cwrx777 / iocperformance

Performance comparison of .NET IoC containers

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	61 53	68 62	83 103	90 82
abioc 0.7.0	27 38	32 54	48 73	64 71
Autofac 4.6.2	766 650	769 558	1950 1785	6685 6442
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	465 270	533 322	1583 906	7403 3712
Catel 5.2.0	299 327	4165 4575	9855 10911	23025 23582
DryIoc 2.12.7	29 48	43 64	63 92	73 93
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 6.3.1	27 46	35 59	53 83	67 81
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 5.1.2	28 45	36 62	54 82	72 81
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 1.0.32.0	309 217	267 174	363 241	693 411
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 2.0.0	198 223	112 92	301 319	1121 1176
Mugen 3.5.1	484 444	711 751	2285 2494	8297 9494
Munq 3.1.6	90 75	161 107	517 417	1812 1050
Ninject 3.3.4	3473 2563	8686 6969	23529 17635	63579* 49285
Rezolver 1.3.1	147 111	175 130	234 183	391 248
SimpleInjector 4.0.12	64 56	91 74	96 86	126 101
Spring.NET 2.0.1	950 987	9711 11447	26941 23873	74745* 57777
Stashbox 2.5.6	30 46	37 68	55 87	73 84
StructureMap 4.6.1	1169 739	1367 922	3741 2261	9203 5407
Unity 5.5.8	1086 777	2084 1305	5666 3657	16360 11002
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	119 99	73 79	177 139	78 69	606 361		72 65
abioc 0.7.0			743 453
Autofac 4.6.2	6261 6291	1953 1493	7891 6279	1719 1686	56905 35305	14203 12404	23633 12450
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	9157 4733		5965 3393
Catel 5.2.0		10209 10257					4231 4578
DryIoc 2.12.7	108 106	63 84	293 218	65 76			898 563
Dynamo 3.0.2	828 455
fFastInjector 1.0.1
Funq 1.0.0.0	1090 639
Grace 6.3.1	91 101	49 78	287 207	57 71	51061 31231	517 405	896 611
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 5.1.2	96 104	51 82	285 211	351 245		2416 1965	1480 877
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 1.0.32.0	1408 819	309 213	1425 811
MicroResolver 2.3.5	39 62		262 195
MicroSliver 2.1.6
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.0.0		125 108	402 265			1931 1614
Mugen 3.5.1	10005 8348	72189* 72787*	5619 7027	1824 1883	550418* 335171*		13742 16268
Munq 3.1.6	1536 847
Ninject 3.3.4	62765* 47908	24256 15895	64193* 49074	19294 12954	73303000* 50234113*		20215 15029
Rezolver 1.3.1	530 327	201 165	9391 4819		7226777* 3858842*	9039 7341
SimpleInjector 4.0.12	178 138	76 77	778 462	83 81			7097 4028
Spring.NET 2.0.1	52419 51992						43647 43419
Stashbox 2.5.6	109 114	53 83	274 209	62 73	172632* 102173*	655 852	860 574
StructureMap 4.6.1	9409 5581	2543 1599	9224 5432		3389333* 1980624*	48834 28827	8300 4778
Unity 5.5.8	16965 10925	11360 6267	33845 19406	4687 2814	33502 21859	58843 41860
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	3
abioc 0.7.0	5672	6613
Autofac 4.6.2	287	304
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	55	56
Catel 5.2.0	6956	7499
DryIoc 2.12.7	60	245
Dynamo 3.0.2	16240	16527
fFastInjector 1.0.1	6390	6336
Funq 1.0.0.0	8	8
Grace 6.3.1	162	812
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 5.1.2	167	747
LinFu 2.3.0.41559	107	338
Maestro 1.5.4	172	747
Mef 4.0.0.0	17	2299
Mef2 1.0.32.0	5684	6729
MicroResolver 2.3.5	27322	67518
MicroSliver 2.1.6	12	17
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.0.0	21	29
Mugen 3.5.1	424	1820
Munq 3.1.6	9079	9500
Ninject 3.3.4	130706*	126470*
Rezolver 1.3.1	8024	12642
SimpleInjector 4.0.12	618	3126
Spring.NET 2.0.1	25014	24884
Stashbox 2.5.6	71	250
StructureMap 4.6.1	1536	7909
Unity 5.5.8	142	951
Windsor 4.1.0	3098	3090

Charts

Machine

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