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 3 minutes and result is extrapolated.
OoM: Benchmark was stopped after an OutOfMemoryException was thrown.
Error: Benchmark was stopped after an Exception was thrown.

Basic Features

Container	Singleton	Transient	Combined	Complex
No	108 78	126 116	147 168	222 206
Autofac 3.5.2	893 723	2568 2571	6407 4071	18191 11244
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	538 353	670 405	1867 1085	7969 4632
Catel 4.0.0	339 408	5262 6654	13926 16622	36149 39037
DryIoc 1.4.1	31 48	42 57	56 83	92 81
Dynamo 3.0.2.0	105 80	134 103	234 162	823 493
fFastInjector 0.8.1	105 81	143 120	194 143	295 203
Funq 1.0.0.0	149 111	181 132	451 338	1327 852
Grace 2.4.2	188 127	303 294	907 926	2061 1291
Griffin 1.1.2	374 231	377 243	971 573	2813 1548
HaveBox 2.0.0	91 76	110 95	122 87	222 194
Hiro 1.0.4.41795	207 140	209 146	219 154	290 199
IfInjector 0.8.1	108 86	144 115	180 142	233 166
LightCore 1.5.1	203 171	3364 1998	34315 34496	193101* 205435*
LightInject 3.0.2.0	34 44	46 61	69 76	88 84
LinFu 2.3.0.41559	4163 2443	24399 16041	64412 41898	170694 104578
Maestro 1.5.0	993 631	1046 685	1718 917	4534 3592
Mef 4.0.0.0	34967 19746	53521 31946	87598 65396	175864 169289
Mef2 1.0.27.0	295 201	290 204	379 439	633 403
MicroSliver 2.1.6.0	566 303	818 543	2901 1802	8322 8170
Mugen 3.5.1	459 359	810 582	2380 1666	9042 6674
Munq 3.1.6	111 79	283 192	751 454	2389 1482
Ninject 3.2.2.0	7259 4486	24276 15296	69214 39610	191033* 117563
Petite 0.3.2	6626 4071	5546 3373	6971 4657	8246 6118
QuickInject 1.0.0.12	180 173	198 169	295 259	671 637
SimpleInjector 2.6.1	63 68	99 84	121 105	171 129
Spring.NET 1.3.2	1046 808	16566 10128	45510 29798	117230 75645
StructureMap 3.1.4.143	2531 2831	2787 2845	8181 8274	19198 20205
StyleMVVM 3.1.5	656 454	543 383	833 527	2170 2363
TinyIoC 1.2	421 323	2705 1698	13719 6623	44567 28659
Unity 3.5.1404.0	2873 3812	7182 3038	15294 8012	39116 21296
Windsor 3.3.0	519 383	2626 3658	8893 4861	26098 16700

Advanced Features

Container	Property	Generics	IEnumerable	Conditional	Child Container	Interception With Proxy
No	348 176	107 106	275 177	214 180	1899 524	88 106
Autofac 3.5.2	32706 20892	5158 3346	17288 12199		108964 86101	51505 37712
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	10427 6064		7758 4514
Catel 4.0.0		16803 26672				9122 5947
DryIoc 1.4.1	97 87	64 70	318 225	68 69
Dynamo 3.0.2.0	855 519
fFastInjector 0.8.1
Funq 1.0.0.0	1299 789
Grace 2.4.2	2828 1589	707 467	2601 1645	805 536	17498 10605	8723 5580
Griffin 1.1.2
HaveBox 2.0.0	1119 697		2252 1373			868 538
Hiro 1.0.4.41795	3104 1931
IfInjector 0.8.1	385 269	170 131
LightCore 1.5.1	2487 1843	23120 15653	52456 31250
LightInject 3.0.2.0	92 84	63 72	360 249	69 71		1825 1345
LinFu 2.3.0.41559
Maestro 1.5.0	9514 2744	1036 655	5297 2919	1306 801		11811 6419
Mef 4.0.0.0	180329* 178984	198621* 151746	137126 140873
Mef2 1.0.27.0	1383 887	313 228	2587 2518
MicroSliver 2.1.6.0
Mugen 3.5.1	11883 7521	71914 76734	6944 7444	2060 1369	706941* OoM	5051527* Error
Munq 3.1.6	1899 1169
Ninject 3.2.2.0	165177 106569	67347 42019	151450 96672	53576 31926	45724250* 37677615*	36162 22413
Petite 0.3.2	6297 3789
QuickInject 1.0.0.12	204 182				1280234* 919692*
SimpleInjector 2.6.1	268 194	102 91	1214 597	222 169		8573 5065
Spring.NET 1.3.2	103584 66296					77502 43561
StructureMap 3.1.4.143	18987 19486	5485 8342	17175 18164		3921913* 2703535*	18162 12085
StyleMVVM 3.1.5	2391 1093	1407 881	3703 4850	1598 965
TinyIoC 1.2	5275 5538				17576 11517
Unity 3.5.1404.0	40234 21537		65395 41530		53041 31885	128682 82599
Windsor 3.3.0	52083 32659	27157 17004	26641 13537		340330* Error	21772 13042

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