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Speed comparison of JPA database update 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
DataNucleus1,6413,3863,074 5.3 358885136616 
EclipseLink2,3906,8016,4710.69  7421,67810335.6 
Hibernate1,7283,2844,5050.98  1,0401,14817429.6 
OpenJPA4.04.87.6   3.63.56.214.7 
ObjectDB     44,414    9,365

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 server21.1
3. EclipseLink with H2 embedded15.3
4. EclipseLink with HSQLDB embedded14.6
5. Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded10.1
6. DataNucleus with H2 embedded7.6
7. Hibernate with H2 embedded7.4
8. DataNucleus with HSQLDB embedded6.9
9. EclipseLink with Derby embedded5.4
10. Hibernate with Derby embedded3.9
11. EclipseLink with H2 server3.8
12. DataNucleus with Derby embedded3.7
13. Hibernate with H2 server2.6
14. Hibernate with Derby server2.3
15. DataNucleus with H2 server2.0
16. EclipseLink with Derby server1.7
17. DataNucleus with PostgreSQL server1.4

The Least Efficient (the Slowest):

18. DataNucleus with Derby server0.81
19. Hibernate with MySQL server0.39
20. DataNucleus with MySQL server0.31
21. EclipseLink with MySQL server0.23
22. EclipseLink with PostgreSQL server0.080
23. Hibernate with PostgreSQL server0.067
24. OpenJPA with PostgreSQL server0.033
25. OpenJPA with HSQLDB embedded0.017
26. OpenJPA with MySQL server0.014
27. DataNucleus with DB4O embedded0.012
28. OpenJPA with H2 embedded0.011
29. OpenJPA with Derby embedded0.0090
30. OpenJPA with Derby server0.0081
31. OpenJPA with H2 server0.0078
32. Hibernate with SQLite embedded0.0022
33. EclipseLink with SQLite embedded0.0016