Verified Benchmarks · February 2026 · Chrome 132 · i7-12700K

Extract Excel Columns at
47,600 Rows Per Second

1 million rows extracted in 21 seconds. Multi-sheet support with row filtering, column renaming, and data type control — all in your browser. Files never leave your machine.

47,600
Rows per second
Standard extraction
21s
1M rows extracted
4 columns, XLSX out
2GB
Max file support
Web Worker streaming
0 bytes
Data uploaded
100% client-side
Benchmarks last updated February 2026 · Chrome 132 · Windows 11 · Intel i7-12700K · 32GB RAM · Results vary ±15–20% by hardware and browser

Tool Speed Comparison

ToolSpeed (rows/sec)100K Rows1M RowsUpload Required
SplitForge FASTEST
47,6002.1s21sNone
Python (pandas)
35,0002.8s28sNone
VBA Macro
8,00012.5s125sNone
Cloud Tools
2,20045s*200s*Required
Excel (manual)
8005+ minN/ANone

* Cloud tool times include upload duration on a 500 Mbps connection. Python times reflect DataFrame processing only, no install overhead. Excel (manual) reflects human interaction time. Results vary ±15–20% by hardware and browser.

Scalability Across File Sizes

Processing time by file size, across three operation modes. Test config: Chrome 132, Windows 11, 32GB RAM, i7-12700K, February 2026. Results vary ±15–20% by hardware.

File SizeColsStandardWith Filters (3)Multi-Sheet (3)Speed
1K rows 10<0.1s<0.1s<0.1s47,600/s
10K rows 100.2s0.3s0.3s47,600/s
50K rows 101.1s1.3s1.5s47,600/s
100K rows 102.1s2.5s2.9s47,600/s
500K rows 810.5s12.4s14.1s47,619/s
1M rows PEAK421.0s25.2s28.8s47,533/s

Feature Overhead Breakdown

Overhead measured against standard extraction baseline (100K rows, 10 columns).

Standard Extraction
Select columns, output to XLSX/CSV/TSV
47,600 rows/sec
baseline
With Column Rename
Rename any number of column headers during extraction
46,200 rows/sec
+3%
With Data Type Hints
Force text/number/date type per column to prevent Excel corruption
46,500 rows/sec
+2%
With Row Filters (3)
3-condition AND filter (equals, contains, greater-than operators)
41,800 rows/sec
+12%
Multi-Sheet (3 sheets)
Extract same columns from 3 sheets, merge into single output
38,400 rows/sec
+19%
With Backfill (forward)
Forward-fill empty cells using previous row value per column
44,100 rows/sec
+7%

Time Saved Calculator

5x
~200
$65
Manual baseline: Opening Excel + scrolling to find columns + deleting others + save-as takes ~8 min for a 200-column file. SplitForge: ~30 seconds. Assumptions may vary by file size and familiarity.
Time saved per extraction7.5 min
Time saved per week38 min
Time saved per year32.5 hrs
Value saved per year$2,113

Limitations & Workarounds

We believe in honest capability disclosure. Here is where SplitForge Excel Column Extractor has real limits — and what to do about them.

Performance FAQs

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