Benchmarks

Readme.md

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ If not previously installed, you will want to install the [cairo graphics librar
 
   A call to `Canvas#toBuffer()` will return a node `Buffer` instance containing all of the PNG data.
 
+## Benchmarks
+
+ Although node-canvas is extremely now, and we have not even begun optimization yet it is already quite fast. For benchmarks vs other node canvas implementations view this [gist](https://gist.github.com/664922), or update the submodules and run `$ make benchmark` yourself.
+
 ## Contribute
 
  Want to contribute to node-canvas? patches for features, bug fixes, documentation, examples and others are certainly welcome. Take a look at the [issue queue](https://github.com/LearnBoost/node-canvas/issues) for existing issues.

benchmarks/run.js

@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ bm('toBuffer() 200x200', 50, function(){
   canvas.toBuffer();
 });
 
+bm('toBuffer().toString("base64") 200x200', 50, function(){
+  canvas.toBuffer().toString('base64');
+});
+
 bm('toDataURL() 200x200', 50, function(){
   canvas.toDataURL();
 });
@@ -112,4 +116,12 @@ bm('o3 strokeRect()', function(){
   o3ctx.strokeRect(50, 50, 100, 100);
 });
 
+bm('pngBuffer() 200x200', 50, function(){
+  o3ctx.pngBuffer();
+});
+
+bm('pngBuffer().toBase64() 200x200', 50, function(){
+  o3ctx.pngBuffer().toBase64();
+});
+
 console.log();