benchncnn can be used to test neural network inference performance
Only the network definition files (ncnn param) are required.
The large model binary files (ncnn bin) are not loaded but generated randomly for speed test.
More model networks may be added later.
Build
# assume you have already build ncnn library successfully
# uncomment the following line in <ncnn-root-dir>/CMakeLists.txt with your favorite editor
# add_subdirectory(benchmark)
$ cd <ncnn-root-dir>/<your-build-dir>
$ make -j4
# you can find benchncnn binary in <ncnn-root-dir>/<your-build-dir>/benchmark
Usage
# copy all param files to the current directory
$ ./benchncnn [loop count] [num threads] [powersave] [gpu device]
run benchncnn on android device
# for running on android device, upload to /data/local/tmp/ folder
$ adb push benchncnn /data/local/tmp/
$ adb push <ncnn-root-dir>/benchmark/*.param /data/local/tmp/
$ adb shell
# executed in android adb shell
$ cd /data/local/tmp/
$ ./benchncnn [loop count] [num threads] [powersave] [gpu device]
Parameter
| param | options | default |
|---|---|---|
| loop count | 1~N | 4 |
| num threads | 1~N | max_cpu_count |
| powersave | 0=all cores, 1=little cores only, 2=big cores only | 0 |
| gpu device | -1=cpu-only, 0=gpu0, 1=gpu1 ... | -1 |
Typical output (executed in android adb shell)
Kirin 970 (Cortex-A73 2.4GHz x 4 + Cortex-A53 1.8GHz x 4)
HWBKL:/data/local/tmp/ncnn $ ./benchncnn 8 4 2
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 2
gpu_device = -1
squeezenet min = 22.55 max = 27.76 avg = 25.71
squeezenet-int8 min = 18.46 max = 24.04 avg = 19.83
mobilenet min = 32.52 max = 39.48 avg = 34.29
mobilenet-int8 min = 21.65 max = 27.64 avg = 22.62
mobilenet_v2 min = 29.93 max = 32.77 avg = 31.87
shufflenet min = 15.40 max = 19.51 avg = 17.56
mnasnet min = 25.10 max = 29.34 avg = 27.56
proxylessnasnet min = 33.08 max = 35.05 avg = 33.63
googlenet min = 81.98 max = 95.30 avg = 89.31
googlenet-int8 min = 71.39 max = 76.15 avg = 73.74
resnet18 min = 78.78 max = 87.98 avg = 86.15
resnet18-int8 min = 66.45 max = 79.07 avg = 70.57
alexnet min = 139.34 max = 139.66 avg = 139.48
vgg16 min = 427.03 max = 430.85 avg = 428.96
resnet50 min = 343.06 max = 353.42 avg = 346.09
resnet50-int8 min = 146.54 max = 150.83 avg = 148.85
squeezenet-ssd min = 57.13 max = 57.87 avg = 57.58
squeezenet-ssd-int8 min = 56.35 max = 58.03 avg = 57.10
mobilenet-ssd min = 69.72 max = 75.62 avg = 72.84
mobilenet-ssd-int8 min = 43.79 max = 49.95 avg = 44.73
mobilenet-yolo min = 179.57 max = 187.39 avg = 184.98
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 164.52 max = 182.49 avg = 174.72
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (Kyro 2.45GHz x 4 + Kyro 1.9GHz x 4 + Adreno 540)
chiron:/data/local/tmp/ncnn $ ./benchncnn 8 4 2
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 2
gpu_device = -1
squeezenet min = 38.51 max = 39.25 avg = 38.94
squeezenet-int8 min = 30.54 max = 31.11 avg = 30.80
mobilenet min = 67.14 max = 68.90 avg = 68.00
mobilenet-int8 min = 27.85 max = 28.17 avg = 28.01
mobilenet_v2 min = 52.23 max = 251.20 avg = 77.76
shufflenet min = 37.54 max = 38.52 avg = 37.99
mnasnet min = 51.02 max = 51.70 avg = 51.37
proxylessnasnet min = 29.59 max = 30.37 avg = 29.90
googlenet min = 84.33 max = 84.84 avg = 84.56
googlenet-int8 min = 116.08 max = 116.58 avg = 116.37
resnet18 min = 136.64 max = 337.54 avg = 168.20
resnet18-int8 min = 113.72 max = 114.97 avg = 114.25
alexnet min = 205.68 max = 358.51 avg = 234.93
vgg16 min = 709.03 max = 887.07 avg = 763.75
