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 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.


 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
 fasta±1/3±
 reverse-complement±1/3
 pidigits±1/81/2
 spectral-norm±1/3±
 n-body1/3±
 mandelbrot1/2±
 fannkuch1/3±
 k-nucleotide±±
 regex-dna±±
 chameneos-redux1/6±
 binary-trees±±

± read the measurements and then read the program source code.

 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
 fasta 
C# Mono8.398.395,0241180  0% 0% 100% 0%
Java 6 -server8.248.2215,1441240  0% 1% 0% 100%
 reverse-complement 
C# Mono2.912.93161,9321099  0% 0% 0% 98%
Java 6 -server2.712.67475,908592  3% 1% 94% 3%
 pidigits 
C# Mono6.786.796,1561026  100% 0% 0% 0%
Java 6 -server14.155.7950,5081816  49% 60% 52% 56%
 spectral-norm 
C# Mono22.315.635,1041063  99% 99% 99% 99%
Java 6 -server17.334.5115,208950  98% 95% 94% 97%
 n-body 
C# Mono37.3837.375,4881410  0% 0% 100% 0%
Java 6 -server23.1323.1315,1001424  0% 0% 0% 100%
 mandelbrot 
C# Mono68.8317.2938,984798  99% 99% 100% 99%
Java 6 -server42.0210.6966,984903  98% 98% 98% 99%
 fannkuch 
C# Mono147.6042.496,1521085  77% 92% 77% 100%
Java 6 -server68.4719.0917,5841150  81% 97% 74% 99%
 k-nucleotide 
C# Mono96.3932.50479,4281404  81% 75% 64% 72%
Java 6 -server49.2214.57480,4081602  79% 78% 98% 82%
 regex-dna 
C# Mono91.8635.30692,336638  78% 74% 53% 55%
Java 6 -server26.6710.91681,824929  57% 68% 63% 55%
 chameneos-redux 
C# Mono133.6638.087,1761409  77% 76% 88% 86%
Java 6 -server12.578.6441,2881756  37% 45% 15% 40%
 binary-trees 
C# Mono88.4288.42454,284650  0% 0% 0% 100%
Java 6 -server20.5316.18566,032603  13% 86% 16% 11%

 C# Mono : oo plus functional style (mono is not ms .net) 

Mono JIT compiler version 2.4.2.3 (tarball Wed Jul 29 10:42:04 PDT 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

Revised BSD license