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JPA Performance Benchmark (JPAB)

Comparison of EclipseLink with HSQLDB server vs Hibernate with PostgreSQL server

Each of the following tables focuses on a specific database operation, where the last table presents average results comparison.

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server
Basic Person Test	12.2	8.9	20.9	10.6	16.6	9.8
Element Collection Test	11.6	8.2	failed	7.3	11.6	7.8
Inheritance Test	failed	5.5	failed	11.7	failed	8.6
Indexing Test	failed	9.9	failed	13.0	failed	11.5
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	5.9	failed	5.2	failed	5.6
Multithreading Test	failed	10.7	failed	0.0000	failed	5.3
All Tests	11.9	8.2	20.9	8.0	14.9	8.1

EclipseLink with HSQLDB server has failed in 9 tests (see exceptions).

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

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server
Basic Person Test	2.6	1.9	14.6	8.2	8.6	5.0
Element Collection Test	1.4	0.38	failed	0.36	1.4	0.37
Inheritance Test	failed	2.2	failed	7.0	failed	4.6
Indexing Test	failed	1.7	failed	7.9	failed	4.8
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	0.22	failed	0.42	failed	0.32
Multithreading Test	failed	4.0	failed	8.0	failed	6.0
All Tests	2.0	1.7	14.6	5.3	6.2	3.5

EclipseLink with HSQLDB server has failed in 9 tests (see exceptions).

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

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server
Basic Person Test	0.53	0.57	3.0	2.6	1.8	1.6
Element Collection Test	0.98	0.85	failed	0.32	0.98	0.58
Inheritance Test	failed	0.77	failed	3.3	failed	2.0
Indexing Test	failed	0.65	failed	2.7	failed	1.7
Multithreading Test	failed	4.0	failed	5.3	failed	4.7
All Tests	0.75	1.4	3.0	2.8	1.5	2.1

EclipseLink with HSQLDB server has failed in 7 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server
Basic Person Test	1.9	1.8	7.5	2.5	4.7	2.1
Element Collection Test	3.1	1.5	failed	0.64	3.1	1.1
Inheritance Test	failed	1.9	failed	3.2	failed	2.5
Indexing Test	failed	5.7	failed	3.4	failed	4.6
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	0.70	failed	0.51	failed	0.60
Multithreading Test	failed	4.0	failed	2.3	failed	3.2
All Tests	2.5	2.6	7.5	2.1	4.2	2.4

EclipseLink with HSQLDB server has failed in 9 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server
Basic Person Test	9.5	15.8	33.1	14.7	21.3	15.2
Element Collection Test	6.7	6.6	failed	0.74	6.7	3.6
Inheritance Test	failed	17.5	failed	13.8	failed	15.7
Indexing Test	failed	20.3	failed	10.3	failed	15.3
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	6.5	failed	7.9	failed	7.2
Multithreading Test	failed	23.0	failed	0.0000	failed	11.5
All Tests	8.1	14.9	33.1	7.9	16.4	11.4

EclipseLink with HSQLDB server has failed in 9 tests (see exceptions).

Comparison of JPA/Database speed - the averages (normalized score, higher is better)

Transaction/Retrieval Size	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server	EclipseLink HSQLDB server	Hibernate PostgreSQL server
Basic Person Test	5.4	5.8	15.8	7.7	10.6	6.8
Element Collection Test	4.8	3.5	failed	1.9	4.8	2.7
Inheritance Test	failed	5.6	failed	7.8	failed	6.7
Indexing Test	failed	7.7	failed	7.5	failed	7.6
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	failed	3.3	failed	3.5	failed	3.4
Multithreading Test	failed	9.1	failed	3.1	failed	6.1
All Tests	5.1	5.9	15.8	5.3	8.6	5.6

The results above show that in general EclipseLink with HSQLDB server is more efficient than Hibernate with PostgreSQL server in performing JPA database operations.

A large performance gap has been detected when using simple basic entities with large transaction/retrieval size. Comparing the normalized speed of Hibernate with PostgreSQL database server (7.7) to the normalized speed of EclipseLink with HSQLDB database server (15.8) reveals that in that case, EclipseLink with HSQLDB server is 2.1 times faster than Hibernate with PostgreSQL server.

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