Performance of Ambilight

Up to date as of version 1.3.5

Table of Content

• Overview
• Maximize FPS

Overview

Tested with an Arduino Nano at 1M Baudrate

On this page, the limits of what the Ambilight can do will be tested, these tests may change over time, as more optimizations gets included!

Maximize FPS

A table of performance can be made. These are all made from my own setup, your result may be different, since i have quite a bad setup[1]:

LEDs pr block	LEDs	Sample Split	Left	Top	Right	Bottom	FPS (Static)[2]	FPS (Video)[3]
1(On all sides)	47	10	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	35	32
1(On all sides)	47	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	35	33
1(On all sides)	47	50	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	36	33
2(On all sides)	47	10	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	35	34
2(On all sides)	47	25	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	36	36
2(On all sides)	47	50	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	37	34
1	11	10	Yes	No	No	No	123	92
1	11	25	Yes	No	No	No	126	112
1	11	50	Yes	No	No	No	126	116
1	25	10	No	Yes	No	No	89	75
1	25	25	No	Yes	No	No	89	85
1	25	50	No	Yes	No	No	98	84

As it is seen, it is not possible to go much higher than 35 FPS, if you want all the sides.

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[1]: Lenovo T530 (I7-3630QM), EGPU Beast Expresscard with an RX480 running two monitors, one 4k and one full HD [2]: Just showing desktop, with nothing moving. [3]: A YouTube video running at full screen full HD and 60 FPS.