This section contains instructions for running a sample Radiance test scene and the results from many different computers. The test is not intended to represent all that Radiance can do, nor is it neccessarily representative of the way Radiance is commonly used. It is simply a good scene with reasonable complexity, some procedural texture use, and some interreflection calculation.
The scene within, and the files obtainable below, are the original work of Paul Bourke, who maintains a Benchmarks for Radiance page in Australia with different scenes. Please take a moment to visit it if you can.
time oconv scene.rad > scene.octOf primary importance is the rpict command, but for the sake of possible interest, try to record times for each of the three commands.
Note 2: rows ordered by rpict time
Note 3: The upgrade to Radiance 3.5 included changes to oconv's default behavior, which explains the differences between oconv timings; but more importantly, Radiance 3.6 includes changes to rpict's default parameter settings. The link to the scene data is for the new version of the benchmark tests. It uses consistent parameters and should be used for new benchmark tests
Computer | Processor | Speed | RAM | OS | Radiance Version |
oconv | rpict | pfilt | notes | Date | Submitter |
PC | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T | 3612 MHz | 16 GB | Linux 2.6.34.8-68.fc13.x86_64 | 4.1a 2011-03-24 |
4.89 | 80.90 | 0.11 | 62 | 2011-03-25 | mstock |
PC | AMD Opteron 246 | 1990 MHz | 1024 MB | FreeBSD 5.3b7-amd64 | 3.6a 2004-10-06 |
8.66 | 164.34 | 0.14 | 59 | 2004-10-07 | defuller |
PC | AMD Opteron 246 | 1990 MHz | 2048 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2179.nptlsmp | 3.6a 2004-05-01 |
11.64 | 184.64 | 0.22 | 51 | 2004-05-01 | mstock |
PC | AMD Opteron 246 | 1990 MHz | 2048 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2179.nptlsmp | 3.6a 2004-05-01 |
11.89 | 192.76 | 0.22 | 50 | 2004-05-01 | mstock |
PC | AMD Opteron 246 | 1990 MHz | 2048 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2179.nptlsmp | 3.6a 2004-05-01 |
12.14 | 207.34 | 0.24 | 56 | 2004-06-01 | mstock |
PC | AMD AthlonXP Barton 2500+ | 1980 MHz | 1 GB PC3200 |
Linux 2.6.10-nitro4 | 3.6.1 | 17.8 | 222.07 | 0.452 | 61 | 2005-02-04 | rgs25 |
PC | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2993 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.26 | 3.6.1 | 14.54 | 222.13 | 0.29 | 57 | 2004-12-02 | francesco.anselmo |
Apple Mac G5 | Dual IBM/Apple G5 | 2 GHz | 1 GB PC3200 |
OS X 10.3.3 | 3.6a 2004-05-21 |
14.77 | 251.65 | 0.50 | 54 | 2004-05-21 | Giulio |
PC | AMD AthlonXP Barton 2500+ | 1830 MHz | 512 MB PC2700 |
Linux 2.6.9-1.667 | 3.6.1 | 16.897 | 256.578 | 0.318 | 58 | 2005-01-04 | mstock |
PC | AMD AthlonXP Barton 2500+ | 1830 MHz | 512 MB PC2700 |
Linux 2.4.20-20_29 | 3.6a 2003-10-24 |
18.13 | 258.53 | 0.35 | 42 | 2003-10-29 | mstock |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 12.8 | 269.52 | 0.33 | 33 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
