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
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.
| Container | Singleton | Transient | Combined | Complex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | 41 49 |
49 59 |
69 76 |
99 103 |
| abioc 0.8.0 | 26 43 |
33 56 |
51 82 |
67 78 |
| Autofac 7.0.1 | 1010 590 |
969 659 |
3118 1917 |
8470 5543 |
| Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2 | 465 270 |
533 322 |
1583 906 |
7403 3712 |
| Catel 5.12.22 | 250 296 |
3979 4314 |
8954 9876 |
25104 23025 |
| DryIoc 4.8.5 | 63 54 |
73 73 |
89 100 |
110 101 |
| DryIocZero 4.0.0 | 110 96 |
88 89 |
98 105 |
220 169 |
| Dynamo 3.0.2 | 95 70 |
104 86 |
207 158 |
685 381 |
| Faster.Ioc 1.0.0 | 25 46 |
72 62 |
67 82 |
139 93 |
| Grace 7.2.1 | 20 31 |
39 55 |
52 84 |
73 83 |
| Lamar 8.0.1 | 61 63 |
86 83 |
117 110 |
130 127 |
| LightInject 6.6.4 | 51 52 |
62 59 |
113 102 |
230 195 |
| Maestro 3.6.6 | 386 269 |
342 241 |
580 438 |
1411 1097 |
| Mef 4.0.0.0 | 22679 11820 |
37640 25052 |
57462 68730* |
112712* 131716* |
| Mef2 7.0.0.0 | 298 235 |
327 176 |
327 248 |
621 410 |
| MicroResolver 2.3.5 | 25 39 |
34 59 |
55 77 |
92 89 |
| Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 7.0.0 | 68 58 |
96 79 |
110 106 |
131 112 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 17.6.17 | 10905 12502 |
33562 21704 |
66196* 25605 |
60406* 55918 |
| Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0 | 102 138 |
409 715 |
2052 2590 |
9348 11352 |
| MvvmCross 8.0.2 | 205 251 |
1318 1402 |
3316 3726 |
8677 9516 |
| Ninject 3.3.6 | 3809 4583 |
13588 11986 |
37822 28199 |
105486* 79549* |
| Pure.DI 2.0.0 | 29 33 |
40 62 |
61 88 |
105 104 |
| Rezolver 2.1.0 | 121 100 |
137 126 |
194 171 |
328 238 |
| SimpleInjector 5.4.1 | 87 67 |
71 91 |
152 129 |
233 179 |
| Singularity 0.18.0 | 24 39 |
39 59 |
66 82 |
76 84 |
| Spring.NET 3.0.2 | 565 451 |
3022 1649 |
9816 6870 |
28453 21414 |
| Stashbox 5.11.0 | 40 47 |
57 69 |
78 94 |
127 111 |
| StructureMap 4.7.1 | 1121 717 |
1281 856 |
3410 2166 |
8312 6052 |
| Unity 5.11.10 | 216 148 |
1443 835 |
3326 1995 |
9503 4739 |
| Windsor 6.0.0 | 549 533 |
2065 1168 |
6572 5948 |
20046 18318 |
| ZenIoc 1.0.1 | 306 198 |
267 188 |
674 440 |
1809 1103 |
| Zenject 8.0.0 | 479 448 |
1370 1070 |
3689 3065 |
11142 10106 |
| 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 0.8.0 | 799 506 |
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| Autofac 7.0.1 | 9031 5468 |
2319 1330 |
11000 6339 |
2085 1423 |
74767* 57993 |
44266 37346 |
24279 13732 |
| Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2 | 9157 4733 |
5965 3393 |
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| Catel 5.12.22 | 8872 9710 |
3937 4257 |
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| DryIoc 4.8.5 | 144 131 |
86 88 |
294 219 |
81 79 |
1379 1005 |
835 555 |
|
| DryIocZero 4.0.0 | 294 205 |
92 92 |
302 229 |
380 270 |
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| Dynamo 3.0.2 | 828 455 |
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| Faster.Ioc 1.0.0 | 95 87 |
388 287 |
107 66 |
797 635 |
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| Grace 7.2.1 | 101 112 |
50 80 |
257 210 |
45 70 |
50375 32231 |
657 674 |
827 571 |
| Lamar 8.0.1 | 133 98 |
106 108 |
634 432 |
4753 4323 |
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| LightInject 6.6.4 | 259 142 |
53 69 |
309 280 |
494 273 |
2098 1711 |
1921 1005 |
|
| Maestro 3.6.6 | 3886 2438 |
419 318 |
1272 843 |
10764 8560 |
6757 3630 |
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| Mef 4.0.0.0 | 124500* 133833* |
137086* 114221* |
