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Speed comparison of JPA database persistence operations per second (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
DataNucleus5,01314,5408,658 2,408 4,1943,9142,4834,771 
EclipseLink6,67416,10131,2791,628  5,6284,5222,7467,625 
Hibernate6,97816,25623,8271,835  5,5305,4122,9506,157 
OpenJPA5,33610,53912,498   4,9563,9332,8568,685 
ObjectDB     181,407    134,499

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 server74.1
3. EclipseLink with HSQLDB embedded17.2
4. Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded13.1
5. Hibernate with H2 embedded9.0
6. EclipseLink with H2 embedded8.9
7. DataNucleus with H2 embedded8.0
8. OpenJPA with HSQLDB embedded6.9
9. OpenJPA with H2 embedded5.8
10. OpenJPA with PostgreSQL server4.8
11. DataNucleus with HSQLDB embedded4.8
12. EclipseLink with PostgreSQL server4.2
13. Hibernate with Derby embedded3.8
14. EclipseLink with Derby embedded3.7
15. Hibernate with PostgreSQL server3.4
16. EclipseLink with Derby server3.1
17. Hibernate with Derby server3.0

The Least Efficient (the Slowest):

18. Hibernate with H2 server3.0
19. OpenJPA with Derby embedded2.9
20. DataNucleus with Derby embedded2.8
21. OpenJPA with Derby server2.7
22. DataNucleus with PostgreSQL server2.6
23. EclipseLink with H2 server2.5
24. DataNucleus with Derby server2.3
25. OpenJPA with H2 server2.2
26. DataNucleus with H2 server2.2
27. Hibernate with MySQL server1.6
28. OpenJPA with MySQL server1.6
29. EclipseLink with MySQL server1.5
30. DataNucleus with MySQL server1.4
31. DataNucleus with DB4O embedded1.3
32. Hibernate with SQLite embedded1.0
33. EclipseLink with SQLite embedded0.90