Apple Mac G5 | IBM/Apple G5 | 2 GHz | 4 GB | OS X 10.3.1 | 3.5 | 15.26 | 270.80 | 0.25 | 43 | 2003-11-20 | rs.westling |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 13.18 | 276.6 | 0.33 | 32 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 12.8 | 284.0 | 0.44 | 31 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
PC | AMD AthlonXP 2000+ | 1683 MHz | 1024 MB | Linux 2.4.18-27.8.0 | 3.5 | 19.625 | 286.541 | 0.398 | 37 | 2003-05-15 | mstock |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 12.84 | 288.0 | 0.44 | 30 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.20 | 3.5 | 28.33 | 291.41 | 0.86 | 38 | 2003-05-20 | chris |
PC | AMD AthlonXP 2000+ | 1683 MHz | 1024 MB | Linux 2.4.18-27.8.0 | 3.5 | 20.006 | 294.104 | 0.406 | 36 | 2003-05-15 | mstock |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 12.8 | 295.2 | 0.44 | 29 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
Apple PowerMac | G5 | 1.8 GHz | 512 MB | OS X 10.3.1 | 3.6a | 19.14 | 297.2 | 0.45 | 44 | 2003-12-10 | gward |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 13.16 | 302.4 | 0.32 | 28 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
PC | AMD AthlonXP Barton 2500+ | 1830 MHz | 512 MB PC2700 |
Linux 2.4.20-20_29 | 3.6a 2003-10-24 |
20.42 | 310.00 | 0.37 | 41 | 2003-10-29 | mstock |
PC | Intel P4 512kB |
2.80 GHz | 1 GB | Linux 2.4.20-8 RH 9.0 |
3.4.1 pmap | 22.53 | 317.59 | 0.76 | 53 | 2004-05-14 | becmkwok |
PC | AMD Opteron 142 |
1600 MHz | 3648 MB PC2100 |
Linux 2.4.20-8 32-bit mode |
3.5 | 21.70 | 319.26 | 0.32 | 47 | 2004-01-02 | yoichi |
PC | AMD Opteron 246 | 1990 MHz | 2048 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2179.nptlsmp | 3.6a 2004-05-01 |
18.35 | 323.21 | 0.39 | 55 | 2004-06-01 | mstock |
PC | Intel P4 512kB |
2.80 GHz | 1 GB | Linux 2.4.20-8 RH 9.0 |
3.5 | 17.53 | 333.96 | 0.29 | 52 | 2004-05-14 | becmkwok |
HP tc4100 | Intel P3 512kB L2 |
1400 MHz | 1 GB | Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 17.55 | 333.98 | 0.5 | 22 | 2002-08-23 | chris |
PC | Dual AMD Athlon 1900+ | 1600 MHz | 1536 MB | Linux 2.4.9-31smp | 3.4.1 | 15.61 | 341.07 | 0.38 | 16 | 2002-05-17 | mstock |
PC | AMD AthlonXP 2000+ | 1683 MHz | 1024 MB | Linux 2.4.18-27.8.0 | 3.5 | 22.379 | 348.305 | 0.445 | 35 | 2003-05-15 | mstock |
PC EPOX 8K5A2+ |
AMD Athlon XP1700+ | 1560 MHz | 256 MB PC2100 DDR |
Linux 2.4.18-18 | 3.4.1 | 18.489 | 354.373 | 0.41 | 26 | 2002-11-24 | darrell |
Dell Dimension 8250 | Intel P4 512kB L2 |
2533 MHz | 512 MB PC 1066 RDRAM |
Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 14.55 | 360.0 | 0.32 | 27 | 2002-12-13 | chris |
PC | AMD AthlonXP 2000+ | 1683 MHz | 1024 MB | Linux 2.4.18-27.8.0 | 3.5 | 22.381 | 369.328 | 0.418 | 34 | 2003-05-15 | mstock |
PC | Dual AMD Athlon 1900+ | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.7-10smp | 3.4 | 13.48 | 383.9 | 1.8 | 8 | 2002-05-13 | pillo.pillo |
