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 4.9.2	549 441	963 603	2315 1165	5779 3431
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	465 270	533 322	1583 906	7403 3712
Catel 5.10.0	262 317	4123 4456	9359 10445	21780 25331
Cauldron.Activator 3.2.3	36 51	50 64	86 103	197 152
DryIoc 4.0.3	33 47	45 68	63 96	76 79
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 6.4.2	49 45	40 60	65 79	86 97
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 3.0.1	59 61	71 80	93 125	116 131
LightCore 1.5.1	184 189	2191 1301	26718 31570	151128* 188142*
LightInject 5.4.0	33 45	45 67	64 89	80 100
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 2.2.0	81 69	124 107	148 143	197 159
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 6.2.3	233 291	966 1085	2655 2975	7674 8583
Ninject 3.3.4	3473 2563	8686 6969	23529 17635	63579* 49285
Rezolver 1.4.0	176 138	198 161	248 207	342 245
SimpleInjector 4.5.1	63 59	70 73	109 111	127 110
Singularity 0.9.1-ci0006	24 39	38 64	51 82	66 76
Spring.NET 2.0.1	950 987	9711 11447	26941 23873	74745* 57777
Stashbox 2.7.3	36 48	49 68	64 93	77 79
StructureMap 4.7.1	1121 717	1281 856	3410 2166	8312 6052
Unity 5.8.6	302 281	437 405	1282 1095	3962 3553
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 0.7.0			743 453
Autofac 4.9.2	6186 3538	2197 1359	7840 4498	1410 867	78796* 47840	12609 8039	22750 13294
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	9157 4733		5965 3393
Catel 5.10.0		9350 10275					4087 4533
Cauldron.Activator 3.2.3	65 76	80 84	358 256				54 72
DryIoc 4.0.3	117 116	56 81	281 205	56 69		641 484	835 556
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 6.4.2	127 126	59 68	348 298	61 63	52454 43244	561 528	1025 845
Griffin 1.1.9
HaveBox 2.0.0	741 443		1860 1198				774 509
IfInjector 0.8.1	345 227	147 120
Lamar 3.0.1	71 82	89 116	527 Error			595 794
LightCore 1.5.1	2289 1755	15862 14477	34754 20480
LightInject 5.4.0	115 113	52 81	275 215	311 230		4654 2822	1373 962
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 2.2.0		149 130	430 303			1080 703
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 6.2.3	974 1107	6525 8730			4645 2945
Ninject 3.3.4	62765* 47908	24256 15895	64193* 49074	19294 12954	73303000* 50234113*		20215 15029
Rezolver 1.4.0	502 338	231 191	10945 5286		18076000* 11632170*	27887 16925
SimpleInjector 4.5.1	237 176	77 89	809 493	73 76			7231 4253
Singularity 0.9.1-ci0006		48 80	289 214			1211 833
Spring.NET 2.0.1	52419 51992						43647 43419
Stashbox 2.7.3	116 117	65 81	294 213	57 70	169556* 100439*	505 635	862 581
StructureMap 4.7.1	8697 5284	2271 1460	8399 5170		3215578* 1887211*	42001 26976	7859 4464
Unity 5.8.6	4097 3333	1396 1210	4815 4031	1042 861	7035 9942	16895 18546
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 0.7.0	5672	6613
Autofac 4.9.2	330	376
Caliburn.Micro 1.5.2	55	56
Catel 5.10.0	10241	10934
Cauldron.Activator 3.2.3	0	0
DryIoc 4.0.3	61	66
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 6.4.2	159	936
Griffin 1.1.9	8387	8960
HaveBox 2.0.0	54925	55463
IfInjector 0.8.1	1397	2016
Lamar 3.0.1	2074	2367
LightCore 1.5.1	226	204
LightInject 5.4.0	112	698
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 2.2.0	22	30
Mugen 3.5.1	424	1820
Mugen MVVM Toolkit 6.5.0	15	19
Munq 3.1.6	9079	9500
MvvmCross 6.2.3	10	15
Ninject 3.3.4	130706*	126470*
Rezolver 1.4.0	29424	39964
SimpleInjector 4.5.1	671	3099
Singularity 0.9.1-ci0006	87	523
Spring.NET 2.0.1	25014	24884
Stashbox 2.7.3	65	243
StructureMap 4.7.1	1325	7389
Unity 5.8.6	84	79
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