new BigDecimal(String)toStringaddsubtractmultiplydividepowcompareToequalsabsmaxsetScaleBenchmarks 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
| new BigDecimal(String) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 333320 | 250000 | 166660 | 125000 | 90900 | 62500 | 45440 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 3434567 | 3919280 | 3848673 | 3876400 | 5541474 | 7236160 | 9661531 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 25891 | 32280 | 43501 | 52240 | 67656 | 96640 | 159551 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 26701 | 33200 | 44461 | 54960 | 67106 | 99360 | 163072 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 326040 | 330880 | 337153 | 349360 | 368646 | 411360 | 496698 |
| toString | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 7960625 | 7559062 | 8330000 | 8740000 | 10698437 | 13175312 | 16628750 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 8437 | 10312 | 13750 | 18750 | 25937 | 44687 | 75312 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 27500 | 30937 | 35937 | 44687 | 51562 | 75312 | 121875 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 955937 | 966250 | 1004062 | 1036562 | 1095312 | 1218437 | 1465937 |
| add | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 87750 | 107000 | 94750 | 87750 | 148250 | 102750 | 122250 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 5500 | 6750 | 7000 | 8250 | 11000 | 16500 | 27500 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 7000 | 8250 | 12500 | 19250 | 30250 | 52250 | 98750 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 72750 | 72750 | 78250 | 79750 | 85000 | 97500 | 129000 |
| subtract | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 101500 | 122250 | 116750 | 112500 | 168750 | 126250 | 145500 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 8250 | 8250 | 9500 | 11000 | 31500 | 22000 | 35750 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 9750 | 9500 | 15000 | 22000 | 33000 | 60500 | 103000 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 68750 | 68750 | 68500 | 71500 | 75500 | 85000 | 104500 |
| multiply | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 32000 | 16000 | 6400 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 1927500 | 1985625 | 2063125 | 2179687 | 2494062 | 2996875 | 4292187 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 6875 | 10312 | 18750 | 39375 | 103125 | 333125 | 1193750 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 60000 | 118437 | 485625 | 1350625 | 4361250 | 16182500 | 62375000 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 662500 | 1237500 | 2936875 | 5252500 | 10279375 | 23291875 | 56728125 |
| divide | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 4800 | 2000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 203000 | 198000 | 171000 | 154000 | 165000 | 170833 | 195000 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 16000 | 17000 | 22000 | 28000 | 33000 | 45833 | 55000 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 27000 | 22000 | 77000 | 121000 | 214000 | 366666 | 550000 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 12002000 | 15939000 | 9101000 | 9600000 | 10727000 | 12941666 | 17880000 |
| pow | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 | 2000 | 560 | 70 | 10 |
| java.math.BigInteger (symcjit) | 49335000 | 50407500 | 52895000 | 56105000 | 62857142 | 76857142 | 110000000 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 55000 | 95000 | 345000 | 910000 | 2839285 | 9428571 | 33000000 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 42197500 | 91902500 | 240065000 | 439980000 | 871839285 | 1887857142 | 4718000000 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 19965000 | 42635000 | 107612500 | 194000000 | 389678571 | 838000000 | 2092000000 |
| compareTo | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 3425 | 3300 | 3575 | 3575 | 3725 | 3850 | 4100 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 275 | 275 | 125 | 150 | 275 | 275 | 275 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 275 | 275 | 275 | 275 | 550 | 950 | 1650 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 1650 | 1625 | 1650 | 1650 | 1800 | 1925 | 2350 |
| equals | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 800000 | 800000 | 800000 | 800000 | 800000 | 800000 | 800000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 337 | 345 | 316 | 333 | 320 | 320 | 331 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 275 | 275 | 212 | 275 | 212 | 200 | 275 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 19025 | 275 | 58625 | 70925 | 82937 | 117200 | 188600 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 8987 | 18650 | 247 | 251 | 252 | 268 | 252 |
| abs | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 800000 | 2400000 | 6400000 | 12000000 | 22400000 | 42400000 | 84000000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 487 | 504 | 60 | 73 | 61 | 62 | 62 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 2687 | 2608 | 2446 | 2430 | 2425 | 2436 | 2453 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 2475 | 2495 | 2351 | 2343 | 2361 | 2396 | 2380 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 412 | 433 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 12 |
| max | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 | 400000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 3175 | 3175 | 3425 | 3575 | 3550 | 3725 | 4125 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 2900 | 2875 | 2750 | 2625 | 2600 | 2750 | 2750 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 2750 | 2750 | 2600 | 2600 | 2900 | 3175 | 4000 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 1650 | 1650 | 1650 | 1775 | 1775 | 2050 | 2350 |
| setScale | |||||||
| Avg. Precision | 9 | 18 | 44 | 76 | 141 | 269 | 525 |
| Iteration count | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 | 40000 |
| java.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 116500 | 100250 | 99000 | 119500 | 299500 | 116750 | 125000 |
| be.arci.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 12250 | 12250 | 12500 | 13750 | 16500 | 17750 | 23250 |
| com.ibm.math.BigDecimal (symcjit) | 20500 | 20500 | 22000 | 22000 | 23250 | 26000 | 31500 |
| com.tce.math.TBigDecimal (symcjit) | 39750 | 41250 | 41250 | 44000 | 44000 | 48000 | 56250 |