# Protobuf Performance
This benchmark result is tested on workstation with processor of Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2630 and 32GB RAM
This table contains 3 languages' results:
* **C++** - For C++ there're 3 kinds of parsing ways:
* **new** - This is for using new operator for creating message instance.
* **new arena** - This is for using arena for creating new message instance.
* **reuse** - This is for reusing the same message instance for parsing.
* **Java** - For Java there're 3 kinds of parsing/Serialization ways:
* **byte[]** - This is for parsing from a Byte Array.
* **ByteString** - This is for parsing from a
com.google.protobuf.ByteString.
* **InputStream** - This is for parsing from a InputStream
* **Python** - For Pythong there're 3 kinds of python protobuf for testing:
* **C++-genereated-code** - This is for using cpp generated code of the
proto file as dynamic linked library.
* **C++-reflection** - This is for using cpp reflection, which there's no
generated code, but still using cpp protobuf library as dynamic linked
library.
* **pure-Python** - This is for pure Python version, which don't link with
any cpp protobuf library.
## Parsing performance
|
C++ |
C++ with tcmalloc |
java |
python |
new |
new arena |
reuse |
new |
new arena |
reuse |
byte[] |
ByteString |
InputStream |
C++-generated-code |
C++-reflection |
pure-Python |
google_message1_proto2 |
368.717MB/s |
261.847MB/s |
799.403MB/s |
645.183MB/s |
441.023MB/s |
1.122GB/s |
425.437MB/s |
425.937MB/s |
251.018MB/s |
82.8314MB/s |
47.6763MB/s |
3.76299MB/s |
google_message1_proto3 |
294.517MB/s |
229.116MB/s |
469.982MB/s |
434.510MB/s |
394.701MB/s |
591.931MB/s |
357.597MB/s |
378.568MB/s |
221.676MB/s |
82.0498MB/s |
39.9467MB/s |
3.77751MB/s |
google_message2 |
277.242MB/s |
347.611MB/s |
793.67MB/s |
503.721MB/s |
596.333MB/s |
922.533MB/s |
416.778MB/s |
419.543MB/s |
367.145MB/s |
241.46MB/s |
71.5723MB/s |
2.73538MB/s |
google_message3_1 |
213.478MB/s |
291.58MB/s |
543.398MB/s |
539.704MB/s |
717.300MB/s |
927.333MB/s |
684.241MB/s |
704.47MB/s |
648.624MB/s |
209.036MB/s |
142.356MB/s |
15.3324MB/s |
google_message3_2 |
672.685MB/s |
802.767MB/s |
1.21505GB/s |
985.790MB/s |
1.136GB/s |
1.367GB/s |
1.54439GB/s |
1.60603GB/s |
1.33443GB/s |
573.835MB/s |
314.33MB/s |
15.0169MB/s |
google_message3_3 |
207.681MB/s |
140.591MB/s |
535.181MB/s |
369.743MB/s |
262.301MB/s |
556.644MB/s |
279.385MB/s |
304.853MB/s |
107.575MB/s |
32.248MB/s |
26.1431MB/s |
2.63541MB/s |
google_message3_4 |
7.96091GB/s |
7.10024GB/s |
9.3013GB/s |
8.518GB/s |
8.171GB/s |
9.917GB/s |
5.78006GB/s |
5.85198GB/s |
4.62609GB/s |
2.49631GB/s |
2.35442GB/s |
802.061MB/s |
google_message3_5 |
76.0072MB/s |
51.6769MB/s |
237.856MB/s |
178.495MB/s |
111.751MB/s |
329.569MB/s |
121.038MB/s |
132.866MB/s |
36.9197MB/s |
10.3962MB/s |
8.84659MB/s |
1.25203MB/s |
google_message4 |
331.46MB/s |
404.862MB/s |
427.99MB/s |
589.887MB/s |
720.367MB/s |
705.373MB/s |
606.228MB/s |
589.13MB/s |
530.692MB/s |
305.543MB/s |
174.834MB/s |
7.86485MB/s |
## Serialization performance
|
C++ |
C++ with tcmalloc |
java |
python |
byte[] |
ByteString |
InputStream |
C++-generated-code |
C++-reflection |
pure-Python |
google_message1_proto2 |
1.39698GB/s |
1.701GB/s |
1.12915GB/s |
1.13589GB/s |
758.609MB/s |
260.911MB/s |
58.4815MB/s |
5.77824MB/s |
google_message1_proto3 |
959.305MB/s |
939.404MB/s |
1.15372GB/s |
1.07824GB/s |
802.337MB/s |
239.4MB/s |
33.6336MB/s |
5.80524MB/s |
google_message2 |
1.27429GB/s |
1.402GB/s |
1.01039GB/s |
1022.99MB/s |
798.736MB/s |
996.755MB/s |
57.9601MB/s |
4.09246MB/s |
google_message3_1 |
1.31916GB/s |
2.049GB/s |
991.496MB/s |
860.332MB/s |
662.88MB/s |
1.48625GB/s |
421.287MB/s |
18.002MB/s |
google_message3_2 |
2.15676GB/s |
2.632GB/s |
2.14736GB/s |
2.08136GB/s |
1.55997GB/s |
2.39597GB/s |
326.777MB/s |
16.0527MB/s |
google_message3_3 |
650.456MB/s |
1.040GB/s |
593.52MB/s |
580.667MB/s |
346.839MB/s |
123.978MB/s |
35.893MB/s |
2.32834MB/s |
google_message3_4 |
8.70154GB/s |
9.825GB/s |
5.88645GB/s |
5.93946GB/s |
2.44388GB/s |
5.9241GB/s |
4.05837GB/s |
876.87MB/s |
google_message3_5 |
246.33MB/s |
443.993MB/s |
283.278MB/s |
259.167MB/s |
206.37MB/s |
37.0285MB/s |
12.2228MB/s |
1.1979MB/s |
google_message4 |
1.56674GB/s |
2.19601GB/s |
776.907MB/s |
770.707MB/s |
702.931MB/s |
1.49623GB/s |
205.116MB/s |
8.93428MB/s |
\* The cpp performance can be improved by using [tcmalloc](https://gperftools.github.io/gperftools/tcmalloc.html), please follow the (instruction)[https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/master/benchmarks/README.md] to link with tcmalloc to get the faster result.