Serialization benchmark results

Results of Northwind database rows serialization benchmarks run at 06/02/2010

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 Database1,000,000 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	235392060	643889088	879281148	879.2811	6.72x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	1958	2.24x	400010575	932212071	1332222646	1332.2226	10.18x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	4927	5.62x	622288868	563079698	1185368566	1185.3686	9.06x
NewtonSoft.Json	2014	2.30x	303865396	763206254	1067071650	1067.0716	8.15x
ProtoBuf.net	876	1x	64480719	66410737	130891456	130.8915	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	1560	1.78x	152435512	98672475	251107987	251.1080	1.92x

Results of serializing and deserializing CategoryDto 1,000,000 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	16160260	47542393	63702653	63.7027	7.49x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	95	1.64x	26934050	58339075	85273125	85.2731	10.03x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	329	5.67x	49300488	53850072	103150560	103.1506	12.13x
NewtonSoft.Json	110	1.90x	22923190	47764119	70687309	70.6873	8.31x
ProtoBuf.net	58	1x	4325223	4178254	8503477	8.5035	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	87	1.5x	9447704	4536110	13983814	13.9838	1.64x

Results of serializing and deserializing CustomerDto 1,000,000 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	25232557	71962259	97194816	97.1948	5.47x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	256	1.98x	42549449	95751507	138300956	138.3010	7.78x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	635	4.92x	73750243	64728680	138478923	138.4789	7.79x
NewtonSoft.Json	271	2.10x	36180465	69314105	105494570	105.4946	5.94x
ProtoBuf.net	129	1x	8231547	9538334	17769881	17.7699	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	202	1.57x	12642376	11846953	24489329	24.4893	1.38x

Results of serializing and deserializing EmployeeDto 1,000,000 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	43906046	95134468	139040514	139.0405	4.17x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	598	1.71x	71007035	178911043	249918078	249.9181	7.50x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	1092	3.12x	126919397	98248433	225167830	225.1678	6.76x
NewtonSoft.Json	607	1.73x	64459717	169106871	233566588	233.5666	7.01x
ProtoBuf.net	350	1x	14447354	18874666	33322020	33.3220	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	495	1.41x	33564303	23633218	57197521	57.1975	1.72x

Results of serializing and deserializing EmployeeTerritoryDto 1,000,000 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	14264657	43777660	58042317	58.0423	9.89x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	38	2.11x	26887001	52328592	79215593	79.2156	13.50x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	234	13x	30108615	37976090	68084705	68.0847	11.60x
NewtonSoft.Json	53	2.94x	17338720	33635789	50974509	50.9745	8.69x
ProtoBuf.net	18	1x	4120658	1748037	5868695	5.8687	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	43	2.39x	7465902	3536420	11002322	11.0023	1.87x

Results of serializing and deserializing OrderDetailDto 1,000,000 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	19826349	56700635	76526984	76.5270	0x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	74	0x	35511037	69378237	104889274	104.8893	0x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	315	0x	51236026	60907981	112144007	112.1440	0x
NewtonSoft.Json	94	0x	29117198	69046244	98163442	98.1634	0x
ProtoBuf.net	21	0x	5420780	-1	5420779	5.4208	0x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	76	0x	13931735	7987754	21919489	21.9195	0x

Results of serializing and deserializing OrderDto 1,000,000 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	35125007	91945790	127070797	127.0708	6.09x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	366	3.39x	71350399	157007149	228357548	228.3575	10.95x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	758	7.02x	117165308	79038755	196204063	196.2041	9.41x
NewtonSoft.Json	366	3.39x	59050825	160823009	219873834	219.8738	10.54x
ProtoBuf.net	108	1x	9367968	11492220	20860188	20.8602	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	253	2.34x	30355938	20069494	50425432	50.4254	2.42x

Results of serializing and deserializing ProductDto 1,000,000 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	23924837	72926315	96851152	96.8512	13.06x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	187	4.68x	39682314	104537793	144220107	144.2201	19.44x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	508	12.7x	58246144	59860261	118106405	118.1064	15.92x
NewtonSoft.Json	189	4.72x	32773851	101394174	134168025	134.1680	18.09x
ProtoBuf.net	40	1x	5465528	1952131	7417659	7.4177	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	163	4.08x	16336833	13171993	29508826	29.5088	3.98x

Results of serializing and deserializing RegionDto 1,000,000 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	14149955	41499587	55649542	55.6495	10.60x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	38	3.45x	24827819	55733117	80560936	80.5609	15.35x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	223	20.27x	29531323	32138727	61670050	61.6700	11.75x
NewtonSoft.Json	38	3.45x	12122436	31500943	43623379	43.6234	8.31x
ProtoBuf.net	11	1x	3210786	2037358	5248144	5.2481	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	32	2.91x	8626045	2692519	11318564	11.3186	2.16x

Results of serializing and deserializing ShipperDto 1,000,000 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	15807205	41921415	57728620	57.7286	7.25x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	64	1.88x	26255785	60276976	86532761	86.5328	10.87x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	269	7.91x	34263023	36062102	70325125	70.3251	8.83x
NewtonSoft.Json	64	1.88x	14487013	35599911	50086924	50.0869	6.29x
ProtoBuf.net	34	1x	3916942	4044236	7961178	7.9612	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	54	1.59x	10189116	3975404	14164520	14.1645	1.78x

Results of serializing and deserializing SupplierDto 1,000,000 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	29550343	83008775	112559118	112.5591	6.77x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	255	2.34x	43478662	104497116	147975778	147.9758	8.90x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	611	5.61x	68337468	63486213	131823681	131.8237	7.93x
NewtonSoft.Json	255	2.34x	30724830	75665504	106390334	106.3903	6.40x
ProtoBuf.net	109	1x	7618719	9005480	16624199	16.6242	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	180	1.65x	14796441	11520842	26317283	26.3173	1.58x

Results of serializing and deserializing TerritoryDto 1,000,000 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	17271193	54170426	71441619	71.4416	9.77x
Microsoft JsonDataContractSerializer	61	3.21x	27038061	64829703	91867764	91.8678	12.56x
Microsoft BinaryFormatter	268	14.11x	34666859	37690365	72357224	72.3572	9.89x
NewtonSoft.Json	61	3.21x	13804349	38401829	52206178	52.2062	7.14x
ProtoBuf.net	19	1x	3775994	3540021	7316015	7.3160	1x
ServiceStack TypeSerializer	51	2.68x	9010854	3689522	12700376	12.7004	1.74x