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

 Derby
embedded
H2
embedded
HSQLDB
embedded
SQLite
embedded
DB4O
embedded
ObjectDB
embedded
Derby
server
H2
server
MySQL
server
PostgreSQL
server
ObjectDB
server
DataNucleusfailedfailed26.9 failed failed5.1failed13.8 
EclipseLink6.040.140.6failed  5.36.01.921.6 
Hibernate5.325.033.5failed  5.66.72.222.5 
OpenJPA6.024.222.8   3.86.41.613.3 
ObjectDB     100    44.5

Performance comparison chart - The Y-Axis represents normalized score in logarithmic scale - higher is better:
JPA performance benchmark comparision Hibernate, EclipseLink, OpenJPA, DataNucleus, ObjectDB

Performance comparison chart - The Y-Axis represents normalized score in linear scale - higher is better:
JPA performance benchmark comparision Hibernate, EclipseLink, OpenJPA, DataNucleus, ObjectDB

Best and Worst JPA/Database Performer in this comparison

The Most Efficient (the Fastest):

1. ObjectDB embedded100
2. ObjectDB server44.5
3. EclipseLink with HSQLDB embedded40.6
4. EclipseLink with H2 embedded40.1
5. Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded33.5
6. DataNucleus with HSQLDB embedded26.9
7. Hibernate with H2 embedded25.0
8. OpenJPA with H2 embedded24.2
9. OpenJPA with HSQLDB embedded22.8
10. Hibernate with PostgreSQL server22.5
11. EclipseLink with PostgreSQL server21.6
12. DataNucleus with PostgreSQL server13.8
13. OpenJPA with PostgreSQL server13.3
14. Hibernate with H2 server6.7
15. OpenJPA with H2 server6.4
16. EclipseLink with H2 server6.0
17. EclipseLink with Derby embedded6.0

The Least Efficient (the Slowest):

18. OpenJPA with Derby embedded6.0
19. Hibernate with Derby server5.6
20. Hibernate with Derby embedded5.3
21. EclipseLink with Derby server5.3
22. DataNucleus with H2 server5.1
23. OpenJPA with Derby server3.8
24. Hibernate with MySQL server2.2
25. EclipseLink with MySQL server1.9
26. OpenJPA with MySQL server1.6
27. DataNucleus with Derby embedded0.0000
28. DataNucleus with H2 embedded0.0000
29. DataNucleus with DB4O embedded0.0000
30. DataNucleus with Derby server0.0000
31. DataNucleus with MySQL server0.0000
32. EclipseLink with SQLite embedded0.0000
33. Hibernate with SQLite embedded0.0000

Total number of failed test runs (out of 2 tests in total) in this page results

 Derby
embedded
H2
embedded
HSQLDB
embedded
SQLite
embedded
DB4O
embedded
ObjectDB
embedded
Derby
server
H2
server
MySQL
server
PostgreSQL
server
ObjectDB
server
DataNucleus22All Passed 2 2121 
EclipseLinkAll PassedAll PassedAll Passed2  All PassedAll PassedAll PassedAll Passed 
HibernateAll PassedAll PassedAll Passed2  All PassedAll PassedAll PassedAll Passed 
OpenJPAAll PassedAll PassedAll Passed   All PassedAll PassedAll PassedAll Passed 
ObjectDB     All Passed    All Passed

Notes: Failed test runs are not included in any average score calculation. Click on failure numbers to see exception stack traces.