imagick on my dell laptop with ubuntu 11.10 and gcc 4.6.1 imagick: Processor: Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 026W33, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2) 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better imagick . 199.11 |=============================================================