Chainik wrote:Ryzen 7 8-cores, MPC-HC 64-bit - SVP @4K CPU load is less than 30%
Chainik wrote:at highest "auto" settings (and Ryzen 7 at 3.4 GHz loaded up to 50% in this mode)
Actualy, these are not entirely true 
CPU load numbers are half-fake because of hyper-threading turned on.
Here's one more attempt, with Ryzen 8-cores at 3.4 GHz and HT off:
"lvl" = SVP "auto" profile level, 1 is highest settings.
lvl / MPC-HC / mpv
4K H.264 (8-bit)
1 / 90% / 100%, SVP index < 0.9
3 / 70% / 85%
5 / 60% / 70%
4K H.265/HDR (10-bit) -> 8-bit
5 / 60% / 85%
4K H.265/HDR (10-bit) -> 10-bit
Is not supported in MPC-HC, and is not playable in mpv - 60% CPU load while SVP index stays below 0.8.
1. mpv needs more CPU power (~by 20%) for 4K playback than MPC-HC
2. 10-bit 4K is a no-go in current mpv version - something is limiting performance very badly
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For 1080p 10-bit HDR difference is not so huge.
MPC-HC (8-bit) - 25% CPU load
mpv (8-bit) - 27%
mpv (10-bit) - 34%
BTW, 10-bit mode in SVP is kind of broken
- intermediate frames are rounded to 8-bit and colors are incorrect. Will be fixed ASAP.