Comparison of OpenJPA with Derby embedded vs Hibernate 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 Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	6.6	stopped	6.4	stopped	6.5	stopped
Element Collection Test	7.1	stopped	5.5	stopped	6.3	stopped
Inheritance Test	4.1	stopped	5.6	stopped	4.9	stopped
Indexing Test	6.3	stopped	6.8	stopped	6.5	stopped
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	2.3	stopped	2.5	stopped	2.4	stopped
Multithreading Test	7.2	stopped	0.0000	stopped	3.6	stopped
All Tests	5.6	stopped	4.5	stopped	5.0	stopped

The results above show that in general OpenJPA with Derby embedded is much more efficient than Hibernate with HSQLDB server in persisting JPA entity objects to the database. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (5.0) reveals that in these tests, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

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

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	14.7	stopped	28.9	stopped	21.8	stopped
Element Collection Test	1.0	stopped	14.9	stopped	8.0	stopped
Inheritance Test	1.4	stopped	18.0	stopped	9.7	stopped
Indexing Test	20.1	stopped	31.4	stopped	25.7	stopped
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	0.35	stopped	1.5	stopped	0.92	stopped
Multithreading Test	20.1	stopped	26.3	stopped	23.2	stopped
All Tests	9.6	stopped	20.2	stopped	14.9	stopped

The results above show that in general OpenJPA with Derby embedded is much more efficient than Hibernate with HSQLDB server in retrieving JPA entity objects from the database. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (14.9) reveals that in these tests, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

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

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	1.3	stopped	8.6	stopped	5.0	stopped
Element Collection Test	0.41	stopped	0.95	stopped	0.68	stopped
Inheritance Test	0.24	stopped	1.1	stopped	0.66	stopped
Indexing Test	9.1	stopped	17.7	stopped	13.4	stopped
Multithreading Test	5.2	stopped	10.6	stopped	7.9	stopped
All Tests	3.2	stopped	7.8	stopped	5.5	stopped

The results above show that in general OpenJPA with Derby embedded is much more efficient than Hibernate with HSQLDB server in executing the tested JPA queries. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (5.5) reveals that in these tests, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	2.2	stopped	5.1	stopped	3.6	stopped
Element Collection Test	2.6	stopped	4.6	stopped	3.6	stopped
Inheritance Test	1.0	stopped	5.3	stopped	3.2	stopped
Indexing Test	7.0	stopped	7.5	stopped	7.2	stopped
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	1.3	stopped	1.0	stopped	1.2	stopped
Multithreading Test	4.9	stopped	5.5	stopped	5.2	stopped
All Tests	3.2	stopped	4.8	stopped	4.0	stopped

The results above show that in general OpenJPA with Derby embedded is much more efficient than Hibernate with HSQLDB server in updating JPA entity objects in the database. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (4.0) reveals that in these tests, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	8.6	stopped	8.1	stopped	8.4	stopped
Element Collection Test	6.2	stopped	1.3	stopped	3.7	stopped
Inheritance Test	7.3	stopped	4.3	stopped	5.8	stopped
Indexing Test	15.2	stopped	6.0	stopped	10.6	stopped
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	5.6	stopped	8.3	stopped	6.9	stopped
Multithreading Test	5.5	stopped	0.0000	stopped	2.7	stopped
All Tests	8.1	stopped	4.7	stopped	6.4	stopped

The results above show that in general OpenJPA with Derby embedded is much more efficient than Hibernate with HSQLDB server in deleting JPA entity objects from the database. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (6.4) reveals that in these tests, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

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

Transaction/Retrieval Size	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server	OpenJPA Derby embedded	Hibernate HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	6.7	stopped	11.4	stopped	9.1	stopped
Element Collection Test	3.5	stopped	5.4	stopped	4.5	stopped
Inheritance Test	2.8	stopped	6.9	stopped	4.8	stopped
Indexing Test	11.5	stopped	13.9	stopped	12.7	stopped
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	2.4	stopped	3.3	stopped	2.9	stopped
Multithreading Test	8.6	stopped	8.5	stopped	8.5	stopped
All Tests	6.0	stopped	8.4	stopped	7.2	stopped

The results above show that in general OpenJPA with Derby embedded is much more efficient than Hibernate with HSQLDB server in performing JPA database operations. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (7.2) reveals that in these tests, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

A huge performance gap has been detected when using simple basic entities with small transaction/retrieval size. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with HSQLDB database server (0.0000) to the normalized speed of OpenJPA with Derby embedded database (6.7) reveals that in that case, OpenJPA with Derby embedded is ? times faster than Hibernate with HSQLDB server.

JPA Performance Benchmark (JPAB)