Memory Bandwidth - Memory Bandwidth - 3.0 English - PG447

H.264/H.265/JPEG Video Codec Unit 2 (VCU2) Solutions LogiCORE IP Product Guide (PG447)

Document ID
PG447
Release Date
2026-03-06
Version
3.0 English

AMD recommends using Fastest LPDDR5/DDR5 memory if possible. For Maximum bandwidth LPDDR5 is recommended. Specifically 2x16 bus widths. For random traffic, 2x16 will have better performance than 1x32.

The following table is an example of encoding streams of a certain resolution and pixel format in HEVC. AVC will have slightly higher numbers. 50% frame buffer compression ratio is assumed for the tiled reference frames. Also 1.1x read ratio for reference frame access via motion vectors is assumed. The numbers are in MBytes/second, with M implying a factor 1000000.

Table 1. Bandwidth examples
Format 12 bit 10 bit 8 bit
4:4:4 3840×2160@60p 5900 4930 3960
4:2:2 3840×2160@60p 3960 3310 2660
4:2:0 3840×2160@60p 2990 2500 2020
4:4:4 1920×1080@60p 1480 1240 1000
4:2:2 1920×1080@60p 1000 840 670
4:2:0 1920×1080@60p 750 630 510