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<h2 id="availability">Availability</h2> <p>Quick Sync Video is available on Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 and new Core Ultra processors starting with Sandy Bridge, and Celeron & Pentium processors starting with Haswell.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="performance-and-quality">Performance and quality</h2> <p>Like most desktop hardware-accelerated encoders, Quick Sync has been praised for its speed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The eighth annual MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs comparison showed that Quick Sync was comparable to <a href="/facts/X264/owWXH5CL">x264</a> superfast preset in terms of speed, compression ratio and quality (<a href="/facts/SSIM/gRx2C14u">SSIM</a>);<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> tests were performed on an Intel <a href="/facts/Core_i7/5qT6deUr">Core i7</a>-3770 (<a href="/facts/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)/VklHpEK1">Ivy Bridge</a>) processor. However, Quick Sync could not be configured to spend more time to achieve higher quality, whereas x264 improved significantly when allowed to use more time using the recommended settings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>A 2012 evaluation by <a href="/facts/AnandTech/as9JU8ER">AnandTech</a> showed that QuickSync on Intel's Ivy Bridge produced similar image quality compared to the <a href="/facts/NVENC/VvsT4BUx">NVENC</a> encoder on Nvidia's GTX 680 while performing much better at resolutions lower than 1080p.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="development">Development</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Intel_Graphics_Technology/p87h2lSE">Intel Graphics Technology § Capabilities (GPU video acceleration)</a></p> <p>Quick Sync was first unveiled at Intel Developer Forum 2010 (September 13) but, according to <i>Tom's Hardware</i>, Quick Sync had been conceptualized five years before that.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The older <a href="/facts/Clarkdale_(microprocessor)/5JHPQG93">Clarkdale</a> microarchitecture had hardware video decoding support, but no hardware encoding support;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> it was known as <a href="/facts/Intel_Clear_Video/2QT09ukX">Intel Clear Video</a>. </p> Version 1 (<a href="/facts/Sandy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)/os1WwI9l">Sandy Bridge</a>) Quick Sync was initially built into some <a href="/facts/Sandy_Bridge/os1WwI9l">Sandy Bridge</a> CPUs, but not into Sandy Bridge Pentiums or Celerons. It adds <a href="/facts/Advanced_Video_Coding/soCzKcmJ">H.264/AVC</a> encoding and <a href="/facts/VC-1/KotHFF8I">VC-1</a> decoding acceleration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Version 2 (<a href="/facts/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)/VklHpEK1">Ivy Bridge</a>, <a href="/facts/Bay_Trail_(system_on_chip)/CJDxJ6Ve">Bay Trail</a>) The <a href="/facts/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)/VklHpEK1">Ivy Bridge</a> microarchitecture included a "next-generation" implementation of Quick Sync.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> Version 3 (<a href="/facts/Haswell_(microarchitecture)/C19Wlzhm">Haswell</a>) The <a href="/facts/Haswell_(microarchitecture)/C19Wlzhm">Haswell</a> microarchitecture implementation adds <a href="/facts/H.262%2fMPEG-2_Part_2/uKxBALVh">H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2</a> encoding acceleration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> An open-source hybrid driver was developed which supports partial <a href="/facts/VP8/dfoDPMDg">VP8</a> encoding and <a href="/facts/VP9/dBP8ffoc">VP9</a> decoding acceleration under Linux by utilizing both the integrated GPU and CPU.