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Update benchmark stats after recent performance improvements #564

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[![PHPStan Level](https://img.shields.io/badge/PHPStan-level%2010-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](https://github.com/PrinsFrank/pdfparser/blob/main/phpstan.neon)
[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Sponsor&message=%E2%9D%A4&logo=GitHub&color=%23fe8e86)](https://github.com/sponsors/PrinsFrank)

> **1.3x faster** and **4.4x less memory** than smalot/pdfparser. Actively maintained, MIT licensed, and built from scratch for PHP8.1+
> **1.5x faster** and **4.4x less memory** than smalot/pdfparser. Actively maintained, MIT licensed, and built from scratch for PHP8.1+

> :owl: This library is written by a human who understands all of its code. As such, it is small enough for a person to have a mental image of it, and no cognitive offloading is needed. AI-generated PRs are not rejected outright, but they should be [small and focused](CONTRIBUTING.md).

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| Metric | prinsfrank/pdfparser | smalot/pdfparser |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Speed | On average **1.3x faster**, up to **110x faster on complex PDFs** | baseline |
| Speed | On average **1.5x faster**, up to **110x faster on complex PDFs** | baseline |
| Memory | On average **4.4x less memory** | baseline |
| Success rate | **100%** of test files | 95.3% |
| Encrypted PDFs | Supported | Not supported |
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