NeoOffice Performance Comparison

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This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, StarOffice/OpenOffice.org and Microsoft, to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages; those we are aware of are linked below.

NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 5 vs. OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2 vs. Microsoft Office 2004 vs. Microsoft Office 2008

Performance Test	NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 5	OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2	MS Office 2004	MS Office 2008
General:
Price	$0.00, donation requested	$0.00	n/a	$149.95 Home & Student Edition
Launch Time:
Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start)
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	26 seconds	27 seconds	27 seconds	23 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	33 seconds	47 seconds	10 seconds
Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	9 seconds	8 seconds	7 seconds	9 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	16 seconds	21 seconds	5 seconds
Word Processor:
... with a 500,000 character document (about 130 pages long)
Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	8 seconds	8 seconds	5 seconds	4 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	12 seconds	21 seconds	4 seconds
Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to open application
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	1 second	1 second	1 second	1 second
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	4 seconds	12 seconds	1 second
Save
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	3 seconds	3 seconds	3 seconds	2 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	6 seconds	4 seconds	2 seconds
Page Preview
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	4 seconds	3 seconds	2 seconds	2 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	5 seconds	6 seconds	1 seconds
Print ...
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	24 seconds	20 seconds	64 seconds	20 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	46 seconds	34 seconds	45 seconds
Export as PDF
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	13 seconds	15 seconds	n/a	19 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	25 seconds	27 seconds	n/a
Presentation:
... with a 11 slide document
Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	11 seconds	6 seconds	9 seconds	5 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	13 seconds	18 seconds	4 seconds
Time to complete slide show with No Transition set, using space bar to advance slide
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	11 seconds	28 seconds	11 seconds	4 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	22 seconds	40 seconds	9 seconds
Time to complete slide show with transition set to Fade Smoothly, using space bar to advance slide
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	35 seconds	52 seconds	23 seconds	9 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	48 seconds	62 seconds	18 seconds
Time to complete slide show with transition set to Wedge, using space bar to advance slide
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	35 seconds	52 seconds	20 seconds	10 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	40 seconds	62 seconds	17 seconds
Print ...
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	13 seconds	18 seconds	13 seconds	5 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	20 seconds	23 seconds	16 seconds
Export as PDF
Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)	9 seconds	9 seconds	n/a	2 seconds
Machine 2 - PPC (see Notes)	15 seconds	15 seconds	n/a

Notes:

Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
NeoOffice version is 2.2.4 with Patch 5
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2 was used which is the same product as StarOffice 9 Beta
Microsoft Word 2004 version is 11.3.8, PowerPoint is 11.3.5
Microsoft Word 2008 version is 12.1.2, PowerPoint is 12.1.2
No other applications were running
Machine 1 - Intel details: Mac OS X 10.4.11, MacBook Pro 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB RAM
Machine 2 - PPC details: Mac OS X 10.4.11, PowerBook 1.67 GHz PPC G4, 1 GB RAM
Spell checking and automatic hyphenation were disabled
Microsoft Office pricing is for Office 2008 which has replaced Microsoft Office 2004
Sample 500,000 character word processing document was obtained from ApfelWiki Word-Alternativen Der Test and modified to open in Print Layout view
Sample presentation document was obtained from NeoOffice Bugzilla and saved as a .odp file
Both documents above were saved in Microsoft 97/2000/XP formats (.doc and .ppt) for MS Office testing
Print was tested using Preview. On NeoOffice the print icon on the toolbar was used, on OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office the menu item File::Print was used due to differences in dialogs in NeoOffice and lack of a Print Preview option when using the OpenOffice.org or the Microsoft Office toolbar

Other Comparisons

Additional performance (and feature) comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at Mellel: Competitive Comparison (redlers.com; compares Mellel 2.0 with Microsoft Office 2004, OpenOffice.org 2.0.x, and Nisus Writer Express 2.7, but not NeoOffice) and Word-Alternativen: Der Test (apfelwiki.de; compares AbiWord 2.4.5, Mellel 2.2.7, NeoOffice 2.2.1, Nisus Writer Pro 1.0, and Apple's Pages 3.0 [de]).