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> Started from Haswell, Pentiums and Celerons have included QSV technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> Version 4 (<a href="/facts/Broadwell_(microarchitecture)/32jqNWRS">Broadwell</a>) The <a href="/facts/Broadwell_(microarchitecture)/32jqNWRS">Broadwell</a> microarchitecture implementation adds VP8 hardware decoding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Also, it has two independent <a href="/facts/Bit_stream_decoder/CPuf17up">bit stream decoder</a> (BSD) rings to process video commands on GT3 GPUs; this allows one BSD ring to process decoding and the other BSD ring to process encoding at the same time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> Version 5 (<a href="/facts/Skylake_(microarchitecture)/qpcDcebM">Skylake</a>) The <a href="/facts/Skylake_(microarchitecture)/qpcDcebM">Skylake</a> microarchitecture implementation adds a full fixed-function <a href="/facts/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding/6gp7DC1a">H.265/HEVC</a> 8-bit 4:2:0 decoding and encoding acceleration, hybrid and partial HEVC 10-bit decoding acceleration, <a href="/facts/JPEG/HQ8QS3uB">JPEG</a> encoding acceleration for resolutions up to 16,000×16,000 pixels, and partial VP9 decoding and encoding acceleration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> Version 6 (<a href="/facts/Kaby_Lake_(microarchitecture)/DbfMWB0T">Kaby Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Coffee_Lake/oASqYsf2">Coffee Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Whiskey_Lake/m8l8APwc">Whiskey Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Comet_Lake/VcfpgHA5">Comet Lake</a>) The <a href="/facts/Kaby_Lake/DbfMWB0T">Kaby Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Coffee_Lake/oASqYsf2">Coffee Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Whiskey_Lake/m8l8APwc">Whiskey Lake</a> and <a href="/facts/Comet_Lake/VcfpgHA5">Comet Lake</a> microarchitectures implementation adds full fixed-function H.265/HEVC 10-bit 4:2:0 decoding and encoding acceleration, and full fixed-function VP9 8-bit and 10-bit decoding acceleration and 8-bit encoding acceleration.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> Version 7 (<a href="/facts/Ice_Lake_(microprocessor)/ezzrBUW5">Ice Lake</a>) The <a href="/facts/Ice_Lake_(microprocessor)/ezzrBUW5">Ice Lake</a> microarchitecture implementation adds VP9 8-bit and 10-bit decoding and encoding acceleration, H.265/HEVC 8-bit and 10-bit decoding and encoding acceleration with 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 chroma subsampling,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> HDR10 Tone Mapping<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> and Open Source Media Shaders.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> HEVC hardware encoding quality has also been improved.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> Version 8 (<a href="/facts/Tiger_Lake_(microprocessor)/1hXTx6bz">Tiger Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Rocket_Lake/e9xcN1Yk">Rocket Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Alder_Lake_(microprocessor)/q7rtppRT">Alder Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Raptor_Lake/d7Hd6KbC">Raptor Lake</a>) The <a href="/facts/Tiger_Lake_(microprocessor)/1hXTx6bz">Tiger Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Rocket_Lake/e9xcN1Yk">Rocket Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Alder_Lake_(microprocessor)/q7rtppRT">Alder Lake</a> & <a href="/facts/Raptor_Lake/d7Hd6KbC">Raptor Lake</a> microarchitectures implementation adds VP9 12-bit & 12-bit 4:4:4 hardware decoding and HEVC 12-bit 4:2:0, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 hardware decoding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> Gen12 Xe will also support native AV1 decode, which includes 10-bit 4:2:0 16K stills and 10-bit 4:2:0 8K, 4K and 2K video.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> Hardware encoding for VP8 was dropped and hardware decoding is only available on Tiger Lake.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> Version 9 (<a href="/facts/Intel_Arc/dEBwxdfq">Intel Arc</a> Alchemist, <a href="/facts/Meteor_Lake/6kounHDU">Meteor Lake</a>, <a href="/facts/Arrow_Lake_(microprocessor)/AFTvbCBU">Arrow Lake</a>) Intel Arc Alchemist (discrete GPUs) adds 8K 10-bit AV1 hardware encoding.