PC | AMD Athlon 2000+ | 16?? MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4 | 18.6 | 384.0 | 0.5 | - | 2002-08-06 | pillo.pillo |
PC | Dual AMD Athlon 1900+ | 1600 MHz | 1536 MB | Linux 2.4.9-31smp | 3.4 | 17.42 | 385.80 | 0.40 | 14 | 2002-05-17 | mstock |
PC | Dual AMD Athlon 1900+ | 1600 MHz | 1536 MB | Linux 2.4.9-31smp | 3.4.1 | 17.21 | 387.66 | 0.43 | 15 | 2002-05-17 | mstock |
PC | AMD Athlon 1800+ | 1539 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.4.18-3 | 3.4 | 18.86 | 405.26 | 0.44 | 15 | 2002-07-14 | davep |
HP/Compaq AlphaServer ES80 | Dual EV7 | 800 MHz | 2 GB | Linux 2.4.7 | 3.4.1 | 18.87 | 417.6 | 0.41 | 18 | 2002-06-19 | chris |
HP/Compaq AlphaServer ES45 | Quad EV68c | 1000 MHz | 4 GB | HP Tru64 UNIX | 3.4.1 | 12.9 | 424.8 | 0.3 | 18 | 2002-05-29 | chris |
PC | AMD Athlon Thunderbird | 1400 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.2.19 | 3.1.20 | 24.59 | 445.32 | 0.64 | - | 2001-10-10 | ohkubo |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2115 Fedora Core 1 |
3.6.1 | 46.89 | 452.42 | 1.34 | 49 | 2005-01-27 | mstock |
HP/Compaq AlphaServer ES45 | Quad EV68c | 1000 MHz | 4 GB | HP Tru64 UNIX | 3.4.1 | 15.4 | 460.8 | 0.4 | 19 | 2002-05-29 | chris |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.6.2-1.156 | 3.6a 2004-02-09 |
47.35 | 463.46 | 1.33 | 49 | 2004-02-09 | mstock |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2115 Fedora Core 1 |
3.6a 2004-02-09 |
46.89 | 465.78 | 1.37 | 49 | 2004-02-09 | mstock |
Apple Powerbook | G4 | 1.25 GHz | 512 MB | OS X 10.3.1 | 3.5 | 27 | 472 | 0.73 | 46 | 2003-12-23 | Giulio |
PC HP Vectra |
Intel P3 | 1000 MHz | 384 MB | Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 25.66 | 478.8 | 0.7 | 9 | 2002-05-16 | chris |
PC | AMD Athlon Thunderbird | 1400 MHz | 512 MB | Windows 2000 | Desktop Rad 1.0 | 29.21 | 479.20 | 0.53 | - | 2001-10-10 | ohkubo |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2115 Fedora Core 1 |
3.5 | 47.09 | 485.67 | 1.35 | 49 | 2004-02-09 | mstock |
PC HP Vectra |
Intel P3 | 1000 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.4.20 | 3.5 | 39.01 | 496.04 | 0.92 | 39 | 2003-05-15 | chris |
Macintosh | PMac | 1.42 GHz | . | OS X 10.2.6 | 3.5 | 26.1 | 512.01 | 0.56 | 40 | 2003-06-04 | gward |
PC HP Vectra |
Intel P3 | 1000 MHz | 384 MB | Linux 2.4.9 | 3.4.1 | 27.6 | 518.4 | 0.74 | 4 | 2002-04-15 | chris |
PC HP Vectra |
Intel P3 | 1000 MHz | 384 MB | Linux 2.4.9 | 3.4.1 | 27.46 | 525.6 | 0.76 | 5 | 2002-04-15 | chris |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.18-10 | 3.4.1 | 19.87 | 557.79 | 0.59 | 16 | 2002-09-22 | mstock |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2115 Fedora Core 1 |
3.6a 2004-02-09 |
51.24 | 563.08 | 1.52 | 48 | 2004-02-09 | mstock |
Apple Powerbook | G4 | 1.25 GHz | 512 MB | OS X 10.3.1 | 3.5 | 30 | 569 | 0.81 | 45 | 2003-12-23 | Giulio |
