diff --git a/docs/performance.md b/docs/performance.md index 309c3b7a..f4b2694b 100644 --- a/docs/performance.md +++ b/docs/performance.md @@ -3,41 +3,41 @@ ### Test environment * AWS EC2 [c4.xlarge](http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/#c4) (4x E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz) -* Amazon Linux AMI 2016.03.1 (HVM), SSD Volume Type -* Node.js v6.2.0 +* Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (HVM, SSD) +* Node.js v6.9.1 ### The contenders -* [jimp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jimp) v0.2.24 - Image processing in pure JavaScript. Bilinear interpolation only. -* [lwip](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lwip) v0.0.9 - Wrapper around CImg, compiles dependencies from source. -* [imagemagick-native](https://www.npmjs.com/package/imagemagick-native) v1.9.2 - Wrapper around libmagick++, supports Buffers only. +* [jimp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jimp) v0.2.27 - Image processing in pure JavaScript. Bilinear interpolation only. +* [lwip](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lwip) v0.0.9 - Wrapper around CImg. Compiles outdated, insecure dependencies from source. +* [mapnik](https://www.npmjs.org/package/mapnik) v3.5.14 - Whilst primarily a map renderer, Mapnik contains bitmap image utilities. +* [imagemagick-native](https://www.npmjs.com/package/imagemagick-native) v1.9.3 - Wrapper around libmagick++, supports Buffers only. * [imagemagick](https://www.npmjs.com/package/imagemagick) v0.1.3 - Supports filesystem only and "*has been unmaintained for a long time*". -* [gm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gm) v1.22.0 - Fully featured wrapper around GraphicsMagick's `gm` command line utility. -* sharp v0.15.0 / libvips v8.3.1 - Caching within libvips disabled to ensure a fair comparison. +* [gm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gm) v1.23.0 - Fully featured wrapper around GraphicsMagick's `gm` command line utility. +* sharp v0.17.0 / libvips v8.4.2 - Caching within libvips disabled to ensure a fair comparison. ### The task Decompress a 2725x2225 JPEG image, resize to 720x480 using Lanczos 3 resampling (where available), -then compress to JPEG. +then compress to JPEG at a "quality" setting of 80. ### Results | Module | Input | Output | Ops/sec | Speed-up | | :----------------- | :----- | :----- | ------: | -------: | -| jimp (bilinear) | file | file | 0.94 | 1.0 | -| jimp (bilinear) | buffer | buffer | 0.98 | 1.0 | -| lwip | file | file | 1.14 | 1.2 | -| lwip | buffer | buffer | 1.14 | 1.2 | -| imagemagick-native | buffer | buffer | 1.66 | 1.8 | -| imagemagick | file | file | 5.08 | 5.4 | -| gm | buffer | buffer | 5.43 | 5.7 | -| gm | file | file | 5.46 | 5.8 | -| sharp | stream | stream | 26.52 | 28.2 | -| sharp | file | file | 28.16 | 30.0 | -| sharp | file | buffer | 28.27 | 30.1 | -| sharp | buffer | file | 28.42 | 30.2 | -| sharp | buffer | buffer | 28.42 | 30.2 | +| jimp (bilinear) | buffer | buffer | 1.05 | 1.0 | +| lwip | buffer | buffer | 2.32 | 2.2 | +| mapnik | buffer | buffer | 2.90 | 2.8 | +| imagemagick-native | buffer | buffer | 4.00 | 3.8 | +| imagemagick | file | file | 7.16 | 6.8 | +| gm | buffer | buffer | 7.12 | 6.8 | +| gm | file | file | 7.16 | 6.8 | +| sharp | stream | stream | 27.97 | 26.6 | +| sharp | file | file | 28.69 | 27.3 | +| sharp | buffer | file | 28.81 | 27.4 | +| sharp | file | buffer | 28.99 | 27.6 | +| sharp | buffer | buffer | 29.17 | 27.8 | Greater libvips performance can be expected with caching enabled (default) and using 8+ core machines, especially those with larger L1/L2 CPU caches.