Benchmark

Colfer's own benchmarks use the following 4 data samples.

var testData = []*Colfer{
	{Key: 1234567890, Host: "db003lz12", Port: 389, Size: 452, Hash: 0x488b5c2428488918, Ratio: 0.99, Route: true},
	{Key: 1234567891, Host: "localhost", Port: 22, Size: 4096, Hash: 0x243048899c24c824, Ratio: 0.20, Route: false},
	{Key: 1234567892, Host: "kdc.local", Port: 88, Size: 1984, Hash: 0x000048891c24485c, Ratio: 0.06, Route: false},
	{Key: 1234567893, Host: "vhost8.dmz.example.com", Port: 27017, Size: 59741, Hash: 0x5c2408488b9c2489, Ratio: 0.0, Route: true},
}

Results

The following results come from an Apple M1 [iMac].

C

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Benchmark                         Time             CPU   Iterations
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BM_marshal_colfer              9.19 ns         9.19 ns     76055542
BM_unmarshal_colfer            18.0 ns         18.0 ns     39832929
BM_marshal_protobuf            22.9 ns         22.9 ns     30565417
BM_unmarshal_protobuf          40.8 ns         40.8 ns     17051087
BM_marshal_flatbuffers         62.4 ns         62.4 ns     11215612
BM_unmarshal_flatbuffers       6.69 ns         6.69 ns    104713608

flatc version 23.5.26
libprotoc 24.4
Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.0.40.1)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin22.6.0
Thread model: posix

Colfer version 2 preview:

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Benchmark                         Time             CPU   Iterations
-------------------------------------------------------------------
BM_marshal_colfer              5.63 ns         5.63 ns    123863114
BM_unmarshal_colfer            13.3 ns         13.3 ns     54924361
BM_marshal_protobuf            22.9 ns         22.9 ns     30643424
BM_unmarshal_protobuf          40.6 ns         40.6 ns     17170288
BM_marshal_flatbuffers         62.3 ns         62.3 ns     11615751
BM_unmarshal_flatbuffers       6.66 ns         6.66 ns    105008926

flatc version 23.5.26
libprotoc 24.4
Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.0.40.1)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin22.6.0
Thread model: posix

Go

Ran with github.com/gogo/protobuf version 1.3.2, and github.com/google/flatbuffers version 23.3.3.

goos: darwin
goarch: arm64
pkg: github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/go/bench
BenchmarkMarshal/colfer-8   	33934717	        35.08 ns/op	      48 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMarshal/protobuf-8 	34227038	        34.89 ns/op	      52 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMarshal/flatbuf-8  	 3670617	       325.6 ns/op	     472 B/op	      12 allocs/op
BenchmarkUnmarshal/colfer-8 	26597144	        44.85 ns/op	      82 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkUnmarshal/protobuf-8         	19887867	        60.01 ns/op	      82 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkUnmarshal/flatbuf-8          	18122496	        66.11 ns/op	      82 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkMarshalReuse/colfer-8        	56420584	        20.95 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMarshalReuse/protobuf-8      	48963435	        24.38 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMarshalReuse/flatbuf-8       	11152372	       107.8 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
BenchmarkUnmarshalReuse/colfer-8      	47870032	        24.80 ns/op	      18 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkUnmarshalReuse/protobuf-8    	29596926	        40.33 ns/op	      18 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkUnmarshalReuse/flatbuf-8     	25561395	        46.85 ns/op	      18 B/op	       1 allocs/op
PASS
ok  	github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/go/bench	16.053s

go version go1.20.2 darwin/arm64
libprotoc 3.21.12
flatc version 23.3.3

Colfer version 2 preview:

goos: darwin
goarch: arm64
pkg: github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/go/bench/poc
BenchmarkMarshalTo-8   	183998360	         6.201 ns/op
BenchmarkUnmarshal-8   	57666315	        18.74 ns/op

Java

20M marshals avg 23ns
20M marshals with buffer reuse avg 17ns
20M unmarshals avg 26ns

java version "20" 2023-03-21
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 20+36-2344)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20+36-2344, mixed mode, sharing)

JavaScript

marshal Colfer x 855,501 ops/sec ±0.15% (96 runs sampled)
unmarshal Colfer x 427,574 ops/sec ±0.13% (100 runs sampled)
marshal JSON x 551,876 ops/sec ±0.24% (96 runs sampled)
unmarshal JSON x 458,536 ops/sec ±0.21% (95 runs sampled)

Node version: v19.8.1

Others

• @alecthomas's Go serialization benchmarks GitHub
• @eishay's JVM serializers GitHub wiki
• @smallnest's Golang Serializer Benchmark Comparison GitHub