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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
DataNucleus1,5852,6672,667 6.1 6901,7682721,865 
EclipseLink2,57223,74219,287failed  2,1793,6881943,608 
Hibernate2,66410,26914,13538.4  1,8812,4204293,345 
OpenJPA23.120.04.6   23.320.021.62,844 
ObjectDB     65,975    15,252

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. EclipseLink with H2 embedded36.0
3. EclipseLink with HSQLDB embedded29.2
4. ObjectDB server23.1
5. Hibernate with HSQLDB embedded21.4
6. Hibernate with H2 embedded15.6
7. EclipseLink with H2 server5.6
8. EclipseLink with PostgreSQL server5.5
9. Hibernate with PostgreSQL server5.1
10. OpenJPA with PostgreSQL server4.3
11. DataNucleus with H2 embedded4.0
12. DataNucleus with HSQLDB embedded4.0
13. Hibernate with Derby embedded4.0
14. EclipseLink with Derby embedded3.9
15. Hibernate with H2 server3.7
16. EclipseLink with Derby server3.3
17. Hibernate with Derby server2.9

The Least Efficient (the Slowest):

18. DataNucleus with PostgreSQL server2.8
19. DataNucleus with H2 server2.7
20. DataNucleus with Derby embedded2.4
21. DataNucleus with Derby server1.0
22. Hibernate with MySQL server0.65
23. DataNucleus with MySQL server0.41
24. EclipseLink with MySQL server0.29
25. Hibernate with SQLite embedded0.058
26. OpenJPA with Derby server0.035
27. OpenJPA with Derby embedded0.035
28. OpenJPA with MySQL server0.033
29. OpenJPA with H2 server0.030
30. OpenJPA with H2 embedded0.030
31. DataNucleus with DB4O embedded0.0093
32. OpenJPA with HSQLDB embedded0.0070
33. EclipseLink with SQLite embedded0.0000

Problems (Exceptions) in these tests

  • EclipseLink with SQLite embedded
    Local Exception Stack: 
    Exception [EclipseLink-3002] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.1.1.v20100817-r8050): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ConversionException
    Exception Description: The object [1,893,600,000], of class [class java.lang.Integer], from mapping [org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DirectToFieldMapping[lastLoginDate-->PERSONBASE.LASTLOGINDATE]] with descriptor [RelationalDescriptor(org.jpab.ext.PersonExtExt --> [DatabaseTable(PERSONBASE)])], could not be converted to [class java.util.Date].
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ConversionException.couldNotBeConverted(ConversionException.java:71)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.ConversionManager.convertObjectToUtilDate(ConversionManager.java:761)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.ConversionManager.convertObject(ConversionManager.java:101)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatasourcePlatform.convertObject(DatasourcePlatform.java:157)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.converters.TypeConversionConverter.convertDataValueToObjectValue(TypeConversionConverter.java:119)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractDirectMapping.getAttributeValue(AbstractDirectMapping.java:675)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractDirectMapping.valueFromRow(AbstractDirectMapping.java:1263)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractDirectMapping.buildCloneFromRow(AbstractDirectMapping.java:1234)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder.buildAttributesIntoWorkingCopyClone(ObjectBuilder.java:1338)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder.buildWorkingCopyCloneFromRow(ObjectBuilder.java:1466)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder.buildObjectInUnitOfWork(ObjectBuilder.java:558)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder.buildObject(ObjectBuilder.java:502)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder.buildObject(ObjectBuilder.java:454)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ObjectLevelReadQuery.buildObject(ObjectLevelReadQuery.java:721)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ReadAllQuery.registerResultInUnitOfWork(ReadAllQuery.java:723)
    	at org.eclipse.persistence.queries.ReadAllQuery.executeObjectLevelReadQuery(ReadAllQuery.java:420)
    	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.Test.retireveEntities(Test.java:382)
    	at org.jpab.Test.doAction(Test.java:251)
    	at org.jpab.Runner$RemoveAction.run0(Runner.java:587)
    	at org.jpab.Runner$TestAction.run(Runner.java:517)
    	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)