resnet50 min = 609.71 max = 840.24 avg = 688.00
resnet50-int8 min = 280.26 max = 479.41 avg = 306.38
squeezenet-ssd min = 119.71 max = 122.11 avg = 120.90
squeezenet-ssd-int8 min = 103.92 max = 303.06 avg = 130.58
mobilenet-ssd min = 141.68 max = 342.35 avg = 167.57
mobilenet-ssd-int8 min = 110.75 max = 114.24 avg = 111.66
mobilenet-yolo min = 324.39 max = 523.89 avg = 375.21
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 167.07 max = 170.77 avg = 168.55
chiron:/data/local/tmp/ncnn $ ./benchncnn 8 1 2
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 1
powersave = 2
gpu_device = -1
squeezenet min = 65.12 max = 66.80 avg = 66.11
squeezenet-int8 min = 51.58 max = 52.14 avg = 51.75
mobilenet min = 112.89 max = 114.90 avg = 113.68
mobilenet-int8 min = 92.25 max = 94.40 avg = 93.34
mobilenet_v2 min = 82.48 max = 83.63 avg = 82.94
shufflenet min = 36.13 max = 36.97 avg = 36.52
mnasnet min = 74.46 max = 75.34 avg = 74.87
proxylessnasnet min = 88.85 max = 89.50 avg = 89.12
googlenet min = 271.41 max = 274.74 avg = 273.31
googlenet-int8 min = 201.53 max = 203.06 avg = 202.23
resnet18 min = 237.97 max = 240.65 avg = 239.17
resnet18-int8 min = 159.75 max = 161.64 avg = 160.36
alexnet min = 365.06 max = 366.67 avg = 365.91
vgg16 min = 1314.94 max = 1318.95 avg = 1316.50
resnet50 min = 1106.64 max = 1115.68 avg = 1110.61
resnet50-int8 min = 400.05 max = 405.72 avg = 402.34
squeezenet-ssd min = 150.17 max = 151.11 avg = 150.61
squeezenet-ssd-int8 min = 124.49 max = 125.98 avg = 125.31
mobilenet-ssd min = 228.97 max = 231.75 avg = 230.97
mobilenet-ssd-int8 min = 183.39 max = 185.90 avg = 184.85
mobilenet-yolo min = 529.68 max = 540.27 avg = 534.55
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 522.93 max = 531.25 avg = 525.13
chiron:/data/local/tmp/ncnn $ ./benchncnn 8 4 1
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 1
gpu_device = -1
squeezenet min = 40.29 max = 40.66 avg = 40.46
squeezenet-int8 min = 40.61 max = 50.62 avg = 42.08
mobilenet min = 50.78 max = 51.42 avg = 51.00
mobilenet-int8 min = 62.09 max = 62.55 avg = 62.32
mobilenet_v2 min = 52.83 max = 53.13 avg = 52.93
shufflenet min = 29.74 max = 29.97 avg = 29.84
mnasnet min = 43.11 max = 43.62 avg = 43.37
proxylessnasnet min = 50.32 max = 50.73 avg = 50.47
googlenet min = 140.51 max = 141.20 avg = 140.90
googlenet-int8 min = 140.47 max = 140.91 avg = 140.67
resnet18 min = 141.60 max = 144.12 avg = 142.42
resnet18-int8 min = 130.68 max = 131.50 avg = 130.95
alexnet min = 151.18 max = 153.49 avg = 152.28
vgg16 min = 674.35 max = 696.00 avg = 682.37
resnet50 min = 575.88 max = 584.70 avg = 580.19
resnet50-int8 min = 297.85 max = 298.65 avg = 298.18
squeezenet-ssd min = 106.52 max = 108.75 avg = 107.35
squeezenet-ssd-int8 min = 119.45 max = 121.27 avg = 120.03
mobilenet-ssd min = 109.81 max = 114.22 avg = 110.72
mobilenet-ssd-int8 min = 118.19 max = 119.55 avg = 118.65
mobilenet-yolo min = 266.90 max = 268.14 avg = 267.51
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 245.19 max = 247.02 avg = 245.71
chiron:/data/local/tmp/ncnn $ ./benchncnn 8 1 1
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 1
powersave = 1
gpu_device = -1
squeezenet min = 132.23 max = 133.57 avg = 132.55
squeezenet-int8 min = 125.51 max = 131.38 avg = 128.10
mobilenet min = 187.55 max = 190.19 avg = 188.53
mobilenet-int8 min = 233.87 max = 242.32 avg = 238.71
mobilenet_v2 min = 167.12 max = 168.25 avg = 167.58
shufflenet min = 83.73 max = 84.38 avg = 84.04
mnasnet min = 142.07 max = 143.37 avg = 142.78
