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Speed comparison of JPA database retrieval 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
DataNucleus88,694117,30752,295 failed 37,13950,15019,79968,931 
EclipseLink31,965111,94979,385failed  4,08610,7804,2433,426 
Hibernate16,97722,49526,2364,924  7,0036,3963,9894,378 
OpenJPA6,7327,59411,893   2,1852,7521,9861,949 
ObjectDB     560,658    138,755

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 server24.7
3. DataNucleus with H2 embedded20.9
4. EclipseLink with H2 embedded20.0
5. DataNucleus with Derby embedded15.8
6. EclipseLink with HSQLDB embedded14.2
7. DataNucleus with PostgreSQL server12.3
8. DataNucleus with HSQLDB embedded9.3
9. DataNucleus with H2 server8.9
10. DataNucleus with Derby server6.6
11. EclipseLink with Derby embedded5.7
12. Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded4.7
13. Hibernate with H2 embedded4.0
14. DataNucleus with MySQL server3.5
15. Hibernate with Derby embedded3.0
16. OpenJPA with HSQLDB embedded2.1
17. EclipseLink with H2 server1.9

The Least Efficient (the Slowest):

18. OpenJPA with H2 embedded1.4
19. Hibernate with Derby server1.2
20. OpenJPA with Derby embedded1.2
21. Hibernate with H2 server1.1
22. Hibernate with SQLite embedded0.88
23. Hibernate with PostgreSQL server0.78
24. EclipseLink with MySQL server0.76
25. EclipseLink with Derby server0.73
26. Hibernate with MySQL server0.71
27. EclipseLink with PostgreSQL server0.61
28. OpenJPA with H2 server0.49
29. OpenJPA with Derby server0.39
30. OpenJPA with MySQL server0.35
31. OpenJPA with PostgreSQL server0.35
32. DataNucleus with DB4O embedded0.0000
33. EclipseLink with SQLite embedded0.0000

Problems (Exceptions) in these tests

  • EclipseLink with SQLite embedded
    Local Exception Stack: 
Exception [EclipseLink-4002] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.1.1.v20100817-r8050): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException
Internal Exception: java.sql.SQLException: no such function: MOD
Error Code: 0
Call: SELECT ID, CHANGECOUNT, CHILD1_ID, CHILD2_ID FROM NODE WHERE ((MOD(ID, ?) = ?) AND (ID >= ?))
	bind => [100, 1, 22664]
Query: ReadAllQuery(referenceClass=Node sql="SELECT ID, CHANGECOUNT, CHILD1_ID, CHILD2_ID FROM NODE WHERE ((MOD(ID, ?) = ?) AND (ID >= ?))")
	at org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException.sqlException(DatabaseException.java:333)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseAccessor.basicExecuteCall(DatabaseAccessor.java:683)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseAccessor.executeCall(DatabaseAccessor.java:526)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.server.ServerSession.executeCall(ServerSession.java:529)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.IsolatedClientSession.executeCall(IsolatedClientSession.java:133)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.executeCall(DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.java:206)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.executeCall(DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.java:192)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.executeSelectCall(DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.java:263)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.selectAllRows(DatasourceCallQueryMechanism.java:644)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ExpressionQueryMechanism.selectAllRowsFromTable(ExpressionQueryMechanism.java:2537)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ExpressionQueryMechanism.selectAllRows(ExpressionQueryMechanism.java:2496)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ReadAllQuery.executeObjectLevelReadQuery(ReadAllQuery.java:407)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ObjectLevelReadQuery.executeDatabaseQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery.java:1074)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.DatabaseQuery.execute(DatabaseQuery.java:736)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ObjectLevelReadQuery.execute(ObjectLevelReadQuery.java:1034)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ReadAllQuery.execute(ReadAllQuery.java:380)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ObjectLevelReadQuery.executeInUnitOfWork(ObjectLevelReadQuery.java:1112)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl.internalExecuteQuery(UnitOfWorkImpl.java:2909)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession.executeQuery(AbstractSession.java:1291)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession.executeQuery(AbstractSession.java:1273)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession.executeQuery(AbstractSession.java:1247)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.executeReadQuery(EJBQueryImpl.java:479)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.getResultList(EJBQueryImpl.java:714)
	at org.jpab.node.NodeTest.retireveEntities(NodeTest.java:130)
	at org.jpab.Test.doAction(Test.java:251)
	at org.jpab.Runner$RetrieveAction.run0(Runner.java:550)
	at org.jpab.Runner$TestAction.run(Runner.java:517)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: no such function: MOD
	at org.sqlite.DB.throwex(DB.java:288)
	at org.sqlite.NestedDB.prepare(NestedDB.java:115)
	at org.sqlite.DB.prepare(DB.java:114)
	at org.sqlite.PrepStmt.(PrepStmt.java:37)
	at org.sqlite.Conn.prepareStatement(Conn.java:224)
	at org.sqlite.Conn.prepareStatement(Conn.java:217)
	at org.sqlite.Conn.prepareStatement(Conn.java:206)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseAccessor.prepareStatement(DatabaseAccessor.java:1401)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseAccessor.prepareStatement(DatabaseAccessor.java:1350)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseCall.prepareStatement(DatabaseCall.java:652)
	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseAccessor.basicExecuteCall(DatabaseAccessor.java:576)
	... 26 more
  • DataNucleus with DB4O embedded
    javax.persistence.PersistenceException: Object "org.jpab.node.Node@8135daf" being inserted has id "130003" yet an object with this id already exists in the datastore!
	at org.datanucleus.api.jpa.NucleusJPAHelper.getJPAExceptionForNucleusException(NucleusJPAHelper.java:302)
	at org.datanucleus.api.jpa.JPAEntityTransaction.commit(JPAEntityTransaction.java:122)
	at org.jpab.Test.persist(Test.java:217)
	at org.jpab.Test.persist(Test.java:200)
	at org.jpab.Runner$PersistAction.run0(Runner.java:538)
	at org.jpab.Runner$TestAction.run(Runner.java:517)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: org.datanucleus.exceptions.NucleusUserException: Object "org.jpab.node.Node@8135daf" being inserted has id "130003" yet an object with this id already exists in the datastore!
	at org.datanucleus.store.db4o.DB4OPersistenceHandler.insertObject(DB4OPersistenceHandler.java:140)
	at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManager.internalMakePersistent(JDOStateManager.java:2371)
	at org.datanucleus.state.JDOStateManager.flush(JDOStateManager.java:3803)
	at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.flushInternalWithOrdering(ObjectManagerImpl.java:3854)
	at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.flushInternal(ObjectManagerImpl.java:3755)
	at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.flush(ObjectManagerImpl.java:3701)
	at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl.preCommit(ObjectManagerImpl.java:4084)
	at org.datanucleus.ObjectManagerImpl$2.transactionPreCommit(ObjectManagerImpl.java:398)
	at org.datanucleus.TransactionImpl.internalPreCommit(TransactionImpl.java:370)
	at org.datanucleus.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:259)
	at org.datanucleus.api.jpa.JPAEntityTransaction.commit(JPAEntityTransaction.java:103)
	... 5 more