Compare serialization to a byte buffer for different packages and options.
| Method | Mean | Error | StdDev | Median | Gen 0 | Gen 1 | Gen 2 | Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MessagePack_SerializePlain | 296.5 ms | 9.26 ms | 27.30 ms | 283.5 ms | 2000.0000 | - | - | 10080288 B |
| MessagePack_SerializeCompressed | 487.4 ms | 8.67 ms | 7.68 ms | 487.4 ms | 2000.0000 | - | - | 10080288 B |
| MessagePack_SerializePickled | 821.4 ms | 14.20 ms | 13.28 ms | 818.7 ms | 2000.0000 | - | - | 10080288 B |
| ProtobufNet_SerializePlain | 1,059.6 ms | 20.60 ms | 36.08 ms | 1,050.7 ms | 11000.0000 | - | - | 46400288 B |
| ProtobufNet_SerializePickled | 1,624.0 ms | 31.03 ms | 31.87 ms | 1,625.3 ms | 11000.0000 | - | - | 46401664 B |
| Protobuf_SerializePlain | 381.6 ms | 7.12 ms | 6.31 ms | 384.0 ms | - | - | - | 288 B |
| Protobuf_SerializePickled | 939.5 ms | 14.72 ms | 13.77 ms | 937.3 ms | - | - | - | 288 B |
| SystemTextJson_SerializePlain | 726.4 ms | 14.48 ms | 15.50 ms | 726.7 ms | 56000.0000 | - | - | 238081536 B |
| SystemTextJson_SerializePickled | 1,660.1 ms | 32.79 ms | 81.06 ms | 1,641.7 ms | 4000.0000 | - | - | 20480288 B |
| Newtonsoft_SerializePlain | 1,694.9 ms | 20.97 ms | 19.61 ms | 1,690.5 ms | 288000.0000 | - | - | 1209520288 B |
| Newtonsoft_SerializePickled | 2,372.9 ms | 25.39 ms | 21.20 ms | 2,361.0 ms | 235000.0000 | 1000.0000 | - | 991840288 B |
| MessagePack_DeserializePlain | 539.8 ms | 3.52 ms | 2.94 ms | 539.3 ms | 113000.0000 | 2000.0000 | - | 474088912 B |
| MessagePack_DeserializeCompressed | 584.2 ms | 9.75 ms | 9.12 ms | 580.8 ms | 113000.0000 | 2000.0000 | - | 474080576 B |
| MessagePack_DeserializePickled | 600.4 ms | 12.00 ms | 13.82 ms | 593.9 ms | 113000.0000 | 2000.0000 | - | 474081536 B |
| ProtobufNet_DeserializePlain | 712.4 ms | 12.01 ms | 10.03 ms | 709.0 ms | 121000.0000 | - | - | 506241152 B |
| ProtobufNet_DeserializePickled | 797.6 ms | 15.85 ms | 15.56 ms | 801.1 ms | 121000.0000 | - | - | 506241960 B |
| Protobuf_DeserializePlain | 514.5 ms | 4.26 ms | 3.56 ms | 513.6 ms | 128000.0000 | 3000.0000 | - | 535327640 B |
| Protobuf_DeserializePickled | 588.2 ms | 11.74 ms | 18.27 ms | 588.6 ms | 128000.0000 | 3000.0000 | - | 535326368 B |
| SystemTextJson_DeserializePlain | 2,623.4 ms | 207.36 ms | 584.87 ms | 2,483.0 ms | 125000.0000 | 16000.0000 | - | 523200288 B |
| SystemTextJson_DeserializePickled | 2,138.7 ms | 86.99 ms | 256.50 ms | 2,064.3 ms | 125000.0000 | 16000.0000 | - | 523200288 B |
| Newtonsoft_DeserializePlain | 3,463.8 ms | 105.98 ms | 300.66 ms | 3,362.9 ms | 255000.0000 | 2000.0000 | - | 1071200288 B |
| Newtonsoft_DeserializePickled | 3,082.5 ms | 60.75 ms | 109.54 ms | 3,052.7 ms | 255000.0000 | 54000.0000 | - | 1070880288 B |
Serialized data sizes for the different options:
| Method | Size |
|---|---|
| _msgpack_plain | 11012 bytes |
| _msgpack_comp | 7382 bytes |
| _msgpack_pickled | 6996 bytes |
| _protobufnet_plain | 11610 bytes |
| _protobufnet_pickled | 7346 bytes |
| _protobuf_plain | 10393 bytes |
| _protobuf_pickled | 7164 bytes |
| _systemtextjson_plain | 21686 bytes |
| _systemtextjson_pickled | 8360 bytes |
| _newtonsoft_plain | 21671 bytes |
| _newtonsoft_pickled | 8349 bytes |
The *Plain variants use the respective technology directly in their best light, using reusable buffers when possible.
The *Compressed variants use built-in compression functionality when available.
The *Pickled variants use an external LZ4 compression library.