thumbnail (150x150)

Generating thumbnail of size 150x150 with these commands:

netpbm 10.20 jpegtopnm -quiet ${SOURCE} | pnmscale -xysize 150 150 | pnmtojpeg --quality=75 > ${DEST}
ImageMagick 4.2.9 convert -size 150x150 -geometry 150x150 -quality 75 ${SOURCE} ${DEST}
ImageMagick 5.4.2 convert -size 150x150 -geometry 150x150 -quality 75 +profile "*" ${SOURCE} ${DEST}
ImageMagick 6.0.7 convert -size 150x150 -geometry 150x150 -quality 75 +profile "*" ${SOURCE} ${DEST}
GraphicsMagick 1.0.5 gm convert -size 150x150 -geometry 150x150 -quality 75 +profile "*" ${SOURCE} ${DEST}
gd 2.0.28 createFromJpeg(${SOURCE}); copyResampled($im, 0, 0, 0, 0, ${SIZE_X}, ${SIZE_Y}, ${ORIG_SIZE_X}, ${ORIG_SIZE_Y}); jpeg(${DEST}, 75)

Source: amsterdam.jpg (2272x1704) 839946 bytes
Generated image Tested toolkit Elapsed time Generated filesize
netpbm 10.20 7.03s 5535 bytes
ImageMagick 4.2.9 0.37s 5061 bytes
ImageMagick 5.4.2 0.44s 5205 bytes
ImageMagick 6.0.7 0.48s 5524 bytes
GraphicsMagick 1.0.5 0.46s 5201 bytes
gd 2.0.28 6.60s 5449 bytes
 
Source: hochzeit.jpg (1600x1200) 867962 bytes
Generated image Tested toolkit Elapsed time Generated filesize
netpbm 10.20 3.75s 5725 bytes
ImageMagick 4.2.9 0.30s 5327 bytes
ImageMagick 5.4.2 0.34s 5330 bytes
ImageMagick 6.0.7 0.39s 5722 bytes
GraphicsMagick 1.0.5 0.38s 5336 bytes
gd 2.0.28 3.44s 5576 bytes