Benchmarks
Bandicam SDK is the only library program that gives you recording functions in your games/applications. It has a lot of benefits such as small recording file sizes, very high video quality and low CPU usage.
1. File size
Bandicam SDK produces video files that are 20 times smaller than video files produced with Fraps.
FRAPS
=================================================================== File Information ------------------------------------------------------------------- filename : BandiCapSample 2008-09-10 09-37-43-88.avi file format : AVI file size : 343,216,824 Byte (327.3 MB) data size : 343,204,700 Byte (327.3 MB) duration : 00:00:20 (20 Sec) bit rate : 135.26 MBits/Sec ------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Stream ---------------------------------------------------------------- codec : Fraps Real-Time Video Capture (FPS1) image size : 1024 x 768 ( 1.33 : 1 ) bitrate : 133.84 MBits/Sec frame per sec: 30.00 Frames/Sec total frames : 609 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio Stream ------------------------------------------------------------------ codec : PCM AUDIO (0x0001) bitrate : 1.41 MBits/Sec sampling rate : 44,100 Hz num of channels: 2 Channels (STEREO) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Keyframe --------------------------------------------------------------------- index status : Index exist total keyframes : 609 average delta : 0.033 Sec maximal delta : 0.033 Sec minimal delta : 0.033 Sec Standard deviation: 0.000 Sec ===================================================================
Bandicam SDK
=================================================================== Basic Information ------------------------------------------------------------------- filename : Capture 2008-09-10 09-37-43.avi fileformat : AVI file size: 16,452,884 Byte (15.7 MB) data size : 16,406,460 Byte (15.6 MB) duration : 00:00:20 (20 Sec) bit rate : 6.46 MBits/Sec ------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Stream ------------------------------------------------------------------- codec : MPEG4 (MP4V) image size : 1024 x 768 ( 1.33 : 1 ) bitrate : 5.67 MBits/Sec frame per sec: 30.00 Frames/Sec total frames : 611 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio Stream ------------------------------------------------------------------- codec : PCM AUDIO (0x0001) bitrate : 768.00 KBits/Sec sampling rate : 24,000 Hz num of channels: 2 Channels (STEREO) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Keyframe ------------------------------------------------------------------- index status : Index exist total keyframes : 4 average delta : 5.411 Sec maximal delta : 5.433 Sec minimal delta : 5.400 Sec Standard deviation: 0.016 Sec ===================================================================
2. Video Quality
Even though Bandicam Capture Library uses a lossy compression, the video quality is almost the same as the original one.
FRAPS
Bandicam SDK
3. CPU Usage
This shows CPU usage when capturing with FRAPS and Bandicam SDK. (The following test results may be different depending on the test environment)
Tested System
- CPU: Core2 Duo E6600
- OS: Windows Vista 64Bit
- System Memory: 2GB
- Resolution: 1024x768, 30 FPS
- VGA: GeForce 8600GT
Sample program only
The CPU Usage before capturing.
FRAPS
The CPU Usage when capturing with FRAPS.
Bandicam SDK
The CPU Usage when capturing with Bandicam SDK.