proxylessnasnet min = 173.35 max = 177.28 avg = 174.93
googlenet min = 525.40 max = 534.24 avg = 530.01
googlenet-int8 min = 470.90 max = 479.06 avg = 473.84
resnet18 min = 502.06 max = 507.12 avg = 505.31
resnet18-int8 min = 425.31 max = 439.68 avg = 434.78
alexnet min = 601.74 max = 606.15 avg = 603.52
vgg16 min = 2565.99 max = 2589.02 avg = 2573.64
resnet50 min = 2237.39 max = 2281.13 avg = 2261.25
resnet50-int8 min = 1000.02 max = 1011.14 avg = 1006.33
squeezenet-ssd min = 323.94 max = 327.63 avg = 325.21
squeezenet-ssd-int8 min = 337.32 max = 341.70 avg = 339.42
mobilenet-ssd min = 398.51 max = 401.32 avg = 399.86
mobilenet-ssd-int8 min = 451.12 max = 462.66 avg = 454.15
mobilenet-yolo min = 922.58 max = 924.53 avg = 923.63
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 897.05 max = 908.41 avg = 901.31
chiron:/data/local/tmp/ncnn $ ./benchncnn 8 1 1 0
[0 Adreno (TM) 540] queueC=0 queueT=0 memU=2 memDL=2 memHV=2
[0 Adreno (TM) 540] fp16s=0 fp16a=0 int8s=0 int8a=0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 1
powersave = 1
gpu_device = 0
squeezenet min = 99.87 max = 100.37 avg = 100.18
mobilenet min = 152.85 max = 154.95 avg = 153.70
mobilenet_v2 min = 105.75 max = 106.83 avg = 106.37
shufflenet min = 51.94 max = 53.05 avg = 52.46
mnasnet min = 93.11 max = 94.35 avg = 93.76
proxylessnasnet min = 94.90 max = 99.87 avg = 98.62
googlenet min = 400.21 max = 403.04 avg = 401.75
resnet18 min = 481.49 max = 487.42 avg = 485.33
alexnet min = 610.22 max = 616.31 avg = 613.54
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# below models have problems with vkQueueSubmit and vkWaitForFences failed ###
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vkQueueSubmit failed -3
vkWaitForFences failed 2
vgg16 min = 1.16 max = 1.51 avg = 1.37
resnet50 min = 5.75 max = 8.85 avg = 6.84
squeezenet-ssd min = 18.65 max = 19.15 avg = 18.88
mobilenet-ssd min = 7.05 max = 8.74 avg = 7.64
mobilenet-yolo min = 11.29 max = 12.74 avg = 11.64
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 7.47 max = 9.95 avg = 8.25Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (Kyro 2.15GHz x 2 + Kyro 1.6GHz x 2)
root@msm8996:/data/local/tmp/ncnn # ./benchncnn 8 4 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 23.20 max = 24.06 avg = 23.63
mobilenet min = 35.89 max = 36.41 avg = 36.09
mobilenet_v2 min = 27.04 max = 28.62 avg = 27.39
shufflenet min = 15.47 max = 16.45 avg = 16.00
googlenet min = 85.42 max = 86.15 avg = 85.81
resnet18 min = 76.82 max = 79.63 avg = 78.50
alexnet min = 147.66 max = 156.92 avg = 152.95
vgg16 min = 493.50 max = 515.03 avg = 507.34
squeezenet-ssd min = 56.31 max = 59.35 avg = 57.49
mobilenet-ssd min = 68.95 max = 74.24 avg = 71.39
mobilenet-yolo min = 142.52 max = 149.72 avg = 148.23
root@msm8996:/data/local/tmp/ncnn # ./benchncnn 8 1 2
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 1
powersave = 2
squeezenet min = 53.26 max = 53.37 avg = 53.31
mobilenet min = 96.37 max = 97.09 avg = 96.63
mobilenet_v2 min = 63.00 max = 63.25 avg = 63.09
shufflenet min = 28.22 max = 28.88 avg = 28.48
googlenet min = 226.21 max = 228.31 avg = 227.22
resnet18 min = 197.35 max = 198.55 avg = 197.84
alexnet min = 445.32 max = 449.62 avg = 446.65
vgg16 min = 1416.39 max = 1450.95 avg = 1440.63
squeezenet-ssd min = 119.37 max = 119.77 avg = 119.56
mobilenet-ssd min = 183.04 max = 185.12 avg = 183.59
mobilenet-yolo min = 366.91 max = 369.87 avg = 368.40
Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 (Cortex-A57 2.0GHz x 4 + Cortex-A53 1.55GHz x 4)
