Benchmarks

Benchmarks

RayoMD benchmark claims are dated, scoped, and reproducible. Hardware, storage, fonts, compiler, tool versions, and document shape all affect results.

Published reports

• RayoMD tester.md Warm Benchmark 2026-07-17 - sub-10 ms warm tester.md optimization record
• Markdown-to-PDF Speed Comparison 2026-07-13 - current three-tool Windows comparison
• RayoMD 2.2.0 Optimization Audit 2026-07-13 - profiling, concurrency, LTO/PGO, and release evidence
• Reversible PDF Feature Benchmark 2026-07-13 - embedding, recovery, limits, workflows, and memory
• Markdown-to-PDF Speed Comparison 2026-07-11 - earlier three-tool comparison
• RayoMD vs Pandoc 2026-06-18 - focused local Windows export comparison
• Commercial Benchmark Campaign 2026-06-06 - large synthetic runs, batching, and serve mode
• Optimization Progress - accepted and rejected native-path experiments
• Optimization Research Notes - research sources and follow-up candidates
• Issue 20 Completion Matrix - archived reversible-PDF completion evidence

Reading the numbers

• Warm --bench timing measures repeated in-process PDF byte generation.
• Export and batch timing includes process and file I/O.
• Synthetic inputs are not a representative customer corpus.
• Linux/WSL storage matters: native ext4 can be dramatically faster than /mnt/* for many small files.
• Native RayoMD implements a narrower feature set than Pandoc and browser-based renderers. Speed comparisons are not claims of feature or visual equivalence.

Use Performance Watcher for current before/after measurements. Compact version records remain in docs/benchmarks/releases because scripts consume them and they belong to source history.