GMBenchmark

GMBenchmark is a tool designed to measure and compare the execution speed of GameMaker Language (GML) code snippets. It helps developers identify performance bottlenecks and optimize their games by providing detailed timing data across multiple trials and iterations.

Key Features

• Custom Benchmark Definitions — Create benchmarks by defining named test cases with code functions and optional initialization.
• Flexible Trial Configuration — Set the number of trials and iterations per test, with an auto-suggestion feature for iteration counts.
• Visual Results Display — View benchmark results as bar charts or pie charts, with options for raw timings, relative performance, and operations per millisecond.
• Command-Line Interface — Run benchmarks directly from the command line with arguments for trials, iterations, and output files.
• Iteration-Aware Setup — Support for initialization functions that run before each benchmark without affecting timing.

Philosophy

GMBenchmark emphasizes practical, real-world performance insights over micro-optimizations, encouraging developers to focus on algorithmic efficiency and context-aware improvements.