How Does Hardware Acceleration Work to Boost 4K UHD Video Processing

Cecilia Hwung
24 min readSep 22, 2023

The switch of modern videos towards higher quality resolutions increases the burden on the CPU, which leads to CPU overheating, laptop lagging, high CPU usage, frozen operations, and battery suffering. Hardware acceleration, by exploiting GPU’s massively parallel processing power, turns out to be the most efficient solution to cut time and energy consumption. Particularly, hardware acceleration solutions let 4K ultra HD HEVC H.265, and HD H.264 video processing go far beyond the traditional CPU-in efficiency.

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Cecilia Hwung

Tech writer on AI, hardware, and software. I share reviews, trends, and tips. Visit me at videoproc.com for the latest in multimedia.