Benchmark
April 20, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
The Rotozoomer example can perform a benchmark run with the parameter "-b" to evaluate the FINAL CUT character speed in the terminal. The measured time and frame rate are highly dependent on the hardware used.
See the Rotozoomer benchmark in action:
Speed tests on an old PC
| Terminal | Size | Time | Loops | Frame rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XTerm | 80x24 | 2.693s | 314 | 116.598fps |
| PuTTY | 80x24 | 2.711s | 314 | 115.824fps |
| Mintty | 80x24 | 2.799s | 314 | 112.182fps |
| Cygwin (cmd) | 80x24 | 2.99s | 314 | 105.016fps |
| rxvt-cygwin-native | 80x24 | 2.836s | 314 | 110.719fps |
| rxvt | 80x24 | 3.064s | 314 | 102.480fps |
| rxvt-unicode | 80x24 | 2.853s | 314 | 110.059fps |
| Tera Term | 80x24 | 3.154s | 314 | 99.5561fps |
| Konsole | 80x24 | 2.727s | 314 | 115.144fps |
| GNOME-Terminal | 80x24 | 2.683s | 314 | 117.033fps |
| Linux console | 80x25 | 2.757s | 314 | 113.891fps |
| FreeBSD console | 80x25 | 2.726s | 314 | 115.187fps |
| NetBSD console | 80x25 | 2.747s | 314 | 114.306fps |
| OpenBSD console | 80x25 | 2.751s | 314 | 114.140fps |
| Solaris console | 80x34 | 3.072s | 314 | 102.213fps |