angler:/data/local/tmp $ ./benchncnn 8 8 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 8
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 35.57 max = 36.56 avg = 36.13
mobilenet min = 44.80 max = 56.80 avg = 47.91
mobilenet_v2 min = 46.80 max = 64.64 avg = 50.34
shufflenet min = 28.24 max = 30.27 avg = 29.36
googlenet min = 118.82 max = 132.80 avg = 123.74
resnet18 min = 119.55 max = 141.99 avg = 126.78
alexnet min = 104.52 max = 125.98 avg = 110.17
vgg16 min = 815.12 max = 930.98 avg = 878.57
squeezenet-ssd min = 111.05 max = 130.23 avg = 119.43
mobilenet-ssd min = 88.88 max = 108.96 avg = 98.38
mobilenet-yolo min = 220.57 max = 263.42 avg = 241.03
Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (Cortex-A53 1.2GHz x 4)
HM2014812:/data/local/tmp # ./benchncnn 8 4 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 79.70 max = 85.42 avg = 82.22
mobilenet min = 119.87 max = 125.63 avg = 123.46
mobilenet_v2 min = 125.65 max = 131.16 avg = 128.20
shufflenet min = 60.95 max = 66.03 avg = 63.03
googlenet min = 237.47 max = 256.79 avg = 245.65
resnet18 min = 239.73 max = 250.41 avg = 245.87
alexnet min = 248.66 max = 279.08 avg = 267.41
vgg16 min = 1429.50 max = 1510.46 avg = 1465.25
squeezenet-ssd min = 203.33 max = 213.85 avg = 209.81
mobilenet-ssd min = 215.26 max = 224.23 avg = 219.73
mobilenet-yolo min = 506.41 max = 520.50 avg = 513.30
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) (1.4GHz x 4 )
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ./benchncnn 8 4 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 108.66 max = 109.24 avg = 108.96
mobilenet min = 151.78 max = 152.92 avg = 152.31
mobilenet_v2 min = 193.14 max = 195.56 avg = 194.50
shufflenet min = 91.41 max = 92.19 avg = 91.75
googlenet min = 302.02 max = 304.08 avg = 303.24
resnet18 min = 411.93 max = 423.14 avg = 416.54
alexnet min = 275.54 max = 276.50 avg = 276.13
vgg16 min = 1845.36 max = 1925.95 avg = 1902.28
squeezenet-ssd min = 313.86 max = 317.35 avg = 315.28
mobilenet-ssd min = 262.91 max = 264.92 avg = 263.85
mobilenet-yolo min = 638.73 max = 641.27 avg = 639.87
Rockchip RK3399 (Cortex-A72 1.8GHz x 2 + Cortex-A53 1.5GHz x 4)
rk3399_firefly_box:/data/local/tmp/ncnn # ./benchncnn 8 6 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 2
powersave = 2
gpu_device = -1
squeezenet min = 51.60 max = 53.03 avg = 52.08
squeezenet-int8 min = 62.11 max = 64.91 avg = 63.27
mobilenet min = 77.18 max = 79.11 avg = 77.75
mobilenet-int8 min = 55.02 max = 59.89 avg = 57.44
mobilenet_v2 min = 84.48 max = 85.52 avg = 85.13
shufflenet min = 36.04 max = 38.82 avg = 37.05
mnasnet min = 61.31 max = 62.40 avg = 61.77
proxylessnasnet min = 72.75 max = 73.53 avg = 73.12
googlenet min = 184.77 max = 191.39 avg = 187.33
googlenet-int8 min = 186.17 max = 192.47 avg = 187.60
resnet18 min = 204.00 max = 208.83 avg = 206.40
resnet18-int8 min = 199.17 max = 208.99 avg = 201.45
alexnet min = 165.20 max = 176.01 avg = 168.54
vgg16 min = 853.25 max = 894.94 avg = 875.34
resnet50 min = 646.85 max = 665.59 avg = 654.79
resnet50-int8 min = 399.45 max = 413.88 avg = 403.38
squeezenet-ssd min = 138.18 max = 150.14 avg = 143.34
squeezenet-ssd-int8 min = 194.38 max = 202.95 avg = 196.60
mobilenet-ssd min = 156.85 max = 162.62 avg = 158.98
mobilenet-ssd-int8 min = 119.37 max = 127.61 avg = 123.43
mobilenet-yolo min = 412.08 max = 445.90 avg = 423.03
mobilenet-yolov3 min = 370.11 max = 390.11 avg = 376.91
Rockchip RK3288 (Cortex-A17 1.8GHz x 4)