Dell i8200 | Intel P4 | 1600 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.22-1.2115 Fedora Core 1 |
3.5 | 51.72 | 596.28 | 1.51 | 48 | 2004-02-09 | mstock |
PC HP Vectra |
Intel P3 | 1000 MHz | 384 MB | Linux 2.4.9 | 3.4.1 | 30.31 | 601.2 | 0.78 | 3 | 2002-04-15 | chris |
PC ASUS A7A266 |
AMD Athlon Thunderbird | 900 MHz | 526 MB DDR | Linux 2.4.7 | 3.4 | 29.71 | 647.88 | 0.77 | - | 2002-02-22 | mjmeier |
PC ABIT KT7 |
AMD Athlon Thunderbird | 900 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.2.17 | 3.1.20 | 25.95 | 694.57 | 0.96 | - | 2000-11-24 | steve |
Apple Powerbook | Apple G4 | 867 MHz | 640 MB | OS X 10.3.7 | 3.6.1 2005-01-18 |
43.98 | 769.32 | 0.89 | 60 | 2005-01-18 | grobe |
Apple Powerbook | Apple G4 | 867 MHz | 640 MB | OS X 10.3.7 | 3.6.1 | 44.30 | 792.14 | 0.88 | 60 | 2005-01-18 | grobe |
PC Dell OP GX400 |
Intel P4 | 1400 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.2.19 | 3.1.20 | 31.28 | 794.57 | 0.74 | - | 2001-09-21 | markusn |
SunBlade 1500 | _ | ? MHz | 1024 MB | SunOS 5.8 | 3.6a | 32.97 | 807.54 | 1.02 | 2003-11-12 | mstock | |
Apple Powerbook | Apple G4 | 867 MHz | 640 MB | OS X 10.3.7 | 3.6.0 | 43.76 | 853.88 | 0.92 | 2005-01-18 | grobe | |
PC | Intel P3 | 733 MHz | 256 MB RDRAM | Linux 2.2.17 | 3.1.20 | 41.23 | 875.54 | 1.06 | - | 2001-01-28 | markmp |
Compaq ProLiant DL590/64 | Quad Itanium | 800 MHz | 4 GB | Linux 2.4.7 | 3.4.1 | 55.36 | 1094.4 | 1.59 | 20 | 2002-06-18 | chris |
PC Dell XPS T500 |
Intel P3 | 500 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.7-10 | 3.4.1 | 54.08 | 1100.47 | 1.49 | 13 | 2002-05-17 | mstock |
Mac Titanium Powerbook | PMac G4 | 667 MHz | 512 MB | OS X 10.1.4 | 3.4 | 44.30 | 1102.18 | 1.12 | - | 2002-04-29 | pillo.pillo |
Compaq ProLiant DL590/64 | Quad Itanium | 800 MHz | 4 GB | Linux 2.4.7 | 3.4.1 | 55.7 | 1209.6 | 1.59 | 21 | 2002-06-18 | chris |
PC ASUS P3B-F |
Intel P3 | 500 MHz | 128 MB | Linux 2.2.14 | 3.1.20 | 62.50 | 1256.74 | 1.66 | - | 2000-08-23 | yoichi |
Mac | PMac G4 | 450 MHz | 1.2 GB | OS X 10.1.1 | 3.4b | 50.1 | 1286.65 | 1.25 | - | 2002-02-21 | pillo.pillo |
Mac | iBook G3 | 500 MHz | 384 MB | OS X 10.1.2 | 3.4b | 48.96 | 1307.80 | 1.24 | - | 2002-01-02 | pillo.pillo |
PC Dell XPS T500 |
Intel P3 | 500 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.2.12-20 | 3.1.20 | 64.04 | 1368.86 | 1.90 | - | 2000-02-18 | mstock |
PC Dell XPS T500 |
Intel P3 | 500 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.7-10 | 3.1.20 | 60.95 | 1369.85 | 1.68 | - | 2002-02-20 | mstock |
PC Dell XPS T500 |
Intel P3 | 500 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.4.7-10 | 3.4 | 63.66 | 1383.44 | 1.70 | - | 2002-02-25 | mstock |
HP Brio | Intel P2 | 350 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 78.31 | 1447.2 | 1.79 | 23 | 2002-08-07 | chris |
Sun Ultra 5/400 |
UltraSPARC IIi | 400 MHz | 256 MB | Solaris 8 | 3.4.1 | 51.4 | 1652.4 | - | 7 | 2002-04-15 | chris |
