Step 1 : Are the C# Mono programs faster? At a glance.
This chart shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.
Each chart bar shows, for one unidentified benchmark, how much the fastest C# Mono program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
Step 2 : Are the C# Mono programs faster? Approximately.
This table shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.
Each table row shows, for one named benchmark, how much the fastest C# Mono program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| C# Mono used what fraction? used how many times more? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | Time | Memory | Code | Reduced N |
| spectral-norm | ± | 1/3 | ± | |
| reverse-complement | ± | 1/3 | 2× | |
| pidigits | ± | 1/5 | 1/2 | |
| fasta | ± | 1/3 | ± | |
| n-body | ± | 1/2 | ± | |
| mandelbrot | 2× | ± | ± | |
| k-nucleotide | 2× | 1/2 | ± | |
| fannkuch | 2× | 1/2 | ± | |
| binary-trees | 2× | ± | ± | |
| regex-dna | 4× | ± | ± | |
| chameneos-redux | 4× | 1/2 | ± | |
± read the measurements and then read the program source code.
Step 3 : Are the C# Mono programs faster? Measurements.
This table shows 5 measurements - CPU Time, Elapsed Time, Memory, Code and ~ CPU Load.
For each named benchmark, measurements of the fastest C# Mono program are shown for comparison against measurements of the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| Program Source Code | CPU secs | Elapsed secs | Memory KB | Code B | ~ CPU Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| spectral-norm | |||||
| C# Mono | 15.76 | 3.99 | 4,712 | 1063 | 98% 99% 99% 99% |
| Java 6 -server | 15.95 | 4.11 | 12,552 | 950 | 97% 97% 98% 97% |
| reverse-complement | |||||
| C# Mono | 3.04 | 3.05 | 161,720 | 1099 | 1% 0% 100% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 2.98 | 2.94 | 473,712 | 592 | 1% 94% 4% 2% |
| pidigits | |||||
| C# Mono | 5.31 | 5.31 | 5,680 | 1026 | 0% 0% 100% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 12.95 | 5.00 | 28,624 | 1816 | 61% 59% 57% 55% |
| fasta | |||||
| C# Mono | 8.71 | 8.71 | 4,628 | 1180 | 0% 0% 0% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 7.50 | 7.49 | 12,648 | 1240 | 0% 1% 99% 0% |
| n-body | |||||
| C# Mono | 37.20 | 37.20 | 5,008 | 1410 | 0% 0% 0% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 25.03 | 25.03 | 12,408 | 1424 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| mandelbrot | |||||
| C# Mono | 66.16 | 16.63 | 38,620 | 798 | 99% 100% 99% 99% |
| Java 6 -server | 43.12 | 10.95 | 48,920 | 903 | 98% 98% 99% 98% |
| k-nucleotide | |||||
| C# Mono | 107.38 | 34.34 | 479,860 | 1404 | 87% 76% 69% 79% |
| Java 6 -server | 47.53 | 14.24 | 762,548 | 1602 | 80% 80% 95% 79% |
| fannkuch | |||||
| C# Mono | 162.98 | 44.48 | 5,584 | 1085 | 82% 79% 100% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 66.26 | 18.43 | 13,776 | 1150 | 78% 77% 98% 99% |
| binary-trees | |||||
| C# Mono | 83.43 | 47.30 | 235,596 | 650 | 26% 25% 100% 25% |
| Java 6 -server | 29.63 | 19.18 | 289,920 | 603 | 24% 75% 27% 28% |
| regex-dna | |||||
| C# Mono | 120.56 | 43.23 | 655,020 | 638 | 58% 63% 58% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 30.64 | 12.27 | 665,900 | 929 | 51% 54% 71% 74% |
| chameneos-redux | |||||
| C# Mono | 114.86 | 32.82 | 6,560 | 1409 | 78% 77% 85% 87% |
| Java 6 -server | 22.80 | 8.24 | 12,592 | 1377 | 50% 54% 84% 73% |
Measurements for all the accepted programs
C# Mono : oo plus functional style (mono is not ms .net)
Mono JIT compiler version 2.6 (tarball Tue Dec 15 23:41:11 PST 2009)
C# Language Specification ECMA-334
Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) ECMA-335
Home Page: http://www.mono-project.com/
Download: http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads