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Speed comparison of JPA database removal 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
DataNucleus1,0212,6672,667 5.6 33683395.5548 
EclipseLink1,37610,5687,8610.32  6571,64761.213.5 
Hibernate1,2603,7964,9830.37  9311,03911410.7 
OpenJPA3.96.86.2   4.53.35.417.3 
ObjectDB     54,790    12,523

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 server22.9
3. EclipseLink with H2 embedded19.3
4. EclipseLink with HSQLDB embedded14.3
5. Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded9.1
6. Hibernate with H2 embedded6.9
7. DataNucleus with H2 embedded4.9
8. DataNucleus with HSQLDB embedded4.9
9. EclipseLink with H2 server3.0
10. EclipseLink with Derby embedded2.5
11. Hibernate with Derby embedded2.3
12. Hibernate with H2 server1.9
13. DataNucleus with Derby embedded1.9
14. Hibernate with Derby server1.7
15. DataNucleus with H2 server1.5
16. EclipseLink with Derby server1.2
17. DataNucleus with PostgreSQL server1.0

The Least Efficient (the Slowest):

18. DataNucleus with Derby server0.61
19. Hibernate with MySQL server0.21
20. DataNucleus with MySQL server0.17
21. EclipseLink with MySQL server0.11
22. OpenJPA with PostgreSQL server0.032
23. EclipseLink with PostgreSQL server0.025
24. Hibernate with PostgreSQL server0.020
25. OpenJPA with H2 embedded0.012
26. OpenJPA with HSQLDB embedded0.011
27. DataNucleus with DB4O embedded0.010
28. OpenJPA with MySQL server0.0099
29. OpenJPA with Derby server0.0082
30. OpenJPA with Derby embedded0.0071
31. OpenJPA with H2 server0.0060
32. Hibernate with SQLite embedded0.0007
33. EclipseLink with SQLite embedded0.0006