Serialization benchmark results

Results of Northwind database rows serialization benchmarks run at 17/08/2010

These benchmarks show the total time in ticks (1/1000ms) that it takes each serializer to serialize and deserialize the first row from each table in the Northwind Database100,000 Times.

The full source code of the serialization benchmarks (which generated this report) is available here.

Combined results of all benchmarks below

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	4097	4.68x	23558019	60261551	83819570	838.1957	6.93x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	1958	2.24x	31122650	81462889	112585539	1125.8554	9.31x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	4927	5.62x	62828907	48511200	111340107	1113.4011	9.21x
NewtonSoft.Json	2014	2.30x	26002603	68727099	94729702	947.2970	7.83x
ProtoBuf.net	876	1x	5607749	6486997	12094746	120.9475	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	1549	1.77x	15017643	11986647	27004290	270.0429	2.23x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	1831	2.09x	15818648	15443998	31262646	312.6265	2.58x

Results of serializing and deserializing CategoryDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	275	4.74x	1668767	3856966	5525733	55.2573	7.83x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	95	1.64x	1565061	4609701	6174762	61.7476	8.76x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	329	5.67x	4110729	3140782	7251511	72.5151	10.28x
NewtonSoft.Json	110	1.90x	1141094	3945628	5086722	50.8672	7.21x
ProtoBuf.net	58	1x	322900	382380	705280	7.0528	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	87	1.5x	852013	537787	1389800	13.898	1.97x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	95	1.64x	905827	586510	1492337	14.9234	2.12x

Results of serializing and deserializing CustomerDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	482	3.74x	2475585	7232026	9707611	97.0761	4.73x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	256	1.98x	2620913	8593563	11214476	112.1448	5.47x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	635	4.92x	7174199	6760429	13934628	139.3463	6.79x
NewtonSoft.Json	271	2.10x	2853456	7978714	10832170	108.3217	5.28x
ProtoBuf.net	129	1x	867089	1184792	2051881	20.5188	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	202	1.57x	1359586	1167090	2526676	25.2668	1.23x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	242	1.88x	1519940	1624876	3144816	31.4482	1.53x

Results of serializing and deserializing EmployeeDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	851	2.43x	3950717	9925250	13875967	138.7597	4.54x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	598	1.71x	6568328	16201678	22770006	227.7001	7.45x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	1092	3.12x	14743117	9156627	23899744	238.9974	7.82x
NewtonSoft.Json	607	1.73x	5998553	16372992	22371545	223.7154	7.32x
ProtoBuf.net	350	1x	1350324	1704289	3054613	30.5461	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	495	1.41x	3226411	2759202	5985613	59.8561	1.96x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	574	1.64x	3052764	4222201	7274965	72.7496	2.38x

Results of serializing and deserializing EmployeeTerritoryDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	233	12.94x	1652463	4448438	6100901	61.0090	11.11x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	38	2.11x	1375635	3931130	5306765	53.0676	9.66x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	234	13x	2867144	2598752	5465896	54.6590	9.95x
NewtonSoft.Json	53	2.94x	1444366	2969233	4413599	44.1360	8.03x
ProtoBuf.net	18	1x	384972	164404	549376	5.4938	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	32	1.78x	653348	307542	960890	9.6089	1.75x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	38	2.11x	1046754	387097	1433851	14.3385	2.61x

Results of serializing and deserializing OrderDetailDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	282	0x	1806608	5763621	7570229	75.7023	0x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	74	0x	2249226	5408557	7657783	76.5778	0x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	315	0x	4079307	3808086	7887393	78.8739	0x
NewtonSoft.Json	94	0x	2343149	6610405	8953554	89.5355	0x
ProtoBuf.net	21	0x	554688	-1	554687	5.5469	0x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	64	0x	1700140	1075569	2775709	27.7571	0x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	74	0x	1315520	1023400	2338920	23.3892	0x

Results of serializing and deserializing OrderDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	615	5.69x	3663831	9063394	12727225	127.2722	6.66x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	366	3.39x	7081820	14500374	21582194	215.8219	11.30x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	758	7.02x	12201868	7103028	19304896	193.0490	10.11x
NewtonSoft.Json	366	3.39x	5431817	14133025	19564842	195.6484	10.24x
ProtoBuf.net	108	1x	851371	1058400	1909771	19.0977	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	253	2.34x	3048129	2431096	5479225	54.7922	2.87x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	318	2.94x	3232026	3612393	6844419	68.4442	3.58x

Results of serializing and deserializing ProductDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	452	11.3x	2294773	7470820	9765593	97.6559	16.98x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	187	4.68x	3351720	10528520	13880240	138.8024	24.14x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	508	12.7x	5538313	5253992	10792305	107.9230	18.77x
NewtonSoft.Json	189	4.72x	2907845	7718021	10625866	106.2587	18.48x
ProtoBuf.net	40	1x	429266	145701	574967	5.7497	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	163	4.08x	1867707	2254170	4121877	41.2188	7.17x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	187	4.68x	1966364	1977717	3944081	39.4408	6.86x

Results of serializing and deserializing RegionDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	209	19x	1280511	3618303	4898814	48.9881	14.20x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	38	3.45x	1419046	4597709	6016755	60.1676	17.44x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	223	20.27x	2739949	2545950	5285899	52.8590	15.33x
NewtonSoft.Json	38	3.45x	900106	2268116	3168222	31.6822	9.19x
ProtoBuf.net	11	1x	203831	141072	344903	3.4490	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	32	2.91x	780021	285317	1065338	10.6534	3.09x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	38	3.45x	590811	354929	945740	9.4574	2.74x

Results of serializing and deserializing ShipperDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	235	6.91x	1268695	3390337	4659032	46.5903	6.18x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	64	1.88x	1567419	4765675	6333094	63.3309	8.41x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	269	7.91x	3904361	3070608	6974969	69.7497	9.26x
NewtonSoft.Json	64	1.88x	1252863	3184918	4437781	44.3778	5.89x
ProtoBuf.net	34	1x	300857	452449	753306	7.5331	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	54	1.59x	852103	435416	1287519	12.8752	1.71x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	64	1.88x	1134439	619427	1753866	17.5387	2.33x

Results of serializing and deserializing SupplierDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	497	4.56x	3999081	7172254	11171335	111.7134	6.95x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	255	2.34x	3694304	9449395	13143699	131.4370	8.17x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	611	5.61x	6609649	5906828	12516477	125.1648	7.78x
NewtonSoft.Json	255	2.34x	2411479	7543959	9955438	99.5544	6.19x
ProtoBuf.net	109	1x	671590	936412	1608002	16.0800	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	180	1.65x	1512646	1446982	2959628	29.5963	1.84x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	214	1.96x	1633112	1552982	3186094	31.8609	1.98x

Results of serializing and deserializing TerritoryDto 100,000 times

* All times measured in ticks and payload size in bytes
Serializer	Payload size	Larger than best	Serialization	Deserialization	Total	Avg per iteration	Slower than best
Microsoft DataContractSerializer	248	13.05x	1303596	4083763	5387359	53.8736	9.93x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	61	3.21x	1878404	4285144	6163548	61.6355	11.36x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	268	14.11x	2939578	2974204	5913782	59.1378	10.90x
NewtonSoft.Json	61	3.21x	1661024	2612493	4273517	42.7352	7.88x
ProtoBuf.net	19	1x	225549	317098	542647	5.4265	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	51	2.68x	865679	362045	1227724	12.2772	2.26x
ServiceStack JsonSerializer	61	3.21x	736611	505866	1242477	12.4248	2.29x