Boon JSON sersialization versus Kryo binary serialization versus Java Object Serialization

Kryo vs. Boon v. Java Object Serialization

Boon is not just a fast JSON parser, it happens to be one of the fastest ways to do Java Object Serialization period. Boon Java JSON serialization is faster than Java Object Serialization (ObjectOutputStream). It just happens to work with JSON. Kryo, a binary serializer which is the fastest way to serialize Java objects, wins by the way, but for large streams, Boon gets within 85% of Kryo. To get Java JSON serialization within 15% of the fastest Java Binary serializer took quite some effort. Boon JSON serialization is probably in the top five Java serializers for speed, and it is the fastest way to do JSON. 

Benchmark                                            Mode Thr     Count  Sec         Mean   Mean error    Units
i.g.j.s.MainBoonSerializer.roundTripBig             thrpt  16         6    1      101.078       12.809    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainJavaSerialization.roundTripBig          thrpt  16         6    1       90.572       10.920    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainKryoJavaSerialization.roundTripBig      thrpt  16         6    1      243.711       27.724    ops/s

Boon beats regular Java serialization but gets knocked out by Kryo (expected).

i.g.j.s.MainBoonSerializer.roundTriper              thrpt  16         6    1   312757.286    75458.502    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainJavaSerialization.roundTriper           thrpt  16         6    1    43946.267    61072.541    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainKryoJavaSerialization.roundTriper       thrpt  16         6    1   598530.894   123891.409    ops/s

Boon beats regular Java serialization by 6x and gets to around 51% of Kryo.

i.g.j.s.MainBoonSerializer.serializeBig             thrpt  16         6    1      375.406       27.258    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainJavaSerialization.serializeBig          thrpt  16         6    1      163.522       12.249    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainKryoJavaSerialization.serializeBig      thrpt  16         6    1      454.381       22.956    ops/s

Boon kills built-in Java serialization and gets within 82% of Kryo. That is fast. Remember Boon is parsing JSON and producing JSON.

i.g.j.s.MainBoonSerializer.serializeSmall           thrpt  16         6    1   923105.250    51177.109    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainJavaSerialization.serializeSmall        thrpt  16         6    1   373966.467    22819.103    ops/s
i.g.j.s.MainKryoJavaSerialization.serializeSmall    thrpt  16         6    1  1236715.808   120829.521    ops/s

Boon kills built in Java serialization and does not do too bad against Kryo about 75% or so of Kryo that is not bad for a JSON serializer.

Boon is not just one of the fastest JSON parser and serializers. Boon is one of the fastest Java serializer period. It just happens to use JSON. 

Boon JSON versus Jackson versus Java Object Serialization.

Boon JSON versus FastJSON at Java Object Serialization.

Caveat: I have no idea if I am using Kryo correctly, and I am not 100% sure if this test is even fair. But I think it is. I mean I did not deliberately cheat. I have used Kryo before on projects.

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