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> It removed <a href="/facts/VC-1/KotHFF8I">VC-1</a> hardware decoding. Version 10 (Intel <a href="/facts/Lunar_Lake/LAyQmrEB">Lunar Lake</a>) Adds <a href="/facts/Versatile_Video_Coding/nY7Ew1q8">VVC</a> hardware decoding in Xe2 GPU.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> <h2 id="operating-system-support">Operating system support</h2> <p>The Quick Sync Video <a href="/facts/Semiconductor_intellectual_property_core/yx66l6wL">SIP core</a> needs to be supported by the <a href="/facts/Device_driver/rDYnHU1G">device driver</a>. The device driver provides one or more <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">interfaces</a>, for example <a href="/facts/Video_Decode_and_Presentation_API_for_Unix/nQ1IYIdW">VDPAU</a>, <a href="/facts/Video_Acceleration_API/69nfosYC">Video Acceleration API</a> (VA-API) or <a href="/facts/DirectX_Video_Acceleration/0rCKebDp">DXVA</a> for video decoding, and <a href="/facts/OpenMAX_IL/uLBY8gXQ">OpenMAX IL</a> or VA API for video encoding. One of these interfaces is then used by end-user software, for example <a href="/facts/VLC_media_player/aNurLBXb">VLC media player</a> or <a href="/facts/GStreamer/34EkSQAf">GStreamer</a>, to access the Quick Sync Video hardware and make use of it. </p> <h3>Linux</h3> <p>Quick Sync support on <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> is available by both Intel VAAPI Driver (legacy, pre-Broadwell) and Intel Media Driver (Broadwell and newer) which also uses <a href="/facts/Video_Acceleration_API/69nfosYC">VA-API</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> and through the Intel Media SDK. </p> <h3>Windows</h3> <p>Microsoft offers support for Quick Sync in Windows (in <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a> and later) based on supporting driver software from Intel and support through both <a href="/facts/DirectX/jyy75wVN">DirectX</a> as well as WMF (<a href="/facts/Windows_Media_Foundation/KNcV7zX0">Windows Media Foundation</a>). A wide range of applications are based upon this base support for the technology in Windows. </p> <h3>macOS</h3> <p><a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a> added Quick Sync support in <a href="/facts/OS_X_Mountain_Lion/GIu66667">OS X Mountain Lion</a> for <a href="/facts/AirPlay/ndx0rbhA">AirPlay</a>, <a href="/facts/FaceTime/EBzVmbfe">FaceTime</a>, <a href="/facts/ITunes/pdXPE33T">iTunes</a>, <a href="/facts/Safari_(web_browser)/9R8v7tNl">Safari</a>, <a href="/facts/QuickTime/rA3GQp2j">QuickTime X</a>, <a href="/facts/IMovie/nXmcvVwf">iMovie</a>, <a href="/facts/Final_Cut_Pro_X/aaASVu3N">Final Cut Pro X</a>, <a href="/facts/Motion_(software)/6Pz5WCoU">Motion</a> and <a href="/facts/Compressor_(software)/JIghReoW">Compressor</a>. Third-party software includes <a href="/facts/Adobe_Premiere_Pro/Jb9X5ln9">Adobe Premiere Pro</a>, Adobe Media Encoder, <a href="/facts/DaVinci_Resolve/AHb0y0bq">DaVinci Resolve</a> and others. </p> <h2 id="hardware-decoding-and-encoding">Hardware decoding and encoding</h2> <p>Support for Quick Sync hardware accelerated decoding of H.264, MPEG-2, and VC-1 video is widely available. One common way to gain access to the technology on Microsoft Windows is by use of the free <a href="/facts/Ffdshow/H60dzfBG">ffdshow</a> filter. Some other free software like <a href="/facts/VLC_media_player/aNurLBXb">VLC media player</a> (since version 2.1.0 "Rincewind") supports Quick Sync as well. Many commercial applications also benefit from the technology today, including CyberLink <a href="/facts/PowerDVD/qVJElPye">PowerDVD</a>, CyberLink PowerDirector and MacroMotion Bogart "gold" edition. </p><p>According to the <a href="/facts/Ffdshow/H60dzfBG">ffdshow</a> documentation, Quick Sync has very low CPU utilization while being about twice as fast as <a href="/facts/Libavcodec/69SFWWvw">libavcodec</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p><p>Support for hardware-assisted media encoding tailored for Quick Sync is widely available. Examples of such software with Quick Sync support during encoding processes are <a href="/facts/Jellyfin/41jB0eyB">Jellyfin</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> <a href="https://emby.media">Emby