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Categories: NeoOffice | OpenOffice.org

-{{LastUpdated|21 August 2008}}
+{{LastUpdated|7 September 2008}}
 <!--(used NeoOffice_2.2.4_Feature_Comparison as a base for this wiki page)-->
 This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, StarOffice/OpenOffice.org and Microsoft, to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software.  Some other software developers have similar comparison pages; those we are aware of are linked [[#Other Comparisons|below]].
-=== NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 5 vs. OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2 vs. Microsoft Office 2004 ===
+=== NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 5 vs. OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2 vs. Microsoft Office 2004 vs. Microsoft Office 2008 ===
 <TABLE WIDTH=100%>
-  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 5</th><th>OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2</th><th>MS Office 2004</th></tr>
+  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 5</th><th>OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2</th><th>MS Office 2004</th><th>MS Office 2008</th></tr>
-  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">General:</th></tr>
+  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">General:</th></tr>
-  <tr><td>Price</td><td align="center">$0.00, [http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php donation requested]</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$149.95 Home & Student Edition</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>Price</td><td align="center">$0.00, [http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php donation requested]</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">n/a</td><td align="center">$149.95 Home & Student Edition</td></tr>
- <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">Launch Time:</th></tr>
+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Launch Time:</th></tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start)</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start)</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">27 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">27 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">23 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">8 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">7 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">9 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
-  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">Word Processor:</th></tr>
+  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Word Processor:</th></tr>
-  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">... with a 500,000 character document (about 130 pages long)</th></tr>
+  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 500,000 character document (about 130 pages long)</th></tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">8 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">5 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to open application</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to open application</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><i>Machine 1 - Intel (see Notes)</i></td>
+    <td align="center">1 second</td>
     <td align="center">1 second</td>
     <td align="center">1 second</td>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Save</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Save</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">3 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">3 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-   <td colspan="4">Page Preview</td>
+   <td colspan="5">Page Preview</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">3 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Print ... </td>
+    <td colspan="5">Print ... </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">20 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">64 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">20 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Export as PDF</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Export as PDF</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">15 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">n/a</td>
+    <td align="center">19 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
-  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">Presentation:</th></tr>
+  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Presentation:</th></tr>
-  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">... with a 11 slide document</th></tr>
+  <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 11 slide document</th></tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-   <td colspan="4">Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
+   <td colspan="5">Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">6 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">9 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">5 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Time to complete slide show with No Transition set, using space bar to advance slide</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Time to complete slide show with No Transition set, using space bar to advance slide</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">28 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">11 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">4 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Time to complete slide show with transition set to Fade Smoothly, using space bar to advance slide</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Time to complete slide show with transition set to Fade Smoothly, using space bar to advance slide</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">52 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">23 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">9 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Time to complete slide show with transition set to Wedge, using space bar to advance slide</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Time to complete slide show with transition set to Wedge, using space bar to advance slide</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">52 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">20 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">10 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-     <td colspan="4">Print ... </td>
+     <td colspan="5">Print ... </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">18 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">13 seconds</td>
+    <td align="center">5 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
   </tr>
   <tr {{BlueRow}}>
-    <td colspan="4">Export as PDF</td>
+    <td colspan="5">Export as PDF</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td align="center">9 seconds</td>
     <td align="center">n/a</td>
+    <td align="center">2 seconds</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
 * NeoOffice version is 2.2.4 with Patch 5
 * OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2 was used which is the same product as StarOffice 9 Beta
+* Microsoft Word 2004 version is 11.3.8, PowerPoint is 11.3.5
+* Microsoft Word 2008 version is 12.1.2, PowerPoint is 12.1.2
 * No other applications were running
 * Machine 1 - Intel details: Mac OS X 10.4.11, MacBook Pro 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB RAM
 * Sample presentation document was obtained from [http://bugzilla.neooffice.org/bug.php?op=show&bugid=1473 NeoOffice Bugzilla] and saved as a .odp file
 * Both documents above were saved in Microsoft 97/2000/XP formats (.doc and .ppt) for MS Office testing
-* Print was tested using Preview. On NeoOffice the print icon on the toolbar was used, on OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office the menu item File::Print was used due to differences in dialogs in NeoOffice and lack of a Print Preview option when using the OpenOffice.org toolbar
+* Print was tested using Preview. On NeoOffice the print icon on the toolbar was used, on OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office the menu item File::Print was used due to differences in dialogs in NeoOffice and lack of a Print Preview option when using the OpenOffice.org or the Microsoft Office toolbar

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