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# Benchmarking against OpenDataLoader
The paired harness runs two `pdf2md` binaries through the same local
OpenDataLoader corpus, evaluates both outputs, and reports aggregate and
per-document deltas. This avoids comparing results produced from different
corpus revisions or evaluator versions.
Build a candidate and provide a released or worktree build as the baseline:
```bash
cargo build --release
python3 scripts/bench_opendataloader.py \
--bench-dir ../opendataloader-bench \
--baseline ../pdf-inspector-main/target/release/pdf2md \
--candidate target/release/pdf2md \
--max-document-regression 0.02 \
--json-output /tmp/pdf-inspector-benchmark.json
```
Pass `--reference-evaluation path/to/evaluation.json` to report the candidate
delta against another evaluation, and add `--require-reference-lead` to make a
negative reference delta fail the run. By default, the candidate must not
regress the baseline overall score or introduce missing predictions. Use
`--min-overall-delta` to require a specific aggregate gain.
The OpenDataLoader repository is external and keeps its normal
`prediction/pdf-inspector` output. Paired evaluation copies each run into a
temporary directory before evaluating it, so the baseline and candidate cannot
overwrite one another.
## Published comparison protocol
The public benchmark table was refreshed on July 16, 2026, on an Apple M4 Pro
using pdf-inspector 0.1.6, LiteParse 2.6.0, OpenDataLoader 2.1.1,
PyMuPDF4LLM 0.2.0, and MarkItDown 0.1.4. Every engine processed the same 200
PDFs with OCR disabled. Reported speed is the median of three complete corpus
runs; quality scores come from the benchmark evaluator over all 200 outputs.
## Optional backend evidence probe
The evidence probe compares positioned `pdf2md` items with MuPDF structured
text on the same pages. It is intended to find deterministic extraction or
layout evidence that could justify a future native implementation; it does not
merge MuPDF output into Markdown, invoke OCR, or add a runtime dependency.
Install MuPDF's `mutool`, build `pdf2md`, then run:
```bash
python3 scripts/probe_backend_evidence.py document.pdf \
--pdf2md target/release/pdf2md \
--json-output /tmp/backend-evidence.json
```
The report flags pages when MuPDF exposes a material net token gain, repeated
alignment anchors absent from local evidence, or additional image blocks. The
JSON includes bounded token samples and page-level counts so promising cases
can be inspected without treating backend disagreement as automatically
correct. Thresholds are configurable with `--min-token-gain`,
`--min-alternate-only-ratio`, and `--min-anchor-gain`.