Nvidia NVDEC

Nvidia NVDEC (formerly known as NVCUVID[1]) is a feature in its graphics cards that performs video decoding, offloading this compute-intensive task from the CPU.[2] NVDEC is a successor of PureVideo and is available in Kepler and later NVIDIA GPUs.

It is accompanied by NVENC for video encoding in Nvidia's Video Codec SDK.[2]

Technology

NVDEC can offload video decoding to full fixed-function decoding hardware (Nvidia PureVideo), or (partially) decode via CUDA software running on the GPU, if fixed-function hardware is not available.[2][3]

Depending on the GPU architecture, the following codecs are supported:[4]

Versions

NVCUVID was originally distributed as part of the Nvidia CUDA Toolkit.[3] Later, it was renamed to NVDEC and moved to the Nvidia Video Codec SDK.[1]

Operating system support

See also: Nvidia PureVideo

NVDEC is available for Windows and Linux operating systems.[2] As NVDEC is a proprietary API (as opposed to the open-source VDPAU API), it is only supported by the proprietary Nvidia driver on Linux.

Application and library support

  • Gstreamer has supported NVDEC since 2017.[5]
  • FFmpeg has supported NVDEC since 2017.[6]
  • mpv has supported NVDEC since 2017 by the use of FFmpeg.[7]

GPU support

Hardware accelerated decode and encode are supported on Nvidia GeForce, Quadro, Tesla, and GRID products with Fermi or newer generation GPUs.[8]

Board Chip NVDEC per Chip MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 VP9 H.264
(AVCHD)
(except High 10) 		H.265 (HEVC) 4:2:0 H.265 (HEVC) 4:4:4 AV1 4:2:0
8 bit 10 bit 12 bit 8 bit 10 bit 12 bit 8 bit 10 bit 12 bit 8 bit 10 bit
GeForce 710A > 810A GK208 1 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GT 723A / 740A Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GT 720M > 740M Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GT 630 / 635/ 640 / 710 / 730 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce 710A / 810M / 820M GK107 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GT 640M > 755M / GTX 660M Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GT 630 - 640 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GT 740 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 645 -650 Ti Boost GeForce GT 740 GK106 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 660 - 690 GeForce GTX 760 - 770 GK104 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 760A/M > 880M GK104 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 680M/MX > 880M Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 780 - 780 Ti GK110 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX Titan / Titan Black Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX Titan Z Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 745 - 750 Ti GM107 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce 840M / 845M / 940M / 940MX / 945M Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 850A > 960A Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 850M > 960M Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce 830A > 945A GM108 0 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GeForce 830M > 945M No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 920MX - 940MX No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GeForce MX110 / MX130 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 750 / 950 - 960 GM206 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 965M GM206 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 910M / 920M / 920A GM208B Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 980M / 980MX GM204 Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 960 Ti / 970 / 980 Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX 980 Ti GM200 Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce GTX Titan X Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
GeForce MX150 GP108 0 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GeForce MX230 / MX250 / MX330 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
GeForce GT 1030 1 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1050 / 1050 Ti / MX350 GP107 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1050 / 1050 Ti GP106 Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1060 Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1060 GP104 Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1070M / 1080M GP104B Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1070 / 1070 Ti / 1080 GP104 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GP102 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX Titan X / Titan Xp Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Titan V GV100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
GeForce GTX 1650 / MX450 TU117 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / 1660 / 1660 Super TU116 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GeForce RTX 2060 / 2070 / 2060 Super TU106 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GeForce RTX 2080 / 2070 Super / 2080 Super TU104 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti TU102 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Titan RTX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
A100 GA100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti / RTX 3050 GA107 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GeForce RTX 3060 GA106 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / 3070 / 3070 Ti GA104 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GeForce RTX 3080 / 3090 GA102 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GeForce RTX 4090 AD102 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Board Chip NVDEC per Chip MPEG-2 VC-1 VP8 VP9 H.264
(AVCHD) 		H.265 (HEVC) 4:2:0 H.265 (HEVC) 4:4:4 AV1 4:2:0
8 bit 10 bit 12 bit 8 bit 10 bit 12 bit 8 bit 10 bit 12 bit 8 bit 10 bit

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Video Decoder". CUDA Toolkit Documentation. Nvidia. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  2. ^ a b c d "NVIDIA VIDEO CODEC SDK". NVIDIA Developer. Nvidia. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  3. ^ a b "Nvidia Video Decoder (NVCUVID) Interface" (PDF). Nvidia. November 2015. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  4. ^ "Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix". NVIDIA Developer. Nvidia. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  5. ^ Michael Larabel (27 June 2017). "GStreamer Adds NVDEC NVIDIA GPU Decoding Support". Phoronix.
  6. ^ Michael Larabel (11 November 2017). "FFmpeg Lands NVDEC-Accelerated H.264 Decoding". Phoronix.
  7. ^ wm4 (28 October 2017). "vd_lavc: add support for nvdec hwaccel". GitHub.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix [NEW]". 8 September 2020.