| CPU usage: | MP3; with lyrics | OGG | WMA | AAC-LC |
| LCG | 17 in both back&foreground; 33% with lyrics scrolling | 20 | n/a | WM: n/a; Symbian: unable to play HE-AACv2 files on the v21 Nokia N95 (the current, 2.30 version promised AAC compliance with AAC-capable handsets) |
| MiniLyrics | 26; with manual scrolling, 30% (that is, +~4%) CPU usage. With synched lyrics (scrolling), 38%. | 32 | 26 | 34 (HE-AAC: 32, but useless – based on the same, flawed decoder library as GSPlayer). Note that AAC-LC is also supported on non-PPC PE devices (that is, standalone, phone-less PDA’s). |
| Lyrics Magic | 19 in background, 23 in foreground with peak meter disabled, 33 with the latter enabled. No additional CPU used by lyrics rendering | 24 | n/a | n/a |
| WinVibe | 24 with disabled peak meter both in back&foreground (40% with enabled); showing lyrics doesn’t introduce any additional CPU usage | 24 | n/a | n/a |