A simple benchmark for modern image formats, including WebP/HEIF/BPG/FLIF/AVIF.
The test based on the SDWebImage all coder plugins. To provide an intuitive comparison between different modern image formats performance on decoding and encoding (Not on size).
Learn more about All SDWebImage codec plugin.
| Format | codec | version |
|---|---|---|
| WebP | libwebp | 1.0.3 |
| HEIF(Software) | libheif | 1.5.1 |
| libx265 | 3.0 | |
| AVIF | libaom | 1.0.1 |
| libavif | 0.4.4 | |
| libdav1d | 0.4.4 | |
| librav1e | 0.1.0-beta | |
| BPG | libbpg | 0.9.8 |
| FLIF | libflif | 0.3 |
Note: PNG, JPEG and HEIC using Apple's ImageIO framework for hardware acceleration.
Test Image: Lenna, 512x512 pixels
Test Device: iPhone X (128GB), iOS 12.4
Encoding compression quality: 0.75 (range: 0-1).
| Format | decoding(ms) | encoding(ms) |
|---|---|---|
| PNG | 0.82 | 46.41 |
| JPEG | 0.98 | 3.86 |
| WebP | 35.33 | 788.98 |
| HEIF(Software) | 115.87 | 2667.97 |
| HEIC(Hardware) | 9.88 | 69.86 |
| AVIF | 105.15 | 2942.21 |
| BPG | 43.82 | 4389.27 |
| FLIF | 562.00 | 8876.80 |
- clone the repo
- run pod install
- open and build
- deploy on real iOS device