Table 2. Comparison of time and computing resources used by the compared binning methods.
Kraken (superDB) | Kraken (minisuperDB) | RAIphy | FCP Blastn+LCA | Diamond (Megan) | Blastx (Megan & ProViDE) | NBC* | |
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Mean running time | 33 mins | < 1 min | 30 mins | 75 mins | 3.3 hrs | > 5 days | NA |
Memory required | 78G | 4.2G | 3G | 2.5G | 9.5G | 10G | NA |
CPUs used | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | NA |
*These data are not available for NBC as it was run online.