open-source FLAC audio encoder
Benchmarks
6 November, 2007
This is a comparison between Flake SVN-r203 and FLAC 1.2.1.
Both binaries were compiled from source using gcc 4.1.2.
Tests were run in Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).
Test machine:
AMD X2 6000+ processor
Seagate ST3320620AS SATA2 7200RPM hard drive
2 GB DDR2 800 SDRAM
Encoding parameters:
FLAC : "-P 0 --no-seektable"
Flake : "-p 0"
Other codec versions:
TAK 1.0.2 (run in Linux using wine)
WavPack 4.40.0
MAC 3.99
La 0.4
All 6 Tests in 1 WAVE file
Playing Time: 26:47.0
File Size: 270.34 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -0 0:05.23 307x 188.31 69.66% 983.0 0:04.31 373x
Flake -0 0:04.19 384x 191.71 70.91% 1000.7 0:04.26 377x
FLAC -5 0:11.05 145x 165.12 61.08% 862.0 0:04.81 334x
Flake -5 0:07.06 228x 163.10 60.33% 851.4 0:06.31 255x
FLAC -6 0:11.34 142x 165.12 61.08% 861.9 0:04.82 333x
Flake -6 0:07.09 227x 163.08 60.33% 851.3 0:06.38 252x
FLAC -8 0:34.43 47x 161.60 59.78% 843.6 0:04.91 327x
Flake -8 0:15.56 103x 156.99 58.07% 819.5 0:07.34 219x
FLAC -8 -A tukey(0.5) -A flattop
0:57.10 28x 160.53 59.38% 838.0 0:04.90 328x
Flake -9 0:19.83 81x 156.32 57.83% 816.0 0:07.25 222x
Flake -10 0:33.03 49x 156.22 57.82% 816.0 0:07.26 221x
Flake -11 0:33.40 48x 151.04 55.87% 788.5 0:11.83 136x
Flake -12 1:23.99 19x 150.95 55.84% 788.0 0:11.88 135x
other lossless codecs:
TAK -p0 0:11.30 142x 161.31 59.67% 842.1 0:06.38 252x
TAK -p2 0:16.26 99x 153.11 56.63% 799.2 0:08.35 192x
TAK -p5e 0:40.67 40x 148.37 54.88% 774.5 0:10.39 155x
WavPack -f 0:08.96 179x 173.29 64.10% 904.6 0:08.34 193x
WavPack -h 0:16.98 95x 161.25 59.65% 841.8 0:14.84 108x
WavPack -hh 0:24.48 66x 157.15 58.13% 820.4 0:20.47 79x
WavPack -hhx3 3:32.96 8x 153.83 56.90% 803.0 0:20.69 78x
MAC -c3000 0:26.56 61x 152.81 56.53% 797.8 0:32.09 50x
MAC -c4000 0:45.00 36x 145.92 53.98% 761.8 0:52.05 31x
La -high 4:11.81 6x 143.06 52.92% 746.8 3:27.46 8x
The White Stripes
Elephant
Black Math
Playing Time: 3:04.0
File Size: 30.95 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -8 0:03.94 47x 17.45 56.38% 795.6 0:00.54 338x
Flake -8 0:01.81 102x 16.52 53.37% 753.1 0:00.83 221x
Flake -9 0:02.20 84x 16.41 53.03% 748.3 0:00.84 219x
Flake -11 0:03.84 48x 15.87 51.27% 723.5 0:01.43 129x
Ben Folds Five
Sessions at West 54th
Emaline
Playing Time: 3:42.5
File Size: 37.43 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -8 0:04.78 47x 22.72 60.71% 856.7 0:00.68 327x
Flake -8 0:02.08 107x 22.33 59.65% 841.8 0:01.01 220x
Flake -9 0:02.58 86x 22.37 59.77% 843.5 0:01.03 216x
Flake -11 0:04.60 48x 21.04 56.20% 793.1 0:01.78 125x
Radiohead
Kid A
Ideoteque
Playing Time: 5:09.1
File Size: 52.00 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -8 0:06.83 49x 37.37 71.87% 1014.2 0:00.96 321x
Flake -8 0:03.07 101x 37.42 71.97% 1015.6 0:01.40 220x
Flake -9 0:04.28 72x 37.23 71.60% 1010.4 0:01.34 231x
Flake -11 0:06.51 47x 36.72 70.62% 996.5 0:02.16 143x
John Mayer
Room for Squares
Neon
Playing Time: 4:24.1
File Size: 44.43 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -8 0:05.55 48x 25.59 57.60% 812.9 0:00.81 326x
Flake -8 0:02.58 102x 24.49 55.11% 777.7 0:01.17 226x
Flake -9 0:03.32 80x 24.08 54.19% 764.8 0:01.16 228x
Flake -11 0:05.53 48x 23.50 52.88% 746.3 0:01.75 151x
The Cure
Disintegration
Prayers for Rain
Playing Time: 6:09.9
File Size: 62.22 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -8 0:07.60 49x 32.24 51.82% 731.2 0:01.10 336x
Flake -8 0:03.46 107x 30.69 49.32% 696.0 0:01.66 223x
Flake -9 0:04.32 86x 30.70 49.34% 696.3 0:01.68 220x
Flake -11 0:07.54 49x 29.63 47.62% 672.1 0:02.78 133x
The New Pornographers
Challengers
My Rights Versus Yours
Playing Time: 4:17.4
File Size: 43.30 MiB
enc time rate size compr bitrate dec time rate
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FLAC -8 0:05.48 47x 26.21 60.52% 854.0 0:00.80 322x
Flake -8 0:02.46 105x 25.50 58.88% 830.9 0:01.18 218x
Flake -9 0:03.06 84x 25.49 58.87% 830.8 0:01.18 218x
Flake -11 0:05.33 48x 24.28 56.06% 791.2 0:01.97 131x
