diff --git a/benchmark.sh b/benchmark.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 4 ] ; then
+    echo "Compare the speed of two different disasmtool versions"
+    echo "Usage $0 <first disasmtool> <second disasmtool> <input file> <iterations>"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+FIRST=$1
+SECOND=$2
+INPUT=$3
+COUNT=$4
+
+if [ ! -x "$FIRST" ] ; then
+    echo "First program $FIRST does not exist or is not executable"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$SECOND" ] ; then
+    echo "Second program $SECOND does not exist or is not executable"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$INPUT" ] ; then
+    echo "Input file $INPUT does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+case $COUNT in
+    ''|*[!0-9]*) echo "Iteration count $COUNT is not a number" ; exit 1 ;;
+    *) ;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$COUNT" -lt 3 ] ; then
+    echo "ministat requires at least 3 samples"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+FIRSTRESULT="$FIRST.result"
+SECONDRESULT="$SECOND.result"
+
+truncate -s 0 $FIRSTRESULT
+truncate -s 0 $SECONDRESULT
+
+# Make sure all necessary files are in cache
+$FIRST  -f $INPUT -nv > /dev/null
+$SECOND -f $INPUT -nv > /dev/null
+
+for n in `seq 1 $COUNT` ; do
+    echo "$n"
+    $FIRST  -f $INPUT -nv -iv | tee -a $FIRSTRESULT
+    $SECOND -f $INPUT -nv -iv | tee -a $SECONDRESULT
+done
+
+ministat -C 6 $FIRSTRESULT $SECONDRESULT
+echo 'Instructions/second, higher is better'
+if [ "$COUNT" -lt 30 ] ; then
+    echo "Sample count $COUNT was less than 30, results might be unreliable"
+fi