libvpx vp8 decoding is now on par, or even faster in singlethreaded mode on modern hardware.
ffmpeg -benchmark -c:v libvpx -i Downloads/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_30MB.webm -f null -
ffmpeg -benchmark -c:v vp8 -i Downloads/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_30MB.webm -f null -
frame= 300 fps= 91 q=-0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:10.00 bitrate=N/A speed=3.03x
bench: utime=3.291s stime=0.025s rtime=3.304s
bench: maxrss=95200KiB
frame= 300 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:10.00 bitrate=N/A speed=19.9x
bench: utime=4.663s stime=0.102s rtime=0.502s
bench: maxrss=136796KiB
ffmpeg -benchmark -threads 1 -c:v libvpx -i Downloads/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_30MB.webm -f null -
ffmpeg -benchmark -threads 1 -c:v vp8 -i Downloads/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_30MB.webm -f null -
ffmpeg -benchmark -threads 1 -c:v vp8_cuvid -i Downloads/Big_Buck_Bunny_1080_10s_30MB.webm -f null -
frame= 300 fps= 91 q=-0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:10.00 bitrate=N/A speed=3.04x
bench: utime=3.279s stime=0.023s rtime=3.287s
bench: maxrss=94624KiB
frame= 300 fps= 87 q=-0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:10.00 bitrate=N/A speed=2.91x
bench: utime=3.430s stime=0.025s rtime=3.439s
bench: maxrss=86656KiB
frame= 300 fps=0.0 q=-0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:10.00 bitrate=N/A speed=20.3x
bench: utime=0.101s stime=0.069s rtime=0.493s
bench: maxrss=199800KiB
ffmpeg version 7.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 13.3.0 (GCC)
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libavutil 59. 39.100 / 59. 39.100
libavcodec 61. 19.100 / 61. 19.100
libavformat 61. 7.100 / 61. 7.100
libavdevice 61. 3.100 / 61. 3.100
libavfilter 10. 4.100 / 10. 4.100
libswscale 8. 3.100 / 8. 3.100
libswresample 5. 3.100 / 5. 3.100
libpostproc 58. 3.100 / 58. 3.100
[libvpx @ 0x11e5d380] v1.15.0