Read First - How to use this spreadsheet

1) To enter your own data, first make a copy of this spreadsheet through File->Make a Copy
2) The blue cells are information you may want to change. This includes the CPUs you are interested in, the estimate of the system cost (minus CPU and GPU) and your total system budget.
-Limit CPU comparisons to ones that are within the same family. AMD vs Intel or different generations of CPUs will not give accurate comparisons.
-If you wish to ignore a CPU, set the Frequency to "0"
5) From Row 28 on is the estimated time it should take for a CPU and GPU combination to complete generating a 3D model at the highest settings in PhotoScan.
6) If you change the "Budget Min" and "Budget Max" blue cells the configurations that fall within your budget will be highlighted.
7) To find the best performing CPU and GPU combination for your budget, simply find the highlighted cell that has the lowest estimated build time and see what CPU and GPU were used to achieve that time
For more infomation on PhotoScan CPU and GPU performance, View our Agisoft PhotoScan articles:
Recommended Systems for Agisoft PhotoScan
Choosing the right CPU for Agisoft PhotoScan
Agisoft PhotoScan GPU Acceleration

CPU Model Cores* Frequency** Est. Price *Agisoft recommends that one core should be disabled in PhotoScan per physical GPU. This spreadsheet automatically takes this into account when determining the best CPU for single, dual, triple, and quad GPU configurations
Core i7 6850K 6 3.7 800 **All Core turbo will give the most accurate results, base clock is second best
Core i7 6900K 8 3.5 1300
Core i7 6950X 10 3.4 2000
Xeon E5-2690 V4 14 3.2 2600
Xeon E5-2697A V4 16 3.1 3500 Estimated Base System Cost (minus CPU/GPU)
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 8 3.6 2400 2600
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 12 3.6 4000
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 16 3.5 5100 Budget Min Budget Max
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 32 3.1 7000 4000 5000

Estimated time to build 3D model Estimated system cost ($)

(Ultra High quality)
Single GPU GTX 960 GTX 970 GTX 980 GTX 1080 Single GPU GTX 960 GTX 970 GTX 980 GTX 1080
Core i7 6850K 218.64 171.75 157.56 149.23 Core i7 6850K 3681 3822 4128 4280
Core i7 6900K 212.48 166.94 153.15 145.07 Core i7 6900K 4181 4322 4628 4780
Core i7 6950X 208.05 163.49 149.99 142.08 Core i7 6950X 4881 5022 5328 5480
Xeon E5-2690 V4 208.73 164.02 150.48 142.54 Xeon E5-2690 V4 5481 5622 5928 6080
Xeon E5-2697A V4 211.59 166.25 152.52 144.47 Xeon E5-2697A V4 6381 6522 6828 6980
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 206.71 162.44 149.03 141.17 2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 5281 5422 5728 5880
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 190.45 149.74 137.42 130.19 2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 6881 7022 7328 7480
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 187.95 147.79 135.63 128.5 2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 7981 8122 8428 8580
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 199.08 156.48 143.58 136.02 2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 9881 10022 10328 10480

Dual GPU 2x GTX 960 2x GTX 970 2x GTX 980 2x GTX 1080 Dual GPU 2x GTX 960 2x GTX 970 2x GTX 980 3x GTX 1080
Core i7 6850K 157.61 116.56 107.41 102.3 Core i7 6850K 3962 4244 4856 5160
Core i7 6900K 146.24 108.25 99.77 95.04 Core i7 6900K 4462 4744 5356 5660
Core i7 6950X 140.07 103.73 95.63 91.1 Core i7 6950X 5162 5444 6056 6360
Xeon E5-2690 V4 137.52 101.87 93.92 89.48 Xeon E5-2690 V4 5762 6044 6656 6960
Xeon E5-2697A V4 138.57 102.64 94.62 90.15 Xeon E5-2697A V4 6662 6944 7556 7860
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 142.32 105.37 97.13 92.54 2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 5562 5844 6456 6760
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 126.68 93.93 86.63 82.56 2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 7162 7444 8056 8360
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 123.28 91.45 84.35 80.39 2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 8262 8544 9156 9460
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 128.2 95.05 87.65 83.53 2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 10162 10444 11056 11360

Triple GPU 3x GTX 960 3x GTX 970 3x GTX 980 3x GTX 1080 Triple GPU 3x GTX 960 3x GTX 970 3x GTX 980 3x GTX 1080
Core i7 6850K 144.86 112.66 102.04 93.19 Core i7 6850K 4243 4666 5584 6040
Core i7 6900K 123.04 95.85 86.88 79.42 Core i7 6900K 4743 5166 6084 6540
Core i7 6950X 113.35 88.39 80.16 73.3 Core i7 6950X 5443 5866 6784 7240
Xeon E5-2690 V4 107.44 83.84 76.05 69.57 Xeon E5-2690 V4 6043 6466 7384 7840
Xeon E5-2697A V4 107.22 83.67 75.9 69.43 Xeon E5-2697A V4 6943 7366 8284 8740
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 119.75 93.32 84.6 77.34 2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 5843 6266 7184 7640
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 100.41 78.43 71.17 65.13 2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 7443 7866 8784 9240
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 95.51 74.65 67.77 62.04 2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 8543 8966 9884 10340
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 96.5 75.41 68.45 62.66 2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 10443 10866 11784 12240

