2024-10-07, 02:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-10-07, 02:22 PM by Host-in-the-Shell. Edited 1 time in total.)
If you aren't particular about encoding quality, an AMD GPU will be fine. I haven't tried their APUs, but did use a 6700XT for a while and the encoding quality was worse than an older laptop iGPU running Intel I was using before.
I helped a friend set up their Jellyfin server using an NVIDIA card, I think with a 3060. Encoding with these GPUs was far better than AMD's but still somewhat lacking compared to Intel, particularly against the Arc GPU series. If your aversion for Intel is too high and you happen to have an NVIDIA GPU around or can get one at a decent price, then you can go AMD + NVIDIA to have a decent compromise between encoding quality and not handing over money to Intel.
I helped a friend set up their Jellyfin server using an NVIDIA card, I think with a 3060. Encoding with these GPUs was far better than AMD's but still somewhat lacking compared to Intel, particularly against the Arc GPU series. If your aversion for Intel is too high and you happen to have an NVIDIA GPU around or can get one at a decent price, then you can go AMD + NVIDIA to have a decent compromise between encoding quality and not handing over money to Intel.
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