Table 1.
Comparison between SAMMate and SAMtools
| Running Time Comparison of SAMMate and SAMtool (SAM File: 6 *106 records, 1.03GB) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software | Hardware Platform | SAM File Parsing Time | Sorting Time | Total Time |
| SAMMate | Intel core Duo CPU 2.26 GHz RAM 2GB | 60s | 43s | 132s |
| SAMtools | Intel core Duo CPU 2.26 GHz RAM 2GB | 93s | 210s | 310s |
| SAMMate | Intel core Duo CPU 9300 2.50GHz RAM 4GB | 36s | 25s | 72s |
| SAMtools | Intel core Duo CPU 9300 2.50GHz RAM 4GB | 57s | 122s | 183.8s |
SAMMate and SAMtools were compared for the amount of system time needed to generate one human signal map file using a SAM file. Two typical laptops were used for this comparison.