DI Container Benchmarks

Here are the latest results as run on my workstation on June 10th 2017 using the Default workload.

Transient

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.10.8, OS=Windows 10.0.16215
Processor=Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU 2.80GHz (Kaby Lake), ProcessorCount=8
Frequency=2742190 Hz, Resolution=364.6720 ns, Timer=TSC
dotnet cli version=1.0.4
  [Host]     : .NET Core 4.6.25211.01, 64bit RyuJIT
  DefaultJob : .NET Core 4.6.25211.01, 64bit RyuJIT

Method	Mean	Error	StdDev	Scaled	ScaledSD	Gen 0	Gen 1	Gen 2	Allocated
Direct	4.512 ns	0.0941 ns	0.0881 ns	1.00	0.00	0.0076	-	-	24 B
LightInject	25.315 ns	0.4641 ns	0.4341 ns	5.61	0.14	0.0076	-	-	24 B
SimpleInjector	36.741 ns	0.1401 ns	0.1242 ns	8.15	0.16	0.0076	-	-	24 B
AspNetCore	56.711 ns	0.9524 ns	0.8909 ns	12.57	0.30	0.0075	-	-	24 B
Autofac	591.880 ns	11.2693 ns	12.0580 ns	131.21	3.59	0.2384	-	-	752 B
StructureMap	691.827 ns	11.7574 ns	10.9979 ns	153.37	3.73	0.3271	-	-	1032 B
Ninject	4,161.172 ns	123.1015 ns	353.2013 ns	922.50	79.82	0.6411	0.1566	0.0002	2029 B

Singleton

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.10.8, OS=Windows 10.0.16215
Processor=Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU 2.80GHz (Kaby Lake), ProcessorCount=8
Frequency=2742190 Hz, Resolution=364.6720 ns, Timer=TSC
dotnet cli version=1.0.4
  [Host]     : .NET Core 4.6.25211.01, 64bit RyuJIT
  DefaultJob : .NET Core 4.6.25211.01, 64bit RyuJIT

Method	Mean	Error	StdDev	Scaled	ScaledSD	Gen 0	Allocated
Direct	3.219 ns	0.0794 ns	0.0743 ns	1.00	0.00	-	0 B
LightInject	23.700 ns	0.3134 ns	0.2931 ns	7.37	0.19	-	0 B
SimpleInjector	33.328 ns	0.3590 ns	0.3358 ns	10.36	0.25	-	0 B
AspNetCore	48.447 ns	0.1155 ns	0.1024 ns	15.06	0.34	-	0 B
Autofac	428.207 ns	2.1042 ns	1.8653 ns	133.09	3.06	0.2031	640 B
StructureMap	554.750 ns	11.1758 ns	10.4538 ns	172.42	5.01	0.3557	1120 B
Ninject	1,126.700 ns	6.0723 ns	4.7409 ns	350.18	8.04	0.3376	1064 B

Combined (resolving a transient containing one transient and one singleton)

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.10.8, OS=Windows 10.0.16215
Processor=Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU 2.80GHz (Kaby Lake), ProcessorCount=8
Frequency=2742190 Hz, Resolution=364.6720 ns, Timer=TSC
dotnet cli version=1.0.4
  [Host]     : .NET Core 4.6.25211.01, 64bit RyuJIT
  DefaultJob : .NET Core 4.6.25211.01, 64bit RyuJIT

Method	Mean	Error	StdDev	Scaled	ScaledSD	Gen 0	Gen 1	Gen 2	Allocated
Direct	13.16 ns	0.1354 ns	0.1201 ns	1.00	0.00	0.0178	-	-	56 B
LightInject	34.42 ns	0.3425 ns	0.3204 ns	2.62	0.03	0.0178	-	-	56 B
SimpleInjector	48.50 ns	0.2947 ns	0.2461 ns	3.69	0.04	0.0178	-	-	56 B
AspNetCore	71.68 ns	0.9382 ns	0.8317 ns	5.45	0.08	0.0178	-	-	56 B
Autofac	1,497.05 ns	4.9088 ns	4.0991 ns	113.79	1.05	0.5741	-	-	1808 B
StructureMap	1,882.80 ns	37.5787 ns	82.4862 ns	143.11	6.34	0.6294	-	-	1984 B
Ninject	10,557.99 ns	213.5191 ns	619.4577 ns	802.48	47.38	1.7860	0.4425	0.0008	5666 B