/IocPerformance

Performance comparison of .NET IoC containers

Primary LanguageC#Apache License 2.0Apache-2.0

Ioc Performance

Source code of my performance comparison of the most popular .NET IoC containers:
www.palmmedia.de/Blog/2011/8/30/ioc-container-benchmark-performance-comparison

Author: Daniel Palme
Blog: www.palmmedia.de
Twitter: @danielpalme

Results

Explantions

First value: Time of single-threaded execution in [ms]
Second value: Time of multi-threaded execution in [ms]
*: Benchmark was stopped after 1 minute and result is extrapolated.

Basic Features

Container Singleton Transient Combined Complex
No 41
49
49
59
69
76
99
103
abioc 0.7.0 27
38
32
54
48
73
64
71
Autofac 4.8.1 908
914
804
818
1917
2140
6597
7581
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2 465
270
533
322
1583
906
7403
3712
Catel 5.5.0 401
496
5140
5927
10930
13791
25721
32013
Cauldron.Activator 3.0.29 37
48
43
61
90
106
184
145
DryIoc 3.0.0 32
46
43
64
57
88
67
79
DryIocZero 4.0.0-preview-15 110
99
90
94
96
110
219
170
Dynamo 3.0.2 95
70
104
86
207
158
685
381
fFastInjector 1.0.1 66
66
126
99
249
171
602
350
Funq 1.0.0.0 118
90
137
110
381
251
1124
616
Grace 6.4.0 28
43
41
53
60
75
73
100
Griffin 1.1.9 300
205
318
226
719
476
2004
1228
HaveBox 2.0.0 40
48
51
62
65
88
103
95
IfInjector 0.8.1 75
60
128
97
145
124
197
135
LightCore 1.5.1 184
189
2191
1301
26718
31570
151128*
188142*
LightInject 5.1.4 31
44
36
60
54
81
66
82
LinFu 2.3.0.41559 3167
1709
16506
11878
45492
29568
116514*
76757*
Maestro 1.5.4 356
254
1755
2906
2437
1743
4342
2528
Mef 4.0.0.0 22679
11820
37640
25052
57462
68730*
112712*
131716*
Mef2 1.0.33.0 276
260
341
265
425
374
901
654
MicroResolver 2.3.5 25
39
34
59
55
77
92
89
MicroSliver 2.1.6 192
232
742
619
2394
1786
7159
6162
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.1.1 81
69
116
106
152
134
199
152
Mugen 3.5.1 484
444
711
751
2285
2494
8297
9494
Munq 3.1.6 90
75
161
107
517
417
1812
1050
MvvmCross 6.1.2 233
285
962
1011
2617
2855
7756
8181
Ninject 3.3.4 3473
2563
8686
6969
23529
17635
63579*
49285
Rezolver 1.3.3 170
153
207
186
255
238
428
390
SimpleInjector 4.3.0 74
77
100
90
111
109
119
126
Spring.NET 2.0.1 950
987
9711
11447
26941
23873
74745*
57777
Stashbox 2.6.0 31
45
45
62
56
89
74
81
StructureMap 4.6.1 1169
739
1367
922
3741
2261
9203
5407
Unity 5.8.6 302
281
437
405
1282
1095
3962
3553
Windsor 4.1.0 459
289
1772
1050
6018
3601
19319
10972

Advanced Features

Container Property Generics IEnumerable Conditional Child Container Asp Net Core Interception With Proxy
No 186
134
70
75
193
176
53
63
644
596

469
438
abioc 0.7.0

743
453




Autofac 4.8.1 6299
8246
1982
2161
7889
8397
1311
1544
70219*
55666
16308
16321
23726
16331
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2 9157
4733

5965
3393




Catel 5.5.0
10866
13647




4954
10575
Cauldron.Activator 3.0.29 51
66
77
84
325
232



650
434
DryIoc 3.0.0 115
117
56
77
270
200
50
69

1018
664
826
508
DryIocZero 4.0.0-preview-15 286
200
87
91
307
281
403
278



Dynamo 3.0.2 828
455






fFastInjector 1.0.1






Funq 1.0.0.0 1090
639






Grace 6.4.0 108
126
49
67
357
360
68
67
47907
30596
522
417
854
572
Griffin 1.1.9






HaveBox 2.0.0 741
443

1860
1198



774
509
IfInjector 0.8.1 345
227
147
120





LightCore 1.5.1 2289
1755
15862
14477
34754
20480




LightInject 5.1.4 110
110
51
81
257
199
308
215

2355
1794
1347
795
LinFu 2.3.0.41559






Maestro 1.5.4 4502
2616
2103
2128
4443
2483
2186
1691


7591
4418
Mef 4.0.0.0 124500*
133833*
137086*
114221*
97231*
100896*




Mef2 1.0.33.0 1525
1272
310
299
1554
1273




MicroResolver 2.3.5 39
62

262
195




MicroSliver 2.1.6






Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.1.1
141
135
411
291


1004
676

Mugen 3.5.1 10005
8348
72189*
72787*
5619
7027
1824
1883
550418*
335171*

13742
16268
Munq 3.1.6 1536
847






MvvmCross 6.1.2 948
1034
6458
7098


4175
2825


Ninject 3.3.4 62765*
47908
24256
15895
64193*
49074
19294
12954
73303000*
50234113*

20215
15029
Rezolver 1.3.3 553
482
233
228
10897
8336

9544000*
6972002*
10816
9875

SimpleInjector 4.3.0 191
207
96
118
905
776
87
88


7841
6132
Spring.NET 2.0.1 52419
51992





43647
43419
Stashbox 2.6.0 109
115
54
68
276
211
47
67
284231*
205433*
760
887
859
557
StructureMap 4.6.1 9409
5581
2543
1599
9224
5432

3389333*
1980624*
48834
28827
8300
4778
Unity 5.8.6 4097
3333
1396
1210
4815
4031
1042
861
7035
9942
16895
18546

Windsor 4.1.0 39708
20526
15333
8640
15709
9482

236090*
136957*

16538
7592

Prepare

Container Prepare And Register Prepare And Register And Simple Resolve
No 2
2
abioc 0.7.0 5672
6613
Autofac 4.8.1 421
445
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2 55
56
Catel 5.5.0 9507
10047
Cauldron.Activator 3.0.29 0
0
DryIoc 3.0.0 59
222
DryIocZero 4.0.0-preview-15 0
1
Dynamo 3.0.2 16240
16527
fFastInjector 1.0.1 6390
6336
Funq 1.0.0.0 8
8
Grace 6.4.0 145
809
Griffin 1.1.9 8387
8960
HaveBox 2.0.0 54925
55463
IfInjector 0.8.1 1397
2016
LightCore 1.5.1 226
204
LightInject 5.1.4 104
626
LinFu 2.3.0.41559 107
338
Maestro 1.5.4 172
747
Mef 4.0.0.0 17
2299
Mef2 1.0.33.0 6053
7259
MicroResolver 2.3.5 27322
67518
MicroSliver 2.1.6 12
17
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.1.1 22
28
Mugen 3.5.1 424
1820
Munq 3.1.6 9079
9500
MvvmCross 6.1.2 15
13
Ninject 3.3.4 130706*
126470*
Rezolver 1.3.3 13353
19672
SimpleInjector 4.3.0 771
3503
Spring.NET 2.0.1 25014
24884
Stashbox 2.6.0 73
463
StructureMap 4.6.1 1536
7909
Unity 5.8.6 84
79
Windsor 4.1.0 3098
3090

Charts

Basic features Advanced features Prepare

Machine

The benchmark was executed on the following machine:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6260U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15,89GB