The invention relates to the field of press forming of test blocks, in particular to press forming equipment for soil-based material test blocks and a control method. The press forming equipment comprises a supporting platform and is characterized by further comprising a vibrating spring, an I-shaped support, a test block plate, a test block mould, a loading press head, an upper telescopic connecting rod system and a lifting gear rod, wherein the vibrating spring and the I-shaped support are fixed to the supporting platform, the test block plate is supported by the vibrating spring and the I-shaped support, the test block mould where a soil-based material is placed is placed on the test block plate, the loading press head right faces the test block mould, the upper telescopic connecting rod system and the lifting gear rod are connected with the loading press head, the test block mould is connected with a lower telescopic connecting rod system, both the upper telescopic connecting rod system and the lower telescopic connecting rod system are connected with an oil pump pressurization system, and the test block mould is composed of a plurality of standard mould frames. According to the press forming equipment for the soil-based material test blocks and the control method, all the components of the whole set of equipment are closely arranged, so that the structure is reasonable, it is guaranteed that the equipment operates stably in the press forming process, and the problem that a complex equipment structure occupies too large space is solved.