OpenCL test documents for Calc

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Some of you have asked me previously whether or not we can share any test documents to demonstrate Calc’s new OpenCL-based formula engine. Thanks to AMD, we can now make available 3 test documents that showcase the performance of the new engine, and how it compares to Calc’s existing engine as well as Excel’s.

Download Platform
OpenCL-test-documents-Excel-64-bit.zip Excel (64-bit)
OpenCL-test-documents.zip Calc (Windows, 32-bit)
Calc (Linux, 32-bit)
Calc (Linux, 64-bit)
Excel (32-bit)

These files are intentionally in Excel format so that they can be used both in Calc and Excel. They also contain VBA script to automate the execution of formula cell recalculation and measure the recalculation time with a single button click.

All you have to do is to open one of these files, click “Recalculate” and wait for it to finish. It should give you the number that represents the duration of the recalculation in milliseconds.

Note that the 64-bit version of Excel requires different VBA syntax for calling native function in DLL, which is why we have a separate set of documents just for that version. You should not use these documents unless you want to test them specifically in the 64-bit version of Excel. Use the other one for all the rest.

On Linux, you need to use a reasonably recent build from the master branch in order for the VBA macro to be able to call the native DLL function. If you decide to run them on Linux, make sure your build is recent enough to contain this commit.

Once again, huge thanks to AMD for allowing us to share these documents with everyone!