Is Ryzen 5 3500U and Vega 8 graphics enough for non-gaming streaming?

UHDBits

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So, I'm thinking of finally upgrading my old computer, but I don't have a very big budget. I found a $450 Ryzen 5 laptop and Vega 8, and I do some live streaming, and I looked up and saw that a lot of people say that it's not powerful enough for streaming.

I don't believe that.

Why? Because, my old computer was a Mac Mini Mid 2011. Intel Core i5, 2nd gen Sandy Bridge, AMD Radeon 6630M, and I've been livestreaming at 720p30 on it for a while with minimal framedrops.
After checking something out, with most benchmarks it seems like the Ryzen 5 3500U is slightly more then 3 times as powerful then the Core i5, and even those integrated Vega 8 graphics are faster then my old 256MB DGPU.

So, I guess my question isn't really enough, as I am sure it is, but my question is, can it livestream better then my current computer?
I don't really care if I have to stay at 720p30, but I just wanna know if it is enough for streaming.
And again, I don't really do any gaming livestreaming, if I do, it's usually either Geforce NOW or games from before 2010, I usually do things with virtual machines and sometimes some coding and emulating.
 
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The best for streaming 2020 is CPU AMD Ryzen with GPU NVIDIA (Turing) cards - 1660 and RTX series.

OBS settings for streaming with NVENC (new) encoder:

OBS
Output:
Encoder: NVIDIA NVENC (new)
Rescale: uncheck
Keyframe: 2
Preset: Quality
Profile: high

Audio:
Sample Rate: 48 kHz

Video:
Base (canvas): Your monitor resolution
Output: Your output resolution
Downscale: Bicubic
 
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UHDBits said:
So, I'm thinking of finally upgrading my old computer, but I don't have a very big budget. I found a $450 Ryzen 5 laptop and Vega 8, and I do some live streaming, and I looked up and saw that a lot of people say that it's not powerful enough for streaming.

I don't believe that.

Why? Because, my old computer was a Mac Mini Mid 2011. Intel Core i5, 2nd gen Sandy Bridge, AMD Radeon 6630M, and I've been livestreaming at 720p30 on it for a while with minimal framedrops.
After checking something out, with most benchmarks it seems like the Ryzen 5 3500U is slightly more then 3 times as powerful then the Core i5, and even those integrated Vega 8 graphics are faster then my old 256MB DGPU.

So, I guess my question isn't really enough, as I am sure it is, but my question is, can it livestream better then my current computer?
I don't really care if I have to stay at 720p30, but I just wanna know if it is enough for streaming.
And again, I don't really do any gaming livestreaming, if I do, it's usually either Geforce NOW or games from before 2010, I usually do things with virtual machines and sometimes some coding and emulating.
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Which laptop model is it? How are you getting the video into the laptop?
What resolution are you planning to stream at? 720p30?
If it's non-gaming, is it more like an interview or something similar that you're planning to stream? Basically stuff with not much movement?
 
UHDBits

UHDBits

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regstuff said:
Which laptop model is it? How are you getting the video into the laptop?
What resolution are you planning to stream at? 720p30?
If it's non-gaming, is it more like an interview or something similar that you're planning to stream? Basically stuff with not much movement?
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This here: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-I...ve-Windows-10-Abyss-Blue-81W1009DUS/103437747
I'm planning to use Display Capture, but again, not for gaming.
720p30
More Virtual Machines, and maybe some Android Studio coding, some video editing during livestreaming (but with old video editors from 2010 or before, as that is my series.
 
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regstuff

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UHDBits said:
This here: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-I...ve-Windows-10-Abyss-Blue-81W1009DUS/103437747
I'm planning to use Display Capture, but again, not for gaming.
720p30
More Virtual Machines, and maybe some Android Studio coding, some video editing during livestreaming (but with old video editors from 2010 or before, as that is my series.
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Should be fine. Just to be on the safe side, you might need a bit more RAM than 8gb if you've got video editors or android studio going. But you can always give it a shot and upgrade RAM as and when needed.
Worst case, if 720p30 doesn't work our on veryfast preset, drop it to 720p25 and superfast preset. From what I can tell about your workflow, it shouldn't make much difference to the quality of your stream.
Can also check if the AMD hardware encoder is available within OBS, besides x264
 
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UHDBits

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regstuff said:
Should be fine. Just to be on the safe side, you might need a bit more RAM than 8gb if you've got video editors or android studio going. But you can always give it a shot and upgrade RAM as and when needed.
Worst case, if 720p30 doesn't work our on veryfast preset, drop it to 720p25 and superfast preset. From what I can tell about your workflow, it shouldn't make much difference to the quality of your stream.
Can also check if the AMD hardware encoder is available within OBS, besides x264
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Thank you! I may try more then 8, but I mean like old video editors, some even from the early 2000s. From what I know, Vega 8 does not support hardware encoding.
 
CerealCat

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Honestly, I think it can reach 1080p60 no problem.
If my laptop can get 720p60 with 3.5 GB of RAM, AMD Radeon Graphics, and an AMD Athlon Silver 3050U, your setup should do fine.
 
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