After reporting about the problems with CUDA I’ve had with the recently released muvee Reveal 8 software, the company has responded very quickly with a release of a new build of the program that fixed the issue. So now you can download the 15 day Trial version of muvee Reveal 8 and put your PC to the test, using this quick and easy video guide for the test procedure to follow. Of course to benchmark your CUDA performance you’ll have to own an NVIDIA-based video card with CUDA support, otherwise you can just compare your CPU performance…

I’ve already got some test results prepared from different computer systems, but if you decide to try this benchmark on your system please don’t forget to share the results you got here in the comments, so that the database of results can be increased. Please test in both 720p and 1080p resolutions in AVC-HD format (H.264 compression) with and without CUDA enabled and post the CPU and Video Card you have in your computer along with the four results like in the examples below.

Intel Core i5 750 @ 3.4 GHz (Overclocked)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 VGA

720p
- CPU: 97 sec
- CUDA: 39 sec
= about 2,5 times faster with CUDA

1080p
- CPU: 188 sec
- CUDA: 67 sec
= about 2,8 times faster with CUDA

Intel Core i5 750 @ 3.4 GHz (Overclocked)
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 VGA

720p
- CPU: 107 sec
- CUDA: 69 sec
= about 1,6 times faster with CUDA

1080p
- CPU: 204 sec
- CUDA: 121 sec
= about 1,7 times faster with CUDA

Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 (2,4 GHz Default)
Nvidia Geforce 9800M GT x2 (SLI Configuration)

720p
- CPU: 332 sec
- CUDA: 100 sec
= about 3,3 times faster with CUDA

1080p
- CPU: 625 sec
- CUDA: 183 sec
= about 3,4 times faster with CUDA