Table 1.

Speed comparison of fastp and other software

Tool	Input	Time (min)	Throughput (reads/s)
Fastp	SE	6	129397.9
	PE	13.3	116750.0
FASTQC	SE	13	59722.1
	PE	25.8	60185.1
Cutadapt	SE	18	43132.6
	PE	24.6	63120.9
SOAPnuke	SE	30.7	25289.5
	PE	32.5	47777.7
AfterQC	SE	25.2	30809.0
	PE	57.2	27146.4
Trimmomatic	SE	31.9	24338.2
	PE	60.9	25497.1

Note: Results for both paired-end (PE) and single-end (SE) input were compared.