


The importance of this feature largely depends on your demand and positioning. Besides, with enhanced download speed, 5KPlayer can generally download twice as fast as VLC. You can even convert the downloaded videos/music from Stupidvideos, Vimeo, YouTube to MP3 and ACC in best auditory quality. There are over 300 online websites now and more soon to come supporting 5KPlayer's free video download function. VLC: Video/Audio Resources and Download Abilityīetter than VLC, 5KPlayer has taken the whole internet as its repository to provide videos/music of all kinds for everyone. And the better your computer specs are, the better 5KPlayer will perform.ģ.ĕKPlayer vs. When playing HD(1080p) videos with PC (Pentium E5300 2.60GHz/Intel G41 Express Chipset), the average CPU usage of VLC is about 44% while the average CPU usage of 5KPlayer is around 36%, which indicates that comparing to VLC, 5KPlayer can save at least 8% of CPU usage in general. VLC, however, usually encounters "not working problems" and H.265 decoding issues.Īfter installing and running both 5KPlayer & VLC on Windows/Mac, it seems that 5KPlayer is a bit more CPU friendly than VLC. It is now capable of playing 4K/8K videos, playing 3D videos, restoring overexposed white images, and featuring high playback qualities optimized specifically for retina displays. As its name suggests, 5KPlayer endeavors to offer the world-class visual experience through constant research in image restoring and rendering function.

Although both 5KPlayer and VLC support H265/H264, 5KPlayer surpasses VLC by providing smoother H.265 playback effect, meaning 5KPlayer deals with 4K and even the highest res -8K video without glitches at all.
