• Table Benchmark
• Benchmark Setup
• Results

Table Benchmark

This benchmark tests the performance of table implementations.

Benchmark Setup

A simple table with three columns (text, image, text) and varying number of rows is laid out, using the available table implementation together with automatic page breaking.

Each benchmark script can be invoked standalone in the following way: script-executable NR_ROWS IMAGE_FILE OUTPUT_FILE.

The list of the benchmarked libraries:

HexaPDF

Homepage: http://hexapdf.gettalong.org
Language: Ruby
Version: Latest version

Prawn

Homepage: https://prawnpdf.org
Language: Ruby
Version: 2.4.0

Prawn’s table implementation is available in the separate gem prawn-table.

ReportLab

Homepage: https://www.reportlab.com/opensource/
Language: Python
Version: 3.6.12

fpdf2

Homepage: https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/
Language: Python
Version: 2.7.4

Results

These benchmark results are from 2023-08-03.