Etcpak

Etcpack is the self-proclaimed "fastest ETC compressor on the planet" with focused on providing open-source, very fast ETC and S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) support. The test profile uses a 8K x 8K game texture as a sample input.

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

Project Site

github.com

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

19 January 2021

Last Updated

10 August 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

29 Seconds

Average Run Time

3 Minutes, 13 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Meson Build System + CMake

Accolades

10k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsEtcpak Popularity Statisticspts/etcpak2021.012021.032021.052021.072021.092021.112022.012022.032022.052022.072022.092022.112023.012023.032023.052023.072023.092023.112024.012024.032024.052024.072024.092K4K6K8K10K
* 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 updated weekly as of 11 October 2024.

Revision History

pts/etcpak-2.0.0   [View Source]   Sat, 10 Aug 2024 09:19:28 GMT
Update against etcpak 2.0 upstream.

pts/etcpak-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sat, 04 Jun 2022 10:16:04 GMT
Update against etcpak 1.0 upstream, use better input file.

pts/etcpak-1.0.1   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:52:23 GMT
Fix install-exit-status handling.

pts/etcpak-1.0.0   [View Source]   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:25:53 GMT
Initial commit of etcpak texture compression benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Creator Workloads

Texture Compression

Game Development


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Etcpak 1.0

Benchmark: Single-Threaded - Configuration: ETC2

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 528 public results since 4 June 2022 with the latest data as of 8 September 2024.

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
Mpx/s (Average)
94th
11
349 +/- 5
91st
11
318 +/- 1
89th
9
312 +/- 2
88th
6
308 +/- 1
83rd
6
295 +/- 5
78th
7
291 +/- 4
76th
5
286 +/- 2
76th
9
285 +/- 7
Mid-Tier
75th
< 285
70th
4
274 +/- 1
70th
8
274 +/- 10
69th
3
271 +/- 6
68th
7
267 +/- 10
66th
4
262 +/- 1
65th
4
261 +/- 4
62nd
5
254 +/- 2
62nd
4
253 +/- 1
Median
50th
236
45th
4
230 +/- 1
39th
3
222 +/- 2
39th
4
221 +/- 5
34th
4
219 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
< 199
24th
6
198 +/- 4
20th
4
190 +/- 2
17th
4
187 +/- 8
12th
4
149 +/- 1
10th
13
122 +/- 11
10th
7
120
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Benchmark: Single-Threaded - Configuration: ETC2528 Results Range From 1 To 386 Mpx/s12141618110112114116118120122124126128130132134136138140120406080100

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Etcpak 1.0 - Benchmark: Single-Threaded - Configuration: ETC2) has an average run-time of 6 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 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 BenchmarkBenchmark: Single-Threaded - Configuration: ETC2Run-Time306090120150Min: 1 / Avg: 5.88 / Max: 134

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 BaseEtcpak CPU Core ScalingBenchmark: Single-Threaded - Configuration: ETC246810121624641280.42290.84581.26871.69162.1145

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
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER VBROADCASTSS VEXTRACTF128
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPBROADCASTQ VPBROADCASTB VINSERTI128 VPBLENDD VPBROADCASTD VEXTRACTI128 VPBROADCASTW VPERMQ VPSRAVD VPSLLVD VPERM2I128 VPERMD VPSRLVD
FMA (FMA)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFMADD132PS VFMADD132SS VFNMADD231SS VFMSUB231SS VFMADD231SS VFMSUB132SS VFMADD213SS VFNMADD132PS VFNMADD231PS VFNMADD132SS VFMADD132SD VFMADD213SD
Last automated analysis: 4 June 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libm.so.6, libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V, Spacemit X60, rv64imafdcvsu
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000-HV, Loongson-3C5000L
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 8-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2