Media Server</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Plex_(software)/XXPqTYoT">Plex Media Server</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> Badaboom Media Converter, CyberLink MediaShow, CyberLink MediaEspresso, ArcSoft MediaConverter, <a href="/facts/MAGIX/zxIJL5pm">MAGIX</a> Video Pro X, <a href="/facts/Pinnacle_Studio/nuPovCnh">Pinnacle Studio</a> (since version 18), <a href="/facts/Roxio_Toast/HyMlbmRq">Roxio Toast</a>, <a href="/facts/Roxio_Creator/XtpL1WNk">Roxio Creator</a>, <a href="/facts/XSplit_Broadcaster/Y6H6jIrA">XSplit Broadcaster</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> XSplit Gamecaster<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> (all commercial) and projects like <a href="/facts/HandBrake/SYY3a9xX">HandBrake</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Open_Broadcaster_Software/Hw6FJhaF">Open Broadcaster Software</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> or applications for operation with a video content entering in Adobe CC2018. </p><p>The following table shows fixed-function encode/decode support for various Intel platforms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> Support for hybrid and/or partial decode/encode are not detailed. </p> Fixed-function Quick Sync Video format support<table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Centrino/CLhRhzU5">Cantiga</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Clarkdale_(microprocessor)/5JHPQG93">Clarkdale</a> / <a href="/facts/Arrandale/8CsvVMyq">Arrandale</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Sandy_Bridge/os1WwI9l">Sandy Bridge</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)/VklHpEK1">Ivy Bridge</a> / <a href="/facts/Haswell_(microarchitecture)/C19Wlzhm">Haswell</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Broadwell_(microarchitecture)/32jqNWRS">Broadwell</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Silvermont/Ffu5eJuS">Braswell / Cherry Trail</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Skylake_(microarchitecture)/qpcDcebM">Skylake</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Goldmont/hJSdoIJq">Apollo Lake</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></th><th><a href="/facts/Kaby_Lake/DbfMWB0T">Kaby Lake</a> / <a href="/facts/Coffee_Lake/oASqYsf2">Coffee Lake</a> / <a href="/facts/Comet_Lake/VcfpgHA5">Comet Lake</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> / <a href="/facts/Whiskey_Lake/m8l8APwc">Whiskey Lake</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></th><th><a href="/facts/Gemini_Lake/4m3vxejV">Gemini Lake</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></th><th><a href="/facts/Ice_Lake_(microprocessor)/ezzrBUW5">Ice Lake</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> / <a href="/facts/Tremont_(microarchitecture)/wKQGk6sj">Jasper Lake</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Tiger_Lake_(microprocessor)/1hXTx6bz">Tiger Lake</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Rocket_Lake/e9xcN1Yk">Rocket Lake</a> / <a href="/facts/Alder_Lake_(microprocessor)/q7rtppRT">Alder Lake</a> / <a href="/facts/Raptor_Lake/d7Hd6KbC">Raptor Lake</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></th><th><a href="/facts/Intel_Arc/dEBwxdfq">Arc Alchemist</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> / <a href="/facts/Meteor_Lake/6kounHDU">Meteor Lake</a> / <a href="/facts/Arrow_Lake_(microprocessor)/AFTvbCBU">Arrow Lake</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/H.262%2fMPEG-2_Part_2/uKxBALVh">MPEG-2</a></th><td colspan="3">Decode only</td><td colspan="10">Yes</td><td>Decode only</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Advanced_Video_Coding/soCzKcmJ">AVC</a></th><td>No</td><td>Decode only<p>(High 10 not supported)</p></td><td colspan="3">Yes<p>(High 10 not supported)</p></td><td>Yes (L5.2/L5.1)</td><td>Yes (L5.1)</td><td>Yes (L5.2)</td><td>Yes (L5.1)</td><td>Yes (L5.2)</td><td>Yes (L5.2/L5.1)</td><td colspan="3">Yes<p>(High 10 not supported)</p></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/VC-1/KotHFF8I">VC-1</a></th><td colspan="2">No</td><td colspan="11">Decode