Quad GPU 4x GTX 960 4x GTX 970 4x GTX 980 4x GTX 1080 Quad GPU 4x GTX 960 4x GTX 970 4x GTX 980 4x GTX 1080
Core i7 6850K 169.77 132.07 124.53 102.03 Core i7 6850K 4524 5088 6312 6920
Core i7 6900K 120.95 94.4 89.09 73.25 Core i7 6900K 5024 5588 6812 7420
Core i7 6950X 104.38 81.61 77.06 63.48 Core i7 6950X 5724 6288 7512 8120
Xeon E5-2690 V4 93.62 73.31 69.25 57.14 Xeon E5-2690 V4 6324 6888 8112 8720
Xeon E5-2697A V4 92.11 72.14 68.15 56.24 Xeon E5-2697A V4 7224 7788 9012 9620
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 117.72 91.91 86.74 71.35 2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 6124 6688 7912 8520
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 89.41 70.06 66.19 54.65 2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 7724 8288 9512 10120
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 82.12 64.44 60.9 50.36 2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 8824 9388 10612 11220
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 79.58 62.48 59.06 48.86 2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 10724 11288 12512 13120
How to use this spreadsheet
1) To enter your own data, first make a copy of this spreadsheet through File->Make a Copy
2) In the blue cells, enter the CPU name, total number of physical cores, and the CPU frequency of the CPUs you are interested in
3) Feel free to adjust the time you spend waiting on different aspects of PhotoScan in the orange cells.
4) Limit CPU comparisons to ones that are within the same family. AMD vs Intel or different generations of CPUs will not give accurate comparisons.
5) Under the green cells is the estimated relative performance of each CPU in PhotoScan. 100 is the fasted CPU for that task.
6) If you wish to ignore a CPU, set the Frequency to "0"
View more infomation on PhotoScan CPU
UPDATE
performance
Link! in our Agisoft Photoscan CPU Performance article

Weighted Efficiency Weighted Efficiency Weighted Efficiency Weighted Efficiency

Action Wait time (seconds) % of Wait Time Parallel Efficiency Single GPU Dual GPU Triple GPU Quad GPU
Align Images 80 0.009744807845 0.9 0.00877032706 0.00877032706 0.00877032706 0.00877032706
.66 - .8
Build Dense Cloud 7926 0.9654668372 depending on GPU # 0.6372081126 0.675826786 0.7241001279 0.7723734698
Build Mesh 156.5 0.01906328035 0.88 0.0167756867 0.0167756867 0.0167756867 0.0167756867
Build Texture 47 0.005725074609 0.5 0.002862537304 0.002862537304 0.002862537304 0.002862537304

Adjusted Overall
Parallel Efficiency 0.6656166636 0.7042353371 0.752508679 0.8007820208

Relative % Rating Relative % Rating Relative % Rating Relative % Rating

CPU Model Cores* Frequency** Single GPU Dual GPU Triple GPU Quad GPU
Core i7 6850K 6 3.7 85.65 77.54 64.78 45.35
Core i7 6900K 8 3.5 88.19 83.77 76.73 64.4
Core i7 6950X 10 3.4 90.11 87.59 83.57 75.11
Xeon E5-2690 V4 14 3.2 89.81 89.27 88.38 84.2
Xeon E5-2697A V4 16 3.1 88.57 88.57 88.57 85.66
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 8 3.6 90.71 86.16 78.92 66.24
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 12 3.6 98.65 97.21 94.87 88.39
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 16 3.5 100 100 100 96.71
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 32 3.1 94.27 96.01 98.92 100

*Agisoft recommends that one core should be disabled in PhotoScan per physical GPU. This spreadsheet automatically takes this into account when determining the best CPU for single, dual, and triple GPU configurations
**All Core turbo will give the most accurate results, base clock is second best
 Weighted Efficiency
Weighted Efficiency
Weighted Efficiency
Weighted Efficiency
Action Wait time (seconds)
% of Wait Time Parallel EfficiencySingle GPU Single GPU Dual GPU Triple GPU
Align Images 80 0.009744807845 0.9 0.00877032706 0.00877032706 0.00877032706 0.00877032706
.66 - .8
Build Dense Cloud 7926 0.9654668372 depending on GPU 0.6372081126
# 0.6372081126 0.675826786 0.7241001279
Build Mesh 156.5 0.01906328035 0.88 0.0167756867 0.0167756867 0.0167756867 0.0167756867
Build Texture 47 0.005725074609 0.5 0.002862537304 0.002862537304 0.002862537304 0.002862537304

