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Comparison of Hibernate with Derby embedded vs OpenJPA with HSQLDB server

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 EntitiesMany EntitiesAverage Score
 Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test9.3failed8.1failed8.7failed
Element Collection Test6.9failed4.5failed5.7failed
Inheritance Test4.7failed6.9failed5.8failed
Indexing Test7.6failed9.7failed8.6failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test3.3failed4.4failed3.9failed
Multithreading Test9.8failed0.0000failed4.9failed
All Tests6.9failed5.6failed6.3failed

OpenJPA with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Retrieval Size =>Few EntitiesMany EntitiesAverage Score
 Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test11.1failed10.4failed10.7failed
Element Collection Test5.5failed4.2failed4.8failed
Inheritance Test5.8failed6.2failed6.0failed
Indexing Test3.8failed14.5failed9.2failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test1.8failed3.7failed2.8failed
Multithreading Test10.1failed14.4failed12.3failed
All Tests6.4failed8.9failed7.6failed

OpenJPA with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Retrieval Size =>Few EntitiesMany EntitiesAverage Score
 Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test1.9failed3.7failed2.8failed
Element Collection Test3.6failed4.1failed3.9failed
Inheritance Test0.70failed3.1failed1.9failed
Indexing Test9.1failed9.3failed9.2failed
Multithreading Test4.5failed7.0failed5.8failed
All Tests4.0failed5.4failed4.7failed

OpenJPA with HSQLDB server has failed in 10 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction Size =>Few EntitiesMany EntitiesAverage Score
 Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test2.1failed2.4failed2.3failed
Element Collection Test4.2failed1.7failed2.9failed
Inheritance Test2.1failed2.7failed2.4failed
Indexing Test6.5failed3.9failed5.2failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test2.5failed1.8failed2.2failed
Multithreading Test2.7failed1.5failed2.1failed
All Tests3.3failed2.3failed2.8failed

OpenJPA with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction Size =>Few EntitiesMany EntitiesAverage Score
 Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test10.8failed8.9failed9.8failed
Element Collection Test7.1failed1.2failed4.1failed
Inheritance Test11.8failed6.3failed9.0failed
Indexing Test22.7failed5.6failed14.2failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test5.7failed9.0failed7.3failed
Multithreading Test2.2failed0.0000failed1.1failed
All Tests10.0failed5.2failed7.6failed

OpenJPA with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction/Retrieval SizeFew EntitiesMany EntitiesAverage Score
 Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Hibernate
Derby embedded
OpenJPA
HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test7.0failed6.7failed6.9failed
Element Collection Test5.5failed3.1failed4.3failed
Inheritance Test5.0failed5.0failed5.0failed
Indexing Test10.0failed8.6failed9.3failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test3.3failed4.7failed4.0failed
Multithreading Test5.9failed4.6failed5.2failed
All Tests6.2failed5.5failed5.8failed

Other Head to Head DBMS/JPA Comparisons