What is MacOCRBench?

MacOCRBench is an OCR benchmark designed for Apple Silicon Macs.

It measures OCR performance, throughput, multi-process efficiency, and stability, then evaluates the results as a Mac OCR PowerScore.

Requirements

• Apple Silicon Mac
• macOS Monterey or later

Download

MacOCRBench can be downloaded from:

Download MacOCRBench

Running the Benchmark

Launch: Generate Test Images

Automatically generates 20 OCR test images on your local machine.

Start Test: Increase Concurrent Workloads

When the benchmark starts, it runs a Single phase, followed by Multi 2-Lane, Multi 3-Lane, and additional phases with increasing workloads.

Test Completion

The benchmark automatically stops when a higher score can no longer be achieved.

Results are provided as an HTML report.

HTML Report Example

Benchmark results are provided in the following format:

Sample HTML Report

What is a Lane?

A Lane represents the number of OCR processes running concurrently.

Test Modes

Test Mode	Description
Quick Test	Runs each phase once. Recommended for fanless systems such as MacBook Air models.
Standard Test	Recommended for general use. Each phase is executed three times, and the best score is recorded.
Research Test	Intended for detailed comparison and analysis. Each phase is executed five times, and the best score is recorded.

Completion Criteria

The benchmark ends when a phase fails to exceed the score of the previous phase.

• MacOCRBench evaluates system performance based on the phase that achieves the highest score.
• Phases after performance saturation are skipped because further gains are unlikely.

Rankings and Phase Evaluation

After each phase completes, MacOCRBench evaluates rankings based on score and throughput, including:

• Ranking within the same Apple Silicon family
• Overall global ranking

Evaluation results are displayed both in the main application window and in the HTML report.

Tier

Tier provides an easy-to-understand overall performance classification.

Tier	Criteria
S	Top 0–3%
A	Top 3–15%
B	Top 15–40%
C	Top 40–75%
D	Bottom 25%

Rank

Rank	Criteria
Elite	Top 0–5%
Excellent	Top 5–15%
Above Average	Top 15–30%
Average	Top 30–60%
Entry	Bottom 40%

Scaling Efficiency

Scaling Efficiency measures how effectively performance improves as the number of lanes increases.

Label	Criteria
Excellent	90%+
Good	75%+
Fair	55%+
Limited	35%+
Saturated	Below 35%

NOTE

Benchmark results are submitted for ranking evaluation.

Submitted data:

• Score
• Model Name
• Memory Capacity

No personally identifiable information is collected.

An internet connection is required for ranking evaluation.

Reports

Benchmark results are provided as HTML files.

File → Open Last Report...

Opens the most recent benchmark report in your web browser.

File → Open in Finder

Opens the temporary report folder in Finder.

File → Save Report...

Saves the most recent benchmark report to a location of your choice.

Rankings

Ranking submission is optional.

Your results will only appear on the leaderboard if you choose to submit them.

Results can be published on both the Global Ranking and the family-specific ranking pages for:

• M1 Family
• M2 Family
• M3 Family
• M4 Family
• M5 Family

at the Ranking Site.

INFO

The ranking site will be published once a sufficient number of benchmark results have been collected.

Thank you for your patience.