HP Brio | Intel P2 | 350 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.4.18 | 3.4.1 | 84.13 | 1659.6 | 1.93 | 24 | 2002-08-07 | chris |
Sun Ultra 5/400 |
UltraSPARC IIi | 400 MHz | 256 MB | Solaris 8 | 3.4.1 | 55.2 | 1724.4 | - | 12 | 2002-05-07 | chris |
PC Dell XPS T500 |
Intel P3 | 500 MHz | 128 MB | Linux 2.2.5-22 | 3.1.11 | 72.36 | 1787.78 | 1.88 | - | 1999-08-06 | mstock |
Digital PWS 500a |
alpha 21164 | 500 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.2.17 | 3.1.20 | 84.5 | 1842.6 | 1.9 | 2 | 2001-08-25 | grobe |
Sun Ultra 5/440 |
UltraSPARC IIi | 440 MHz | 256 MB | Solaris 8 | 3.4.1 | 56.98 | 1974.16 | 2.13 | 2002-05-25 | mstock | |
Sun Ultra 5/400 |
UltraSPARC IIi | 400 MHz | 256 MB | Solaris 8 | 3.4.1 | 56.8 | 1976.4 | - | 11 | 2002-05-06 | chris |
laptop | AMD K6-3+ | 380 MHz | 128 MB | Linux 2.4.19 | 3.4 | 109 | 2051 | 3.25 | 2003-02-10 | grobe | |
Sun Ultra 5/400 |
UltraSPARC IIi | 400 MHz | 256 MB | Solaris 8 | 3.4.1 | 56.5 | 2055.6 | - | 10 | 2002-05-06 | chris |
Sun Ultra 5/400 |
UltraSPARC IIi | 400 MHz | 256 MB | Solaris 8 | 3.4.1 | 56.47 | 2239.2 | - | 6 | 2002-04-15 | chris |
Digital PWS 500a |
alpha 21164 | 500 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.2.17 | 3.1.20 | 84. | 2340. | 2.5 | 1 | 2001-08-05 | grobe |
PC pcchips vxpro+ |
K6-II 3dnow | 415 MHz | 96 MB | Linux 2.4.4 | 3.1.20 | 124. | 2490. | 3. | - | 2001-08-05 | grobe |
PC | (2) Intel P2 | 333 MHz | 256 MB | Linux 2.0.36 SMP | 3.1.11 | 68.45 | 2681.71 | 2.37 | - | 1999-03-03 | rspier |
PC Tyan S1692D |
Intel P2 | 233 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.2.14 SMP | 3.1.20 | 140.44 | 2791.35 | 3.46 | - | 2000-08-23 | yoichi |
PC GIGABYTE GA-BX2000 |
Intel P2 | 233 MHz | 512 MB | Linux 2.2.14 SMP | 3.1.20 | 143.64 | 2854.37 | 3.51 | - | 2000-08-23 | yoichi |
Sun E450 | (4) | 300 MHz | MB | - | - | 147.0 | - | - | - | 2000-02-18 | p.griffiths |
PC | Intel P2 | 233 MHz | 512 MB | Windows NT 4.0 | Desktop Rad 1.0 | 192.64 | 3143.53 | 3.60 | - | 2000-08-23 | yoichi |
HP 9000/782/C200 | HP PA-8200 | 200 MHz | 128 MB | HP-UX B.10.20 | 3.1.4 | 119.13 | 5076.15 | 3.12 | - | 1999-11-12 | markusn |
alphaserver 1000 4/266 |
alpha 21064A | 266 MHz | 128 MB | FreeBSD-4.7R | 3.4.1 | 245.27 | 5854.05 | 3.51 | 25 | 2002-11-10 | cjm |
SGI | (2) MIPS R10000 | ? | 256 MB | IRIX 6.4 | 3.1.11 | 85.20 | 5962.40 | 2.74 | - | 1999-03-05 | rspier |
PC | Pentium Pro MMX | 233 MHz | 128 MB | Linux 2.0.36 | 3.1.8 | 187.25 | 6432.85 | 5.05 | - | 1999-01-23 | lrsmith |
PC | AMD K5-133+ | 100 MHz | 64 MB | Linux 2.4.7-10 | 3.4.1 | 309.80 | 7826.99 | 9.11 | 17 | 2002-05-22 | mstock |
Sun SPARC Ultra 30 | UltraSPARC-II | 248 MHz | 128 MB | Solaris 2.5.1 | 3.1.8 | 105.0 | 7978.0 | 4.0 | - | 1999-01-21 | lrsmith |
SGI O2 | MIPS R5000, IP32 | 180 MHz | 192 MB | IRIX 6.3 | 3.1.5 | 140.72 | 9541.87 | 4.34 | - | 1999-01-20 | mstock |
PC | AMD K5-133+ | 100 MHz | 64 MB | Linux 2.0.36 | 3.1.8 | 291.11 | 12836.39 | 9.19 | - | 1999-01-22 | mstock |