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 0.8.0	26 43	33 56	51 82	67 78
Autofac 4.9.4	593 389	754 504	1953 1191	5877 3609
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	465 270	533 322	1583 906	7403 3712
Catel 5.11.2	262 308	4283 4695	9693 10646	22248 24653
DryIoc 4.0.6	33 45	43 74	60 105	80 90
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 7.0.0	25 45	35 55	54 87	68 79
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 3.0.5	60 63	69 76	92 128	115 136
LightCore 1.5.1	184 189	2191 1301	26718 31570	151128* 188142*
LightInject 6.0.0	33 47	37 62	54 86	77 83
LinFu 2.3.0.41559	3167 1709	16506 11878	45492 29568	116514* 76757*
Maestro 3.6.0	329 229	304 215	543 387	1483 962
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 2.2.0	81 69	124 107	148 143	197 159
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 16.3.7	9038 5513	13564 9786	21998 14979	58226 51558
Mugen 3.5.1	484 444	711 751	2285 2494	8297 9494
Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0	102 138	409 715	2052 2590	9348 11352
Munq 3.1.6	90 75	161 107	517 417	1812 1050
MvvmCross 6.3.1	240 283	996 1123	2627 2889	7351 8498
Ninject 3.3.4	3473 2563	8686 6969	23529 17635	63579* 49285
Rezolver 2.0.0	91 98	120 93	174 147	303 231
SimpleInjector 4.7.1	80 77	96 93	128 121	169 144
Singularity 0.14.0	58 53	67 72	85 107	125 113
Spring.NET 2.0.1	950 987	9711 11447	26941 23873	74745* 57777
Stashbox 2.7.8	34 47	46 68	61 86	77 83
StructureMap 4.7.1	1121 717	1281 856	3410 2166	8312 6052
Unity 5.11.1	231 160	1598 926	3599 1995	8365 4647
Windsor 5.0.0	437 350	1821 1108	6402 3712	20536 11821
Zenject 8.0.0	479 448	1370 1070	3689 3065	11142 10106

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 0.8.0			799 506
Autofac 4.9.4	6070 3626	2243 1377	7838 4615	1445 901	84497* 53089	35800 21902	22852 14654
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	9157 4733		5965 3393
Catel 5.11.2		9585 10434					4295 4634
DryIoc 4.0.6	124 117	63 79	302 215	60 76		1879 1331	818 530
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 7.0.0	110 109	50 80	266 201	47 69	52706 30542	786 750	902 602
Griffin 1.1.9
HaveBox 2.0.0	741 443		1860 1198				774 509
IfInjector 0.8.1	345 227	147 120
Lamar 3.0.5	74 80	89 133	519 Error			1667 1563
LightCore 1.5.1	2289 1755	15862 14477	34754 20480
LightInject 6.0.0	115 114	51 81	288 211	411 280		8778 6569	2401 1539
LinFu 2.3.0.41559
Maestro 3.6.0	3402 2335	514 294	1598 1079			9639 7096	10385 3878
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 2.2.0		149 130	430 303			2852 1840
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 16.3.7	44057 32016		40959 34851
Mugen 3.5.1	10005 8348	72189* 72787*	5619 7027	1824 1883	550418* 335171*		13742 16268
Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0	436 705		9749 7094		4370 3103
Munq 3.1.6	1536 847
MvvmCross 6.3.1	1236 1343	6518 6917			4151 2704
Ninject 3.3.4	62765* 47908	24256 15895	64193* 49074	19294 12954	73303000* 50234113*		20215 15029
Rezolver 2.0.0	454 360	139 156	490 354		6570200* 4095208*	59211 33867
SimpleInjector 4.7.1	255 246	123 111	1390 838	78 79			7219 4205
Singularity 0.14.0		92 74	626 416			915 678
Spring.NET 2.0.1	52419 51992						43647 43419
Stashbox 2.7.8	125 119	58 83	304 222	59 69	174697* 99904*	1647 1429	832 554
StructureMap 4.7.1	8697 5284	2271 1460	8399 5170		3215578* 1887211*	65269* 41725	7859 4464
Unity 5.11.1	8560 4885	9191 5255	15421 8702	3319 1861	119255* 70861*	54284 39245	50324 27704
Windsor 5.0.0	38096 19775	15557 9071	17839 10135		239286* 140421*		13662 7695
Zenject 8.0.0	15829 13135	9021 6513	17932 12687	3082 2428	22250 18595

Prepare

Container	Prepare And Register	Prepare And Register And Simple Resolve
No	2	2
abioc 0.8.0	6327	6556
Autofac 4.9.4	361	410
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	55	56
Catel 5.11.2	100278*	100744*
DryIoc 4.0.6	76	80
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 7.0.0	171	942
Griffin 1.1.9	8387	8960
HaveBox 2.0.0	54925	55463
IfInjector 0.8.1	1397	2016
Lamar 3.0.5	2350	2741
LightCore 1.5.1	226	204
LightInject 6.0.0	136	756
LinFu 2.3.0.41559	107	338
Maestro 3.6.0	145	157
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 2.2.0	22	30
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition 16.3.7	7891	8770
Mugen 3.5.1	424	1820
Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0	15	19
Munq 3.1.6	9079	9500
MvvmCross 6.3.1	10	13
Ninject 3.3.4	130706*	126470*
Rezolver 2.0.0	12625	18413
SimpleInjector 4.7.1	674	3185
Singularity 0.14.0	41	756
Spring.NET 2.0.1	25014	24884
Stashbox 2.7.8	70	256
StructureMap 4.7.1	1325	7389
Unity 5.11.1	113	299
Windsor 5.0.0	2954	2990
Zenject 8.0.0	199	201

Charts

Machine

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