# NVENC Pascal vs x264 Medium Preset 

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvenc-pascal-vs-x264-medium-preset/70536>\
**Category:** Video Codec, PyNv & OFA\
**Created:** [February 17, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvenc-pascal-vs-x264-medium-preset/70536 "2019-02-17T09:41:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![bluba79](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@bluba79](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/bluba79)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvenc-pascal-vs-x264-medium-preset/70536/1 "2019-02-17T09:41:02Z")

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Sample, Recorded with Geforce Experience 3840x2160 60 FPS Bitrate 60 Mbit [https://yadi.sk/i/E2ZV8cfBtLka3w](https://yadi.sk/i/E2ZV8cfBtLka3w)

Nvidia NVENC GTX1050, 1280x720 60 FPS Bitrate 6 Mbit - Encoding Speed 197 FPS [https://yadi.sk/i/XRlr0ddv3Sj7xA](https://yadi.sk/i/XRlr0ddv3Sj7xA)

x264 Medium (Ryzen 1700@3.7Ghz), 1280x720 60 FPS Bitrate 6 Mbit - Encoding Speed 74 FPS [https://yadi.sk/i/mv02VB8nF18CgQ](https://yadi.sk/i/mv02VB8nF18CgQ)

All Files must be Download to watch in original quality.

Nvenc on Pascal encoding quality is lower than x264 Medium. Maybe RTX card owners take part in the testing.

Testing software [https://github.com/rigaya/NVEnc/releases](https://github.com/rigaya/NVEnc/releases)

Cmd C:\YourPath\NVEncC\_4.31\_x64\NVEncC64.exe -c avc --preset quality --cbrhq 6000 --output-res 1280x720 --output-depth 8 --fps 60/1 --profile high --bframes 4 --ref 9 --colormatrix bt709 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --audio-copy -i “C:\YourPath\sample.mp4” -o “C:\YourPath\RTX.mkv”