What is the most efficient way to resize large images in PHP?

Question

What's the most efficient way to resize large images in PHP?

Answer 1

People say that ImageMagick is much faster. At best just compare both libraries and measure that.

1. Prepare 1000 typical images.
2. Write two scripts -- one for GD, one for ImageMagick.
3. Run both of them a few times.
4. Compare results (total execution time, CPU and I/O usage, result image quality).

Something which the best everyone else, could not be the best for you.

Also, in my opinion, ImageMagick has much better API interface