root@rk3288:/data/local/tmp/ncnn # ./benchncnn 8 4 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 4
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 51.43 max = 74.02 avg = 55.91
mobilenet min = 102.06 max = 125.67 avg = 106.02
mobilenet_v2 min = 80.09 max = 99.23 avg = 85.40
shufflenet min = 34.91 max = 35.75 avg = 35.25
googlenet min = 181.72 max = 252.12 avg = 210.67
resnet18 min = 198.86 max = 240.69 avg = 214.87
alexnet min = 154.68 max = 208.60 avg = 168.75
vgg16 min = 1019.49 max = 1231.92 avg = 1129.09
squeezenet-ssd min = 133.38 max = 241.11 avg = 167.77
mobilenet-ssd min = 156.71 max = 216.70 avg = 175.31
mobilenet-yolo min = 396.78 max = 482.60 avg = 433.34
root@rk3288:/data/local/tmp/ncnn # ./benchncnn 8 1 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 1
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 137.93 max = 140.76 avg = 138.71
mobilenet min = 244.01 max = 248.27 avg = 246.24
mobilenet_v2 min = 177.94 max = 181.57 avg = 179.24
shufflenet min = 77.61 max = 78.30 avg = 77.94
googlenet min = 548.75 max = 559.40 avg = 553.00
resnet18 min = 493.66 max = 510.55 avg = 500.37
alexnet min = 564.20 max = 604.87 avg = 581.30
vgg16 min = 2425.03 max = 2447.25 avg = 2433.38
squeezenet-ssd min = 298.26 max = 304.67 avg = 302.00
mobilenet-ssd min = 465.65 max = 473.33 avg = 469.86
mobilenet-yolo min = 997.95 max = 1012.45 avg = 1002.32
HiSilicon Hi3519V101 (Cortex-A17 1.2GHz x 1)
root@Hi3519:/ncnn-benchmark # taskset 2 ./benchncnn 8 1 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 1
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 272.97 max = 275.84 avg = 274.85
squeezenet-int8 min = 200.87 max = 202.47 avg = 201.74
mobilenet min = 480.90 max = 482.16 avg = 481.64
mobilenet_v2 min = 350.01 max = 352.39 avg = 350.81
shufflenet min = 152.40 max = 153.17 avg = 152.80
googlenet min = 1096.65 max = 1101.35 avg = 1099.21
resnet18 min = 983.92 max = 987.00 avg = 985.25
alexnet min = 1140.30 max = 1141.55 avg = 1140.92
squeezenet-ssd min = 574.62 max = 580.12 avg = 577.23
mobilenet-ssd min = 960.26 max = 969.13 avg = 965.93
mobilenet-yolo min = 1867.78 max = 1880.08 avg = 1873.89
iPhone 5S (Apple A7 1.3GHz x 2)
iPhone:~ root# ./benchncnn 8 2 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 2
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 70.94 max = 72.40 avg = 71.75
mobilenet min = 89.24 max = 92.21 avg = 90.60
mobilenet_v2 min = 71.70 max = 74.43 avg = 73.68
shufflenet min = 35.48 max = 41.40 avg = 38.94
googlenet min = 282.76 max = 295.00 avg = 289.64
resnet18 min = 251.99 max = 260.40 avg = 255.23
alexnet min = 329.07 max = 337.75 avg = 333.24
vgg16 min = 4547.25 max = 4706.56 avg = 4647.60
squeezenet-ssd min = 171.23 max = 180.49 avg = 175.54
mobilenet-ssd min = 174.56 max = 192.69 avg = 179.60
mobilenet-yolo min = 357.90 max = 363.93 avg = 360.97
Freescale i.MX7 Dual (Cortex A7 1.0GHz x 2)
imx7d_pico:/data/local/tmp # ./benchncnn 8 2 0
loop_count = 8
num_threads = 2
powersave = 0
squeezenet min = 269.26 max = 278.84 avg = 273.10
mobilenet min = 442.79 max = 445.82 avg = 444.46
mobilenet_v2 min = 362.19 max = 364.58 avg = 363.33
shufflenet min = 171.30 max = 190.63 avg = 177.52
googlenet min = 975.95 max = 986.11 avg = 980.51
resnet18 min = 1016.60 max = 1035.50 avg = 1021.75
alexnet min = 1240.54 max = 1254.86 avg = 1247.18
vgg16 min = 0.00 max = 0.00 avg = 0.00 (FAIL due to out of memory)
squeezenet-ssd min = 614.93 max = 623.15 avg = 619.56
mobilenet-ssd min = 842.83 max = 884.64 avg = 855.40
mobilenet-yolo min = 1772.24 max = 1924.37 avg = 1805.75