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JPA Performance Benchmark (JPAB)

Comparison of Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded vs DataNucleus with HSQLDB 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
	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	12.5	failed	11.4	failed	12.0	failed
Element Collection Test	12.1	failed	11.9	failed	12.0	failed
Inheritance Test	9.4	failed	10.3	failed	9.8	failed
Indexing Test	15.0	failed	13.5	failed	14.2	failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	6.8	failed	7.7	failed	7.3	failed
Multithreading Test	12.1	failed	0.0000	failed	6.0	failed
All Tests	11.3	failed	9.1	failed	10.2	failed

DataNucleus with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	14.1	failed	19.7	failed	16.9	failed
Element Collection Test	4.2	failed	11.4	failed	7.8	failed
Inheritance Test	16.0	failed	24.9	failed	20.4	failed
Indexing Test	9.8	failed	27.0	failed	18.4	failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	3.7	failed	5.1	failed	4.4	failed
Multithreading Test	17.3	failed	19.2	failed	18.2	failed
All Tests	10.8	failed	17.9	failed	14.4	failed

DataNucleus with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Retrieval Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	1.1	failed	3.6	failed	2.4	failed
Element Collection Test	1.6	failed	5.3	failed	3.5	failed
Inheritance Test	0.64	failed	6.0	failed	3.3	failed
Indexing Test	13.1	failed	21.5	failed	17.3	failed
Multithreading Test	0.59	failed	1.8	failed	1.2	failed
All Tests	3.4	failed	7.7	failed	5.5	failed

DataNucleus with HSQLDB server has failed in 10 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	10.9	failed	6.8	failed	8.8	failed
Element Collection Test	15.5	failed	5.8	failed	10.7	failed
Inheritance Test	10.9	failed	9.9	failed	10.4	failed
Indexing Test	28.7	failed	10.4	failed	19.5	failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	4.9	failed	4.1	failed	4.5	failed
Multithreading Test	6.4	failed	4.8	failed	5.6	failed
All Tests	12.9	failed	7.0	failed	9.9	failed

DataNucleus with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction Size =>	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	37.3	failed	28.2	failed	32.7	failed
Element Collection Test	31.8	failed	4.0	failed	17.9	failed
Inheritance Test	41.5	failed	18.4	failed	29.9	failed
Indexing Test	86.3	failed	19.6	failed	53.0	failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	21.3	failed	65.0	failed	43.2	failed
Multithreading Test	17.7	failed	0.0000	failed	8.8	failed
All Tests	39.3	failed	22.5	failed	30.9	failed

DataNucleus with HSQLDB server has failed in 12 tests (see exceptions).

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

Transaction/Retrieval Size	Few Entities		Many Entities		Average Score
	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server	Hibernate HSQLDB embedded	DataNucleus HSQLDB server
Basic Person Test	15.2	failed	13.9	failed	14.6	failed
Element Collection Test	13.0	failed	7.7	failed	10.4	failed
Inheritance Test	15.7	failed	13.9	failed	14.8	failed
Indexing Test	30.6	failed	18.4	failed	24.5	failed
Graph (Binary Tree) Test	9.2	failed	20.5	failed	14.8	failed
Multithreading Test	10.8	failed	5.2	failed	8.0	failed
All Tests	16.0	failed	13.0	failed	14.5	failed

Other Head to Head DBMS/JPA Comparisons

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