Re: HEVC isn't that tough
Maybe it's the encoding that needs the grunt not the decoding?MPEG is asymmetric in that the encoding is many times more intensive than the decoding, perhaps HEVC shares this trait.
Yes, this is the case and much more so as well. Real time, or preferably considerably better than real time if you're into any kind of video work, needs a lot of capable grunt on the CPU/GPU front. The general guideline is that HEVC (H.265) requires 10x the computer compared to H.264 encoding.