Tiers and levels with maximum property values

Level

Max luma sample rate
(samples/s)

Max luma picture size
(samples)

Max bit rate for Main
and Main 10 profiles (kbit/s)

Example picture resolution @
highest frame rate
(MaxDpbSize)

Main tier

High tier

1

552,960

36,864

128

-

128×96@33.7 (6)

176×144@15.0 (6)

2

3,686,400

122,880

1,500

-

176×144@100.0 (16)

352×288@30.0 (6)

2.1

7,372,800

245,760

3,000

-

352×288@60.0 (12)

640×360@30.0 (6)

3

16,588,800

552,960

6,000

-

640×360@67.5 (12)
720×576@37.5 (8)

960×540@30.0 (6)

3.1

33,177,600

983,040

10,000

-

720×576@75.0 (12)
960×540@60.0 (8)

1280×720@33.7 (6)

4

66,846,720

2,228,224

12,000

30,000

1,280×720@68.0 (12)
1,920×1,080@32.0 (6)

2,048×1,080@30.0 (6)

4.1

133,693,440

20,000

50,000

1,280×720@136.0 (12)
1,920×1,080@64.0 (6)

2,048×1,080@60.0 (6)

5

267,386,880

8,912,896

25,000

100,000

1,920×1,080@128.0 (16)
3,840×2,160@32.0 (6)

4,096×2,160@30.0 (6)

5.1

534,773,760

40,000

160,000

1,920×1,080@256.0 (16)
3,840×2,160@64.0 (6)

4,096×2,160@60.0 (6)

5.2

1,069,547,520

60,000

240,000

1,920×1,080@300.0 (16)
3,840×2,160@128.0 (6)

4,096×2,160@120.0 (6)

6

1,069,547,520

35,651,584

60,000

240,000

3,840×2,160@128.0 (16)
7,680×4,320@32.0 (6)

8,192×4,320@30.0 (6)

6.1

2,139,095,040

120,000

480,000

3,840×2,160@256.0 (16)
7,680×4,320@64.0 (6)

8,192×4,320@60.0 (6)

6.2

4,278,190,080

240,000

800,000

3,840×2,160@300.0 (16)
7,680×4,320@128.0 (6)

8,192×4,320@120.0 (6)