The Difference between H.265 and H.264

H.264 is commonly referred to as MPEG-4 AVC, was adopted around 2003, and is a mainstream video compression format. H.265 is a more current (adopted circa 2013) successor to H.264. You may wonder the difference between H.265 and H.264. In this article, you will get a comprehensive comparison between H.265 and H.264. Keep reading.

In general, H.265 has several big advantages over H.264.

Better compression

H.265 offers massively improved compression over H.264. The newer codec can achieve nearly double the compression of its predecessor. With H.265, a video of the same apparent visual quality would take up only half as much space. Alternatively, a video of the same file size and bit rate could be significantly better looking.

Parallel processing

H.265 uses tiles and slices which can be decoded independently from the rest of a frame. This means that the decoding process can be split up across multiple parallel process threads, taking advantage of more efficient decoding opportunities on now-standard multi-core processors. With video resolutions getting higher, this kind of improved efficiency is required to decode video at a watchable pace on lower-end hardware.

Higher maximum frame size

With H.265, video can be encoded at up to 8K UHD or 8192 pixelsx4320 pixels.

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For more detailed differences, please read H.265 vs H.264 comparison table.

Question: How to Play H.265&H.264 video files on computer smoothly?

H.265 is still less common than H.264, but it's rapidly gaining market share. To play both H.265 and H.264 videos, you'd better use Brorsoft 8K Video Player for Mac (Windows version) which is regarded as the best H.265&H.264 video player.

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