TPC-R results on Intel quad core
Tsutomu Hayashi did some benchmarks and here are the results with the time in seconds
Intel Core2Quad 9550 with 4G Memory Firebird Protocol: LocalConnection
All Firebird is defalt settings FB-2.1.2 is very slow, FB-2.5 is fastest.
DBcreation (Seconds – Lower is Better)
FirebirdSS-1.5.5 3007
FirebirdSS-2.1.2 1651
FirebirdSS-2.5Beta2 1289
TPC-R (Seconds – Lower is Better)
FirebirdSS-1.5.5 621
FirebirdSS-2.1.2 2748
FirebirdSS-2.5Beta2 526