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 6.4.0 | 820 589 |
970 663 |
2648 1675 |
8048 5021 |
| 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 6.6.1 | 40 49 |
53 60 |
85 91 |
167 128 |
| 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 6.0.0.0 | 217 152 |
210 162 |
322 268 |
724 416 |
| MicroResolver 2.3.5 | 25 39 |
34 59 |
55 77 |
92 89 |
| Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 6.0.0 | 65 57 |
108 82 |
108 109 |
150 115 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 17.2.41 | 9738 5088 |
13203 9883 |
20881 16572 |
55582 49981 |
| 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 1.1.55 | 24 36 |
38 60 |
62 81 |
80 91 |
| 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 3.0.0 | 553 446 |
2533 1535 |
8190 5084 |
23729 15167 |
| Stashbox 5.4.3 | 62 61 |
112 68 |
85 113 |
186 167 |
| 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 5.1.2 | 473 406 |
2815 1308 |
9305 4215 |
21281 12262 |
| 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 6.4.0 | 8548 7022 |
2059 1481 |
10702 5475 |
2258 1645 |
75196* 69767* |
45323 39283 |
22455 14802 |
| 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 6.6.1 | 195 214 |
85 83 |
384 244 |
454 281 |
2246 1488 |
1484 1040 |
|
| 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 6.0.0.0 | 1390 928 |
363 223 |
1212 811 |
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| MicroResolver 2.3.5 | 39 62 |
262 195 |
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| Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 6.0.0 | 108 101 |
336 251 |
3725 2785 |
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| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 17.2.41 | 44751 52108 |
85109* 40759 |
|||||
| 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 1.1.55 | 47 68 |
57 100 |
201 174 |
52 71 |
242 227 |
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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 3.0.0 | 18982 11962 |
18461 11065 |
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| Stashbox 5.4.3 | 221 189 |
61 87 |
366 230 |
61 73 |
795236* 419952* |
1926 2247 |
1774 740 |
| 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 5.1.2 | 44988 24115 |
25168 10238 |
19471 10795 |
300485* 157429* |
15799 11699 |
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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 6.4.0 | 386 |
425 |
| 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 6.6.1 | 123 |
2232 |
| Maestro 3.6.6 | 128 |
144 |
| Mef 4.0.0.0 | 17 |
2299 |
| Mef2 6.0.0.0 | 4978 |
7954 |
| MicroResolver 2.3.5 | 27322 |
67518 |
| Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 6.0.0 | 42 |
70 |
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 17.2.41 | 15753 |
10223 |
| Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0 | 15 |
19 |
| MvvmCross 8.0.2 | 10 |
16 |
| Ninject 3.3.6 | 134240* |
112279* |
| Pure.DI 1.1.55 | 0 |
|
| Rezolver 2.1.0 | 20835 |
27706 |
| SimpleInjector 5.4.1 | 825 |
3214 |
| Singularity 0.18.0 | 314 |
874 |
| Spring.NET 3.0.0 | 14198 |
14141 |
| Stashbox 5.4.3 | 46 |
1929 |
| StructureMap 4.7.1 | 1325 |
7389 |
| Unity 5.11.10 | 122 |
287 |
| Windsor 5.1.2 | 2993 |
3344 |
| 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