| Retrieval method | Image category | Retrieval time (S) | 3,000 images | 6,000 images | 15,000 images | 30,000 images |
| Means | 10 | 16 | 52 | 1,766 | 6,258 | 20 | 16 | 53 | 1,772 | 6,297 | 50 | 19 | 53 | 1,785 | 6,322 | 100 | 23 | 57 | 1,809 | 6,413 |
| -Means | 10 | 16 | 50 | 1,752 | 6,259 | 20 | 17 | 51 | 1,770 | 6,295 | 50 | 18 | 53 | 1,784 | 6,319 | 100 | 22 | 56 | 1,801 | 6,410 |
| Global -Means | 10 | 14 | 51 | 1,750 | 6,264 | 20 | 14 | 54 | 1,776 | 6,294 | 50 | 17 | 56 | 1,788 | 6,320 | 100 | 22 | 59 | 1,800 | 6,408 |
| -Means++ | 10 | 15 | 47 | 1,758 | 6,253 | 20 | 15 | 49 | 1,769 | 6,282 | 50 | 18 | 53 | 1,783 | 6,318 | 100 | 23 | 55 | 1,803 | 6,411 |
| Parallel -Means++ (using 4 slave nodes) | 10 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 43 | 101 | 20 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 45 | 106 | 50 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 48 | 109 | 100 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 50 | 112 |
| The proposed method (using 4 slave nodes) | 10 | 0.79 | 1.3 | 10 | 65 | 20 | 0.80 | 1.5 | 11 | 68 | 50 | 0.83 | 2.0 | 14 | 69 | 100 | 0.84 | 2.7 | 15 | 71 |
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