Streaming expert and YouTuber EposVox published a performance preview of AMD’s new AV1 encoder, found in its RX 7000 series GPUs, and found the encoding quality to.
Why it matters: AMD’s new AV1 encoder and fully unlocked encode sessions will allow Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs to compete directly against Nvidia RTX GPUs and Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs in the streaming space. Allowing gamers and content creators to game, record, and stream high quality video all at the same time on a single graphics card.
Streaming expert and YouTuber EposVox published a performance preview of AMD’s new AV1 encoder, found in its RX 7000 series GPUs, and found the encoding quality to be surprisingly good for capturing gameplay. In practice, the encoder was able to get very close to Nvidia’s RTX 40 series NVENC encoder and sometimes outperform Intel’s Arc Alchemist counterpart, which is something AMD has not been able to accomplish in years.
EposVox specifically tested with a Radeon RX 7900 XT in several titles, including Apex Legends, Battlefield 2042 and CSGO. In these games, he says encoder performance sits in-between Nvidia and Intel’s AV1 implementations, with AMD’s AV1 encoder looking the worst in Battlefield 2042 and Apex Legends, but looking better than Intel’s AV1 encoder in some situations as well.