only</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/JPEG/HQ8QS3uB">JPEG</a></th><td colspan="3">No</td><td colspan="2">Decode only</td><td colspan="9">Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/VP8/dfoDPMDg">VP8</a></th><td colspan="3">No</td><td>Partial encode on Linux only (Haswell)</td><td>Decode only, partial encode on Linux only</td><td colspan="6">Yes</td><td>Decode only</td><td colspan="2">No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding/6gp7DC1a">HEVC</a></th><td colspan="5">No</td><td>Decode only (L5)</td><td>Yes (L5.1)</td><td>Yes (L5.1/L5)</td><td>Yes (L5.1)</td><td>Yes (L5.1/L5)</td><td>Yes (L5.1)</td><td colspan="3">Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding/6gp7DC1a">HEVC</a> 10-bit</th><td colspan="7">No</td><td>Decode only (8K)</td><td colspan="6">Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding/6gp7DC1a">HEVC</a> 12-bit</th><td colspan="11">No</td><td colspan="3">Yes<p>(Encode at 4:2:0 only)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></p></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/VP9/dBP8ffoc">VP9</a></th><td colspan="3">No</td><td colspan="5">Partially-accelerated decoding on Linux only<p>(Haswell Refresh to Skylake)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a></p></td><td colspan="2">Decode only</td><td colspan="4">Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/VP9/dBP8ffoc">VP9</a> 10-bit</th><td colspan="8">No</td><td colspan="2">Decode only</td><td colspan="4">Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/VP9/dBP8ffoc">VP9</a> 12-bit</th><td colspan="11">No</td><td colspan="3">Decode only</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/AV1/d07UxHgf">AV1</a></th><td colspan="11">No<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a></td><td colspan="2">Decode only</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/AV1/d07UxHgf">AV1</a> 10-bit</th><td colspan="11">No</td><td colspan="2">Decode only</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/AV1/d07UxHgf">AV1</a> 12-bit</th><td colspan="13">No</td><td>Decode only</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Certain low-end and high-end parts (including multi-socket <a href="/facts/Xeon/j1M8Hp6D">Xeons</a> and some Extreme Edition CPUs expected to be used with a dedicated GPU) do not contain the hardware core to support Quick Sync. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <h3>Video Hardware Technologies</h3> <h4>AMD</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Video_Core_Next/I0GL8eMR">Video Core Next</a> – <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">AMD's</a> current equivalent SIP core (since 2018)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Unified_Video_Decoder/aQrrwg54">Unified Video Decoder</a> – AMD's decoding SIP core (until 2017)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Video_Coding_Engine/4L5MLb6K">Video Coding Engine</a> – AMD's encoding SIP core (until 2017)</li></ul> <h4>Intel</h4> <ul><li>Quick Sync Video</li> <li><a href="/facts/Intel_Clear_Video/2QT09ukX">Clear Video</a> – video decoding using a general purpose Intel GPU</li></ul> <h4>Nvidia</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nvidia_NVENC/VvsT4BUx">Nvidia NVENC</a> – Nvidia's current generation equivalent encoding SIP core</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nvidia_NVDEC/CywNkG4V">Nvidia NVDEC</a> and <a href="/facts/Nvidia_PureVideo/LsNonJny">PureVideo</a> – Nvidia's equivalent decoding SIP core</li></ul> <h4>Others</h4> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Amlogic_Video_Engine/9pWkUrbl">Amlogic Video Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Qualcomm_Hexagon/o2TV91up">Qualcomm Hexagon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Broadcom_Crystal_HD/opBWB7NT">Broadcom Crystal HD</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/quick-sync-video/quick-sync-video-general.html"><i>Intel Quick Sync Video</i></a>, intel.com</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Intel's Second-Gen Core CPUs: The Sandy Bridge Review - Sandy Bridge's Secret Weapon: Quick Sync". 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