What's the fastest method for drawing one image over another?

[Airon65]

Now I use:

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image2.compose( image1, x, y, Magick::OverCompositeOp );

Is there a faster way for drawing one image over another than the compose? I really need it
Image2 is always bigger than image1. Image1 places at the center of the image2.

ImageMagick 7.0.5-2 Q16 x86_64 2017-03-11

[snibgo]

If the two images are close to the same size, I doubt if any other technique is much faster. If the images are very different sizes, perhaps another method such as DrawableCompositeImage is faster.

[Airon65]

I've checked out these methods and they are give me following results on the same image:

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>>>>>> composite: 0.096247 sec.
>>>>>> DrawableCompositeImage: 0.758551 sec.

Seems that DrawableCompositeImage more than 7 times slower than composite one I've checked it using 100 attempts for composite and DrawableCompositeImage.

My ENV is: macOS 10.12.3, poor Core2duo CPU (without CUDA enabled because I have integrated GPU ).