HTML5 vs Flash video performence

This HTML5 vs Flash video resource consumption comparison with no hardware acceleration
Just CPU

Flash Player version: 17.0.0.134
Mozilla Firefox version: 36.0.1

CPU: Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1220
OS: Windows Server 2012 - 64 Bits

It was used a 720p video from Youtube, only 1 tab open with the specific test video

HTML5 consumption:

Average min:

Average max:

   

Average medium around  ~13%


Flash consumption:

Average min:

Average max:

Average medium around  ~9%