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 1 minute and result is extrapolated.

Basic Features

Container	Singleton	Transient	Combined	Complex
No	41 49	49 59	69 76	99 103
abioc 0.7.0	27 38	32 54	48 73	64 71
Autofac 4.8.1	908 914	804 818	1917 2140	6597 7581
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	465 270	533 322	1583 906	7403 3712
Catel 5.6.0	272 320	4289 4943	10216 10914	23461 25560
Cauldron.Activator 3.0.32	41 54	52 62	95 98	176 143
DryIoc 3.0.2	32 47	43 63	57 88	75 81
DryIocZero 4.0.0	110 96	88 89	98 105	220 169
Dynamo 3.0.2	95 70	104 86	207 158	685 381
fFastInjector 1.0.1	66 66	126 99	249 171	602 350
Funq 1.0.0.0	118 90	137 110	381 251	1124 616
Grace 6.4.1	27 43	35 66	60 91	97 87
Griffin 1.1.9	300 205	318 226	719 476	2004 1228
HaveBox 2.0.0	40 48	51 62	65 88	103 95
IfInjector 0.8.1	75 60	128 97	145 124	197 135
Lamar 1.1.1	62 61	93 92	110 112	137 120
LightCore 1.5.1	184 189	2191 1301	26718 31570	151128* 188142*
LightInject 5.1.8	25 43	34 60	52 82	70 79
LinFu 2.3.0.41559	3167 1709	16506 11878	45492 29568	116514* 76757*
Maestro 1.5.4	356 254	1755 2906	2437 1743	4342 2528
Mef 4.0.0.0	22679 11820	37640 25052	57462 68730*	112712* 131716*
Mef2 1.0.33.0	276 260	341 265	425 374	901 654
MicroResolver 2.3.5	25 39	34 59	55 77	92 89
MicroSliver 2.1.6	192 232	742 619	2394 1786	7159 6162
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.1.1	86 81	115 106	163 136	197 158
Mugen 3.5.1	484 444	711 751	2285 2494	8297 9494
Munq 3.1.6	90 75	161 107	517 417	1812 1050
MvvmCross 6.1.2	233 285	962 1011	2617 2855	7756 8181
Ninject 3.3.4	3473 2563	8686 6969	23529 17635	63579* 49285
Rezolver 1.3.4	177 136	202 156	265 207	409 271
SimpleInjector 4.3.0	74 77	100 90	111 109	119 126
Spring.NET 2.0.1	950 987	9711 11447	26941 23873	74745* 57777
Stashbox 2.6.1	29 46	41 64	57 89	71 79
StructureMap 4.7.0	1256 838	1418 976	3402 2081	8433 5066
Unity 5.8.6	302 281	437 405	1282 1095	3962 3553
Windsor 4.1.0	459 289	1772 1050	6018 3601	19319 10972

Advanced Features

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 0.7.0			743 453
Autofac 4.8.1	6299 8246	1982 2161	7889 8397	1311 1544	70219* 55666	16308 16321	23726 16331
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	9157 4733		5965 3393
Catel 5.6.0		9740 10567					4349 4795
Cauldron.Activator 3.0.32	54 73	72 79	325 233				655 442
DryIoc 3.0.2	111 113	57 85	273 201	54 69		1000 677	848 542
DryIocZero 4.0.0	294 205	92 92	302 229	380 270
Dynamo 3.0.2	828 455
fFastInjector 1.0.1
Funq 1.0.0.0	1090 639
Grace 6.4.1	124 117	51 83	294 306	56 61	50764 29199	558 407	911 634
Griffin 1.1.9
HaveBox 2.0.0	741 443		1860 1198				774 509
IfInjector 0.8.1	345 227	147 120
Lamar 1.1.1	100 92	106 113	582 384			932 600
LightCore 1.5.1	2289 1755	15862 14477	34754 20480
LightInject 5.1.8	108 115	50 84	270 213	282 197		2619 1994	1385 906
LinFu 2.3.0.41559
Maestro 1.5.4	4502 2616	2103 2128	4443 2483	2186 1691			7591 4418
Mef 4.0.0.0	124500* 133833*	137086* 114221*	97231* 100896*
Mef2 1.0.33.0	1525 1272	310 299	1554 1273
MicroResolver 2.3.5	39 62		262 195
MicroSliver 2.1.6
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.1.1		138 127	417 288			1051 710
Mugen 3.5.1	10005 8348	72189* 72787*	5619 7027	1824 1883	550418* 335171*		13742 16268
Munq 3.1.6	1536 847
MvvmCross 6.1.2	948 1034	6458 7098			4175 2825
Ninject 3.3.4	62765* 47908	24256 15895	64193* 49074	19294 12954	73303000* 50234113*		20215 15029
Rezolver 1.3.4	558 366	236 186	8943 5103		8162125* 4734064*	8679 6836
SimpleInjector 4.3.0	191 207	96 118	905 776	87 88			7841 6132
Spring.NET 2.0.1	52419 51992						43647 43419
Stashbox 2.6.1	104 113	51 79	273 211	60 70	297361* 224992*	851 956	934 701
StructureMap 4.7.0	8664 5149	2337 1469	8317 4945		3145150* 1803094*	40510 25145	7512 4604
Unity 5.8.6	4097 3333	1396 1210	4815 4031	1042 861	7035 9942	16895 18546
Windsor 4.1.0	39708 20526	15333 8640	15709 9482		236090* 136957*		16538 7592

Prepare

Container	Prepare And Register	Prepare And Register And Simple Resolve
No	2	2
abioc 0.7.0	5672	6613
Autofac 4.8.1	421	445
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	55	56
Catel 5.6.0	7589	7883
Cauldron.Activator 3.0.32	0	0
DryIoc 3.0.2	59	217
DryIocZero 4.0.0	0	1
Dynamo 3.0.2	16240	16527
fFastInjector 1.0.1	6390	6336
Funq 1.0.0.0	8	8
Grace 6.4.1	146	776
Griffin 1.1.9	8387	8960
HaveBox 2.0.0	54925	55463
IfInjector 0.8.1	1397	2016
Lamar 1.1.1	1929	314163*
LightCore 1.5.1	226	204
LightInject 5.1.8	108	622
LinFu 2.3.0.41559	107	338
Maestro 1.5.4	172	747
Mef 4.0.0.0	17	2299
Mef2 1.0.33.0	6053	7259
MicroResolver 2.3.5	27322	67518
MicroSliver 2.1.6	12	17
Microsoft Extensions DependencyInjection 2.1.1	24	32
Mugen 3.5.1	424	1820
Munq 3.1.6	9079	9500
MvvmCross 6.1.2	15	13
Ninject 3.3.4	130706*	126470*
Rezolver 1.3.4	10647	16189
SimpleInjector 4.3.0	771	3503
Spring.NET 2.0.1	25014	24884
Stashbox 2.6.1	87	650
StructureMap 4.7.0	1280	7448
Unity 5.8.6	84	79
Windsor 4.1.0	3098	3090

Charts

Machine

The benchmark was executed on the following machine:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6260U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15,89GB