eSpeak-NG Speech Engine

This test times how long it takes the eSpeak speech synthesizer to read Project Gutenberg's The Outline of Science and output to a WAV file. This test profile is now tracking the eSpeak-NG version of eSpeak.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark espeak.

Project Site

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

12 November 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

28 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 18 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

150k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventseSpeak-NG Speech Engine Popularity Statisticspts/espeak2010.122011.052011.092012.012012.052012.092013.012013.052013.092014.012014.052014.092015.012015.052015.092016.012016.052016.092017.012017.052017.092018.012018.052018.092019.012019.052019.092020.012020.052020.092021.012021.056K12K18K24K30K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data current as of 29 July 2021.

Revision History

pts/espeak-1.6.1   [View Source]   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:01:39 GMT
macOS working fine with eSpeak-NG.

pts/espeak-1.6.0   [View Source]   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:57:18 GMT
Update against eSpeak-NG Git snapshot due to GCC10 build issue on 1.50.

pts/espeak-1.5.0   [View Source]   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:41:01 GMT
Update against eSpeak-NG 1.50 upstream.

pts/espeak-1.4.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:51:06 GMT
Update against latest eSpeak upstream to fix some build issues on newer platforms.

pts/espeak-1.3.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:42:04 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Creator Workloads

Speech

Single-Threaded

Telephony


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

eSpeak-NG Speech Engine 20200907

Text-To-Speech Synthesis

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,245 public results since 22 September 2020 with the latest data as of 22 July 2021.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Seconds (Average)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
98th
31
21
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
94th
25
22 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
93rd
15
22 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-11900K
93rd
43
22 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
93rd
3
22
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
93rd
15
23 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E-2288G
91st
10
24
Intel Core i7-8086K
89th
9
24
Intel Core i9-9900K
87th
5
25
Intel Core i9-9900KS
87th
6
25
Intel Core i9-10900K
87th
15
25 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
85th
4
26
AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
85th
4
26
2 x AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
85th
4
26
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
85th
9
26
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
84th
7
26
Intel Core i7-1185G7
82nd
3
26
Intel Core i5-10600K
80th
13
27
Intel Core i7-7740K
80th
3
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
80th
10
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
79th
22
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
79th
9
27
Intel Core i9-10885H
78th
7
27 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core
77th
3
27
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
76th
6
28
Mid-Tier
75th
> 28
Intel Core i7-9750H
75th
10
28 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-7980XE
75th
9
28
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
75th
4
28
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
74th
3
28
Intel Core i7-8700B
73rd
4
28 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
73rd
5
28
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
72nd
12
28 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
71st
4
28
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
70th
6
28
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
70th
6
28
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
69th
15
29
Intel Core i7-8700K
68th
6
29 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
68th
6
29 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10980XE
67th
10
29 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-7700K
67th
3
29 +/- 2
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
67th
7
29
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
67th
6
29
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
64th
6
30
Intel Core i5-7600K
64th
6
30
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
63rd
11
30
Intel Core i7-7900X
62nd
6
30 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
62nd
5
30
Intel Core i5-9400F
61st
6
30
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
60th
18
30
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core
60th
3
30
Intel Core i7-8550U
60th
9
30 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-10100
59th
6
30
Intel Core i5-8400
58th
6
31
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
58th
4
31 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-7960X
58th
4
31 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
56th
3
31 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
55th
3
31
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
55th
6
31
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
54th
13
31
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
54th
3
31
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core
54th
4
31
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
54th
14
31
Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
53rd
7
31
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
53rd
3
31
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
51st
6
32
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
51st
13
32 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
51st
3
32
Median
50th
32
Intel Core i3-7100
50th
3
32
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
50th
3
32
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
49th
9
32 +/- 2
Intel Core i3-10110U
48th
4
32
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
48th
7
33
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
48th
12
33
Intel Core i7-1065G7
46th
12
33 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
46th
6
33 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
44th
7
34 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
44th
6
34 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
44th
9
34
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
43rd
13
34
Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
43rd
3
34
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
43rd
3
34
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
42nd
15
34 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
42nd
6
34
Intel Core i5-6500
41st
6
34
Intel Core i7-9700TE
41st
4
34 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-8565U
40th
9
35 +/- 3
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
40th
4
35
Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
39th
3
35
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
39th
6
35
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
38th
7
35
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
38th
6
35
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
36th
6
35
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
36th
8
35
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
35th
12
35
AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
35th
8
36
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
34th
10
36 +/- 1
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
33rd
3
36
Intel Core i7-10700T
33rd
5
36
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
33rd
10
36
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
32nd
10
36
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
30th
10
36
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
29th
6
36
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
29th
5
36
Intel Core i5-4670
29th
6
36
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
27th
10
36
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
27th
10
36
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
27th
10
36
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
26th
10
36
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
26th
10
36
Low-Tier
25th
> 37
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
24th
3
37
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
24th
7
37 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
24th
3
37
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
22nd
10
38
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
22nd
10
38
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
22nd
8
38
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
21st
3
38
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
20th
5
38
Intel Core i7-4960X
19th
6
39
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
18th
4
39
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
17th
10
40 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-6800K
17th
9
40 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-3770K
17th
3
40
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
16th
3
40
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
16th
9
40
Intel Core i3-4130
16th
6
40
Intel Core i7-5775C
15th
7
40 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
15th
3
40
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
13th
13
41
Intel Core i7-5960X
12th
4
42
Intel Core i5-3470
12th
6
42
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
11th
6
43 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
10th
6
44 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-2700K
10th
6
44
Intel Core i7-5600U
9th
6
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-4770K
8th
8
47 +/- 2
Intel Core i5-2520M
7th
3
53
POWER9 44-Core
7th
10
54 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-4790K
7th
6
55 +/- 4
AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C
7th
3
55
AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core
5th
4
59 +/- 2
AMD A10-7850K APU
5th
9
61 +/- 2
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core
4th
4
63 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
4th
6
65 +/- 6
Intel Celeron N4020
3rd
4
74 +/- 9
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
3rd
6
80
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
2nd
4
86 +/- 2
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
1st
10
157 +/- 3
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core
1st
3
176 +/- 8
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Text-To-Speech Synthesis1245 Results Range From 18 To 298 Seconds18355269861031201371541711882052222392562732903072004006008001000

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (eSpeak-NG Speech Engine 20200907 - Text-To-Speech Synthesis) has an average run-time of 4 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 4 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkText-To-Speech SynthesisRun-Time510152025Min: 1 / Avg: 3.34 / Max: 18

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.8%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsText-To-Speech SynthesisDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.8 / Max: 6

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

No, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does not generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseeSpeak-NG Speech Engine CPU Core ScalingText-To-Speech Synthesis2468121618243248641281.02032.04063.06094.08125.1015

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
CVTSS2SD MULSD CVTTSD2SI MOVDQA MOVDQU ADDSD CVTSI2SD XORPD COMISD UCOMISD SUBSD MOVAPD ANDPD ANDNPD CMPNLESD ORPD SQRTSD DIVSD CVTSD2SS
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VINSERTF128 VPERM2F128 VEXTRACTF128 VZEROUPPER VBROADCASTSS VBROADCASTSD
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VPERM2I128 VEXTRACTI128 VPERMQ VPBROADCASTD VPBROADCASTB VINSERTI128 VPGATHERDD VPBROADCASTQ VPERMD VPBLENDD VPMASKMOVD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 10 May 2021

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libespeak-ng.so.1, libc.so.6, libpthread.so.0, libm.so.6.

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