97231* 100896* |
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| Mef2 7.0.0.0 | 1337 921 |
273 195 |
1851 813 |
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| MicroResolver 2.3.5 | 39 62 |
262 195 |
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| Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 7.0.0 | 117 94 |
363 242 |
4263 2412 |
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| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 17.6.17 | 47046 34542 |
45837 38733 |
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| Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0 | 436 705 |
9749 7094 |
4370 3103 |
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| MvvmCross 8.0.2 | 1310 1415 |
6576 7299 |
4968 3230 |
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| Ninject 3.3.6 | 78292* 60394* |
28241 20249 |
92792* 68004* |
24794 18311 |
78784000* 45766768* |
22231 19065 |
|
| Pure.DI 2.0.0 | 75 63 |
86 78 |
328 272 |
85 71 |
249 192 |
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| Rezolver 2.1.0 | 520 385 |
183 145 |
669 408 |
9589857* 5697265* |
86587* 56374 |
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| SimpleInjector 5.4.1 | 366 204 |
99 103 |
755 738 |
85 83 |
5503 4220 |
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| Singularity 0.18.0 | 54 80 |
241 193 |
631 652 |
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| Spring.NET 3.0.2 | 21087 16280 |
21268 15259 |
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| Stashbox 5.11.0 | 148 181 |
108 97 |
542 509 |
74 83 |
871072* 663243* |
2098 1280 |
917 643 |
| StructureMap 4.7.1 | 8697 5284 |
2271 1460 |
8399 5170 |
3215578* 1887211* |
65269* 41725 |
7859 4464 |
|
| Unity 5.11.10 | 9045 5814 |
9842 6443 |
17755 12048 |
3547 2046 |
147355* 74313* |
61350* 39009 |
56226 31096 |
| Windsor 6.0.0 | 38349 32062 |
16588 12021 |
17909 14575 |
252113* 175868* |
16722 11052 |
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| ZenIoc 1.0.1 | 264 195 |
276 209 |
704 488 |
314 222 |
602490* 471765* |
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| Zenject 8.0.0 | 15829 13135 |
9021 6513 |
17932 12687 |
3082 2428 |
22250 18595 |
| Container | Prepare And Register | Prepare And Register And Simple Resolve |
|---|---|---|
| No | 2 |
2 |
| abioc 0.8.0 | 6327 |
6556 |
| Autofac 7.0.1 | 359 |
367 |
| Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2 | 55 |
56 |
| Catel 5.12.22 | 11925 |
9956 |
| DryIoc 4.8.5 | 56 |
64 |
| DryIocZero 4.0.0 | 0 |
1 |
| Dynamo 3.0.2 | 16240 |
16527 |
| Faster.Ioc 1.0.0 | 51 |
1283 |
| Grace 7.2.1 | 157 |
966 |
| Lamar 8.0.1 | 2516 |
3044 |
| LightInject 6.6.4 | 127 |
2146 |
| Maestro 3.6.6 | 128 |
144 |
| Mef 4.0.0.0 | 17 |
2299 |
| Mef2 7.0.0.0 | 6114 |
6957 |
| MicroResolver 2.3.5 | 27322 |
67518 |
| Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 7.0.0 | 22 |
35 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 17.6.17 | 9311 |
11123 |
| Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0 | 15 |
19 |
| MvvmCross 8.0.2 | 10 |
16 |
| Ninject 3.3.6 | 134240* |
112279* |
| Pure.DI 2.0.0 | 0 |
|
| Rezolver 2.1.0 | 20835 |
27706 |
| SimpleInjector 5.4.1 | 825 |
3214 |
| Singularity 0.18.0 | 314 |
874 |
| Spring.NET 3.0.2 | 15929 |
17596 |
| Stashbox 5.11.0 | 202 |
1113 |
| StructureMap 4.7.1 | 1325 |
7389 |
| Unity 5.11.10 | 122 |
287 |
| Windsor 6.0.0 | 3927 |
2927 |
| ZenIoc 1.0.1 | 77 |
964 |
| Zenject 8.0.0 | 199 |
201 |
The benchmark was executed on the following machine:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6260U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15,89GB