2160 at 60 FPS | export_h264_uhd_2 |
| Result | Measurement | Result name | Result metric |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export Project 1 in 1080p H.264 | Time in seconds | VideoEditingExportH2641Gpu | dbg_video_editing_run_time_export_h264_1_gpu |
| Export Project 2 in 1080p H.264 | Time in seconds | VideoEditingExportH2642 | dbg_video_editing_run_time_export_h264_2 |
| Export Project 1 in 4K H.264 | Time in seconds | VideoEditingExportH264UHD1Gpu | dbg_video_editing_run_time_export_h264_uhd_1_gpu |
| Export Project 2 in 4K H.264 | Time in seconds | VideoEditingExportH264UHD2 | dbg_video_editing_run_time_export_h264_uhd_2 |