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JPA Performance Benchmark (JPAB)

Comparison of EclipseLink with SQLite embedded vs Hibernate with SQLite embedded

Each of the following tables focuses on a specific database operation, where the last table presents average results comparison.

Speed comparison of JPA database persistence operations (normalized score, higher is better)

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	0.074	0.083	0.90	1.0	0.49	0.55
Element Collection Test	0.061	0.067	0.65	0.69	0.36	0.38
Inheritance Test	0.083	0.080	0.82	0.99	0.45	0.54
Indexing Test	0.11	0.098	1.6	1.0	0.87	0.55
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	0.24	0.27	0.91	0.96	0.57	0.61
Multithreading Test	0.10	failed	2.1	failed	1.1	failed
All Tests	0.11	0.12	1.2	0.93	0.64	0.53

Hibernate with SQLite embedded has failed in 2 tests (see exceptions).

The results above show that in general EclipseLink with SQLite embedded is slightly more efficient than Hibernate with SQLite embedded in persisting JPA entity objects to the database.

Speed comparison of JPA database retrieval operations (normalized score, higher is better)

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	failed	1.8	failed	1.3	failed	1.5
Element Collection Test	0.0007	0.0008	failed	failed	0.0007	0.0008
Inheritance Test	failed	2.4	failed	1.4	failed	1.9
Indexing Test	failed	1.9	failed	2.3	failed	2.1
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	0.56	failed	0.88	failed	0.72
Multithreading Test	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed
All Tests	0.0007	1.3	failed	1.5	0.0007	1.4

EclipseLink with SQLite embedded has failed in 11 tests (see exceptions). Hibernate with SQLite embedded has failed in 3 tests (see exceptions).

Speed comparison of JPA database query operations (normalized score, higher is better)

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	1.2	1.1	failed	0.22	1.2	0.65
Element Collection Test	0.29	0.39	failed	failed	0.29	0.39
Inheritance Test	0.69	0.53	failed	0.28	0.69	0.40
Indexing Test	0.0008	0.0011	failed	0.43	0.0008	0.21
Multithreading Test	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed
All Tests	0.55	0.50	failed	0.31	0.55	0.42

EclipseLink with SQLite embedded has failed in 6 tests (see exceptions). Hibernate with SQLite embedded has failed in 3 tests (see exceptions).

Speed comparison of JPA database update operations (normalized score, higher is better)

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	failed	0.076	failed	0.65	failed	0.37
Element Collection Test	0.0016	0.0022	failed	failed	0.0016	0.0022
Inheritance Test	failed	0.079	failed	0.97	failed	0.53
Indexing Test	failed	0.057	failed	0.54	failed	0.30
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	0.26	failed	0.42	failed	0.34
Multithreading Test	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed
All Tests	0.0016	0.094	failed	0.65	0.0016	0.34

EclipseLink with SQLite embedded has failed in 11 tests (see exceptions). Hibernate with SQLite embedded has failed in 3 tests (see exceptions).

Speed comparison of JPA database removal operations (normalized score, higher is better)

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	failed	0.061	failed	0.91	failed	0.49
Element Collection Test	0.0006	0.0007	failed	failed	0.0006	0.0007
Inheritance Test	failed	0.058	failed	0.90	failed	0.48
Indexing Test	failed	0.079	failed	0.54	failed	0.31
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	0.24	failed	0.80	failed	0.52
Multithreading Test	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed	failed
All Tests	0.0006	0.088	failed	0.79	0.0006	0.40

EclipseLink with SQLite embedded has failed in 11 tests (see exceptions). Hibernate with SQLite embedded has failed in 3 tests (see exceptions).

Comparison of database storage efficiency (normalized score, higher is better)

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	79.4	90.2	79.4	90.2	79.4	90.2
Element Collection Test	74.5	82.0	74.5	82.0	74.5	82.0
Inheritance Test	75.0	80.5	75.0	80.5	75.0	80.5
Indexing Test	92.9	93.4	94.5	94.8	93.7	94.1
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	60.6	67.9	48.4	50.9	54.5	59.4
Multithreading Test	100	failed	100	failed	100	failed
All Tests	80.4	82.8	78.6	79.7	79.5	81.2

Hibernate with SQLite embedded has failed in 2 tests (see exceptions).

The results above show that in general Hibernate with SQLite embedded is slightly more efficient than EclipseLink with SQLite embedded in using disk space.

Comparison of JPA/Database speed - the averages (normalized score, higher is better)

Transaction/Retrieval Size	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded	EclipseLink SQLite embedded	Hibernate SQLite embedded
Basic Person Test	0.66	0.63	0.90	0.81	0.74	0.72
Element Collection Test	0.070	0.092	0.65	0.69	0.17	0.19
Inheritance Test	0.38	0.63	0.82	0.91	0.53	0.77
Indexing Test	0.058	0.42	1.6	0.96	0.58	0.69
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	0.24	0.33	0.91	0.77	0.57	0.55
Multithreading Test	0.10	failed	2.1	failed	1.1	failed
All Tests	0.22	0.42	1.2	0.86	0.52	0.62

The results above show that in general Hibernate with SQLite embedded is slightly more efficient than EclipseLink with SQLite embedded in performing JPA database operations.

A large performance gap has been detected when using database indexes with small transaction/retrieval size. Comparing the normalized speed of EclipseLink with SQLite embedded database (0.058) to the normalized speed of Hibernate with SQLite embedded database (0.42) reveals that in that case, Hibernate with SQLite embedded is 7.2 times faster than EclipseLink with SQLite embedded.

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