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 | 285.8 ms | 5.16 ms | 6.34 ms | 285.2 ms | 2000.0000 | - | - | 9.61 MB |
| MessagePack_SerializeCompressed | 459.8 ms | 7.74 ms | 8.28 ms | 457.0 ms | 2000.0000 | - | - | 9.61 MB |
| MessagePack_SerializePickled | 665.7 ms | 8.36 ms | 7.82 ms | 667.0 ms | 19000.0000 | - | - | 76.6 MB |
| ProtobufNet_SerializePlain | 966.4 ms | 15.07 ms | 14.10 ms | 962.9 ms | 11000.0000 | - | - | 44.25 MB |
| ProtobufNet_SerializePickled | 1,431.0 ms | 11.22 ms | 9.95 ms | 1,432.1 ms | 28000.0000 | - | - | 114.67 MB |
| Protobuf_SerializePlain | 407.7 ms | 7.97 ms | 8.19 ms | 404.6 ms | 3000.0000 | - | - | 13.73 MB |
| Protobuf_SerializePickled | 832.8 ms | 10.12 ms | 8.45 ms | 833.4 ms | 20000.0000 | - | - | 82.34 MB |
| SystemTextJson_SerializePlain | 665.1 ms | 9.16 ms | 8.57 ms | 667.4 ms | 56000.0000 | - | - | 227.05 MB |
| SystemTextJson_SerializePickled | 1,245.4 ms | 21.79 ms | 20.39 ms | 1,238.6 ms | 25000.0000 | - | - | 99.72 MB |
| Newtonsoft_SerializePlain | 1,379.4 ms | 17.30 ms | 15.33 ms | 1,382.7 ms | 285000.0000 | - | - | 1152.95 MB |
| Newtonsoft_SerializePickled | 2,489.2 ms | 48.54 ms | 45.41 ms | 2,505.1 ms | 307000.0000 | 43000.0000 | - | 1233.14 MB |
| MessagePack_DeserializePlain | 557.3 ms | 10.15 ms | 7.93 ms | 555.1 ms | 113000.0000 | 2000.0000 | - | 452.12 MB |
| MessagePack_DeserializeCompressed | 594.9 ms | 11.35 ms | 10.61 ms | 598.0 ms | 113000.0000 | 2000.0000 | - | 452.12 MB |
| MessagePack_DeserializePickled | 595.6 ms | 5.96 ms | 5.58 ms | 594.8 ms | 139000.0000 | 20000.0000 | - | 557.4 MB |
| ProtobufNet_DeserializePlain | 675.9 ms | 3.07 ms | 2.72 ms | 676.3 ms | 121000.0000 | - | - | 482.79 MB |
| ProtobufNet_DeserializePickled | 744.8 ms | 7.39 ms | 6.91 ms | 743.9 ms | 148000.0000 | 4000.0000 | - | 593.8 MB |
| Protobuf_DeserializePlain | 473.5 ms | 2.97 ms | 2.78 ms | 473.0 ms | 129000.0000 | 1000.0000 | - | 518.34 MB |
| Protobuf_DeserializePickled | 534.5 ms | 2.70 ms | 2.11 ms | 534.3 ms | 155000.0000 | - | - | 617.83 MB |
| SystemTextJson_DeserializePlain | 1,518.7 ms | 6.53 ms | 5.79 ms | 1,517.5 ms | 125000.0000 | 16000.0000 | - | 498.96 MB |
| SystemTextJson_DeserializePickled | 1,630.6 ms | 8.88 ms | 8.30 ms | 1,631.5 ms | 176000.0000 | 1000.0000 | - | 706.1 MB |
| Newtonsoft_DeserializePlain | 2,668.6 ms | 46.57 ms | 41.29 ms | 2,679.5 ms | 255000.0000 | 54000.0000 | - | 1021.35 MB |
| Newtonsoft_DeserializePickled | 2,896.3 ms | 54.84 ms | 147.31 ms | 2,843.6 ms | 307000.0000 | 38000.0000 | - | 1228.49 MB |
Serialized data sizes for the different options:
_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 varients 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 vriants use an external LZ4 compression library.