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Apple M1 Pro

Apple M1 Pro · 14-core Apple GPU, one media encoder

Jellyfin on an M1 Pro (32 GB, one media encoder) tone-mapped a 67.4 Mbps 4K HDR10 remux to 4K with subtitle burn-in at 48 fps to H.264 and 70 fps to HEVC. A 41.5 Mbps 4K HDR Blu-ray was about 70 fps (H.264) and about 90 fps (HEVC).

Measured on a 2021 MacBook Pro (32 GB) running Jellyfin, as a stand-in for an M1-class Mac mini. Speeds are single-stream.

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Reported results

A dash means the source did not count that kind of stream. Single-stream speeds are fps for one file, not a guess at how many clients fit.

JellyfinVideoToolboxSingle-stream speed

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macOS (2021 MacBook Pro)

Jellyfin Transcode Benchmarks — RandomNamer (M1 Pro)

Notes from the source

Author's read of the M1 family versus the N100: a bit faster, similar low power, HEVC encode is the faster path. They did not publish a watt number for the M1 Pro. Image-quality complaints in the same post are aimed mainly at the M4 section.

Server	Accel	OS	1080p	4K	4K HDR tone map	Power	Price	Kind	Source
Jellyfin	VideoToolbox	macOS (2021 MacBook Pro)	—	—	—	—	—	Single-stream speed	Jellyfin Transcode Benchmarks — RandomNamer (M1 Pro) Notes Author's read of the M1 family versus the N100: a bit faster, similar low power, HEVC encode is the faster path. They did not publish a watt number for the M1 Pro. Image-quality complaints in the same post are aimed mainly at the M4 section.