dceravigupta / serializationbenchmark

Compare binary serialization options in .NET

SerializationBenchmark

Compare serialization to a byte buffer for different packages and options.

Method	Mean	Error	StdDev	Median	Gen 0	Gen 1	Gen 2	Allocated
MessagePack_SerializePlain	296.5 ms	9.26 ms	27.30 ms	283.5 ms	2000.0000	-	-	10080288 B
MessagePack_SerializeCompressed	487.4 ms	8.67 ms	7.68 ms	487.4 ms	2000.0000	-	-	10080288 B
MessagePack_SerializePickled	821.4 ms	14.20 ms	13.28 ms	818.7 ms	2000.0000	-	-	10080288 B
ProtobufNet_SerializePlain	1,059.6 ms	20.60 ms	36.08 ms	1,050.7 ms	11000.0000	-	-	46400288 B
ProtobufNet_SerializePickled	1,624.0 ms	31.03 ms	31.87 ms	1,625.3 ms	11000.0000	-	-	46401664 B
Protobuf_SerializePlain	381.6 ms	7.12 ms	6.31 ms	384.0 ms	-	-	-	288 B
Protobuf_SerializePickled	939.5 ms	14.72 ms	13.77 ms	937.3 ms	-	-	-	288 B
SystemTextJson_SerializePlain	726.4 ms	14.48 ms	15.50 ms	726.7 ms	56000.0000	-	-	238081536 B
SystemTextJson_SerializePickled	1,660.1 ms	32.79 ms	81.06 ms	1,641.7 ms	4000.0000	-	-	20480288 B
Newtonsoft_SerializePlain	1,694.9 ms	20.97 ms	19.61 ms	1,690.5 ms	288000.0000	-	-	1209520288 B
Newtonsoft_SerializePickled	2,372.9 ms	25.39 ms	21.20 ms	2,361.0 ms	235000.0000	1000.0000	-	991840288 B
MessagePack_DeserializePlain	539.8 ms	3.52 ms	2.94 ms	539.3 ms	113000.0000	2000.0000	-	474088912 B
MessagePack_DeserializeCompressed	584.2 ms	9.75 ms	9.12 ms	580.8 ms	113000.0000	2000.0000	-	474080576 B
MessagePack_DeserializePickled	600.4 ms	12.00 ms	13.82 ms	593.9 ms	113000.0000	2000.0000	-	474081536 B
ProtobufNet_DeserializePlain	712.4 ms	12.01 ms	10.03 ms	709.0 ms	121000.0000	-	-	506241152 B
ProtobufNet_DeserializePickled	797.6 ms	15.85 ms	15.56 ms	801.1 ms	121000.0000	-	-	506241960 B
Protobuf_DeserializePlain	514.5 ms	4.26 ms	3.56 ms	513.6 ms	128000.0000	3000.0000	-	535327640 B
Protobuf_DeserializePickled	588.2 ms	11.74 ms	18.27 ms	588.6 ms	128000.0000	3000.0000	-	535326368 B
SystemTextJson_DeserializePlain	2,623.4 ms	207.36 ms	584.87 ms	2,483.0 ms	125000.0000	16000.0000	-	523200288 B
SystemTextJson_DeserializePickled	2,138.7 ms	86.99 ms	256.50 ms	2,064.3 ms	125000.0000	16000.0000	-	523200288 B
Newtonsoft_DeserializePlain	3,463.8 ms	105.98 ms	300.66 ms	3,362.9 ms	255000.0000	2000.0000	-	1071200288 B
Newtonsoft_DeserializePickled	3,082.5 ms	60.75 ms	109.54 ms	3,052.7 ms	255000.0000	54000.0000	-	1070880288 B

Serialized data sizes for the different options:

Method	Size
_msgpack_plain	11012 bytes
_msgpack_comp	7382 bytes
_msgpack_pickled	6996 bytes
_protobufnet_plain	11610 bytes
_protobufnet_pickled	7346 bytes
_protobuf_plain	10393 bytes
_protobuf_pickled	7164 bytes
_systemtextjson_plain	21686 bytes
_systemtextjson_pickled	8360 bytes
_newtonsoft_plain	21671 bytes
_newtonsoft_pickled	8349 bytes

The *Plain variants use the respective technology directly in their best light, using reusable buffers when possible.

The *Compressed variants use built-in compression functionality when available.

The *Pickled variants use an external LZ4 compression library.