Benchmark

Benchmarks in nanoseconds (10^-9s) per operation using Sun Microsystems Inc.'s virtual machine version 1.1.8 on a Win98 AMD K6-2 350MHz, 16MB heap memory

valueOf(int)		intValue()
Iteration count	200000	20000000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	5250	227
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	5500	275
valueOf(long)		longValue()
Iteration count	200000	20000000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	5450	282
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	6300	330
new BigDecimal(double)		doubleValue()
Iteration count	10000	10000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	104000	44000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	121000	44000
new BigDecimal(String)
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	500000	250000	166660	125000	90900	62500	45440
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	8460	9680	13500	17600	24202	38560	68882
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	8560	10960	14160	18880	26512	42080	73723
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
toString
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	192000	128000	32000	32000	32000	32000	32000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	7447	9453	13750	18750	25937	42812	77187
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	7708	9921	13750	18750	27500	44375	82187
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
add
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	240000	160000	40000	40000	40000	40000	40000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	5708	7187	7000	9500	12500	18000	31500
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	7333	8875	9500	11000	13750	20750	34250
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
subtract
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	240000	160000	40000	40000	40000	40000	40000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	8458	8937	12250	13750	19250	27500	46750
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	9625	9625	12500	15000	22000	31750	50750
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
multiply
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	192000	128000	32000	32000	32000	16000	6400
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	8281	10312	20625	39687	106250	340000	1201562
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	9166	14609	25625	54687	149375	480625	1742187
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
divide
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	60000	40000	10000	10000	10000	4800	2000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	18333	18000	55000	116000	296000	937500	3270000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	23833	21750	71000	154000	423000	1337500	4725000
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
pow
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	24000	16000	4000	2000	560	70	10
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	57083	106250	355000	935000	2839285	9428571	33000000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	68750	137500	495000	1320000	4125000	14142857	55000000
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
compareTo
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	2400000	1600000	400000	400000	400000	400000	400000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	250	275	12500	14825	19375	27750	46425
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	275	306	13600	16050	21700	31575	49300
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
equals
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	4800000	3200000	800000	800000	800000	800000	800000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	445	515	487	412	412	475	412
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	481	534	487	475	487	475	475
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
abs
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	4800000	9600000	6400000	12000000	22400000	42400000	84000000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	410	411	110	110	108	129	109
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	433	429	110	118	108	108	109
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
max
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	2400000	1600000	400000	400000	400000	400000	400000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	387	412	12500	14975	19500	27875	46000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	412	412	13575	15925	21700	31575	49450
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
setScale
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	240000	160000	40000	40000	40000	40000	40000
java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	5041	5125	5500	5500	6750	9500	12500
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	5500	5875	5500	7000	8250	9500	13750
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
new BigDecimal(java.math.BigDecimal)
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	192000	128000	32000	32000	32000	32000	32000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	49687	84062	183750	300312	570000	1194687	2899062
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	48906	85390	187187	307187	561250	1320000	3055000
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
toBigDecimal
Avg. Precision	8	18	44	76	141	269	525
Iteration count	480000	320000	80000	80000	80000	80000	80000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	9500	9437	87875	164125	341250	825250	1923125
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	9479	52531	109125	199750	423625	1025750	2365250
com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
number 'e' (microseconds)
Precision	8	16	32	64	128	256	512	1024	2048	4096
Iteration count	256	128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1	1
be.arci.math.BigDecimal production	625000	859375	1718750	3437500	10625000	41250000	177500000	1045000000	6810000000	45540000000
be.arci.math.BigDecimal evaluation	664062	859375	1718750	5000000	13750000	48750000	247500000	1455000000	9670000000	67390000000