Adjusted Overall
Parallel Efficiency 0.6656166636 0.6656166636 0.7042353371 0.752508679

CPU Model Cores* Frequency**

Core i7 6850K 6 3.7
Core i7 6900K 8 3.5
Core i7 6950X 10 3.4
Xeon E5-2690 V4 14 3.2
Xeon E5-2697A V4 16 3.1
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 8 3.6
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 12 3.6
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 16 3.5
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 32 3.1

Available Cores CPU Only 1 GPU 2 GPU 3 GPU 4 GPU

Core i7 6850K 6 5 4 3 2
Core i7 6900K 8 7 6 5 4
Core i7 6950X 10 9 8 7 6
Xeon E5-2690 V4 14 13 12 11 10
Xeon E5-2697A V4 16 15 14 13 12
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 8 7 6 5 4
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 12 11 10 9 8
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 16 15 14 13 12
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 32 31 30 29 28

Effective Cores CPU Only 1 GPU 2 GPU 3 GPU 4 GPU

Core i7 6850K 2.245579004 2.139006919 2.119436624 2.006712262 1.667753515
Core i7 6900K 2.394719628 2.328443588 2.420503295 2.512606647 2.503671106
Core i7 6950X 2.494107654 2.44893515 2.6055639 2.816960439 3.005876645
Xeon E5-2690 V4 2.618298772 2.593464451 2.821264904 3.165546687 3.580428474
Xeon E5-2697A V4 2.659684973 2.640209789 2.8896123 3.2746451 3.760107909
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 2.394719628 2.328443588 2.420503295 2.512606647 2.503671106
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 2.56507998 2.532325501 2.730836246 3.020204597 3.340953695
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 2.659684973 2.640209789 2.8896123 3.2746451 3.760107909
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 2.81544327 2.810134591 3.132447648 3.657110809 4.38948156

Effective GFLOPS CPU Only 1 GPU 2 GPU 3 GPU 4 GPU

Core i7 6850K 8.308642313 7.914325601 7.841915509 7.424835371 6.170688005
Core i7 6900K 8.381518698 8.149552557 8.471761532 8.794123264 8.762848869
Core i7 6950X 8.479966022 8.326379512 8.85891726 9.577665491 10.21998059
Xeon E5-2690 V4 8.378556071 8.299086242 9.028047693 10.1297494 11.45737112
Xeon E5-2697A V4 8.245023417 8.184650345 8.957798129 10.15139981 11.65633452
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 8.62099066 8.382396915 8.713811861 9.045383929 9.01321598
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 9.234287928 9.116371804 9.831010484 10.87273655 12.0274333
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 9.308897407 9.240734261 10.11364305 11.46125785 13.16037768
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 8.727874136 8.711417233 9.710587707 11.33704351 13.60739284

% CPU perf. loss per GPU

(Not used on Results) CPU Only 1 GPU 2 GPU 3 GPU 4 GPU
Core i7 6850K 0 4.75 5.62 10.64 25.73
Core i7 6900K 0 2.77 -1.08 -4.92 -4.55
Core i7 6950X 0 1.81 -4.47 -12.94 -20.52
Xeon E5-2690 V4 0 0.95 -7.75 -20.9 -36.75
Xeon E5-2697A V4 0 0.73 -8.64 -23.12 -41.37
2x Xeon E5-2637 V4 0 2.77 -1.08 -4.92 -4.55
2x Xeon E5-2643 V4 0 1.28 -6.46 -17.74 -30.25
2x Xeon E5-2667 V4 0 0.73 -8.64 -23.12 -41.37
2x Xeon E5-2697A V4 0 0.19 -11.26 -29.89 -55.91
Monument build dense cloud (minutes) GTX 960 GTX 970 GTX 980 GTX Titan X
Medium Quality 5.18 4.58 4.29 3.63
High Quality 31.08 25.22 21.95 20.33 Other steps: 4.725
Ultra High Quality 183.22 143.06 130.9 123.77

2x GTX 960 2x GTX 970 2x GTX 980 2x GTX Titan X

Medium Quality 3.66 2.86 2.81 2.77
High Quality 20.91 14.88 13.33 12.45
Ultra High Quality 118.55 86.72 79.62 75.66

3x GTX 960 3x GTX 970 3x GTX 980 3x GTX Titan X

Medium Quality 2.74 2.29 2.19 2.04
High Quality 15.53 11.73 9.95 8.77
Ultra High Quality 90.78 69.92 63.04 57.31

4x GTX 960 4x GTX 970 4x GTX 980 4x GTX Titan X

Medium Quality 2.32 1.96 1.93 1.89
High Quality 12.38 10.05 8.98 7.71
Ultra High Quality 74.85 57.75 54.33 44.13
GTX 960 GTX 970 GTX 980 GTX 1080 GTX Titan X
281 422 728 880 1261