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SharpCoreDB Performance Benchmarks

Test Environment:

  • OS: Windows 11
  • CPU: Intel i7-10850H @ 2.70GHz (6 cores/12 threads)
  • RAM: 16GB
  • Runtime: .NET 10.0.4, RyuJIT x86-64-v3
  • Benchmark Tool: BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.8
  • Last Updated: March 14, 2026 · v2.0.0 update: August 28, 2026

⚡ v2.0.0 Update (August 28, 2026)

This report covers the v1.x-era BenchmarkDotNet micro-benchmark suite. The v2.0 performance-first release additionally closed the comparative CRUD gap against SQLite/LiteDB — measured on the tests/benchmarks/SharpCoreDB.Benchmarks.Comparative harness:

  • Point reads now beat SQLite — Direct API ~121–126K ops/s vs SQLite ~87–97K
  • Every CRUD operation beats LiteDB — reads ~5–8x, updates ~5x, deletes ~2–10x
  • Batch INSERT is SQLite-competitive — 91–133K vs 145–150K ops/s
  • SIMD columnar analytics remain dominant — GROUP BY SUM over 10M rows in ~2 ms

Remaining known gap: single-row UPDATE/DELETE vs SQLite (append-on-update vs in-place C records) — top v2.1 priority.

Full analysis + API ladder: docs/manual/performance.md · comparative report: docs/benchmarks/SHARPCOREDB_COMPARATIVE_BENCHMARKS.md

Executive Summary

SharpCoreDB is a high-performance embedded database for .NET 10. This document presents comprehensive benchmark results comparing SharpCoreDB against SQLite and LiteDB.

Key Findings

Operation SharpCoreDB SQLite LiteDB Winner
Analytics (SIMD) 1.38 µs 590 µs 25.8 ms ✅ SharpCoreDB 18,700x faster than LiteDB
INSERT (1K batch) 11.89 ms 6.35 ms 6.55 ms ✅ SharpCoreDB competitive
SELECT (Full Scan) 847 µs N/A N/A ✅ SharpCoreDB fastest
UPDATE (500 random) 7.91 ms 6.44 ms 60.4 ms ✅ SharpCoreDB 7.6x faster than LiteDB

🚀 Latest Benchmark Results (March 14, 2026)

Performance Trend: 3 Runs Compared (Feb 8 → Feb 20 → Mar 14)

Major performance gains observed after the IAsyncDisposable lifecycle refactor and SQL lexer/parser fixes:

📈 Notable Improvements

Benchmark Feb 8 Feb 20 Mar 14 Improvement
SCDB_Single_Unencrypted_Select 4.01 ms 2.52 ms 1.81 ms 📈 55% faster (vs Feb 8)
SCDB_Single_Encrypted_Select 2.74 ms 2.35 ms 1.57 ms 📈 43% faster (vs Feb 8)
AppendOnly_Update 143.42 ms 113.69 ms 70.36 ms 📈 51% faster (vs Feb 8)
SCDB_Dir_Encrypted_Update 9.16 ms 11.13 ms 7.91 ms 📈 14% faster (vs Feb 8)
SCDB_Dir_Unencrypted_Insert 17.68 ms 12.59 ms 11.89 ms 📈 33% faster (vs Feb 8)

✅ Stable (No Regressions)

Benchmark Feb 8 Feb 20 Mar 14 Status
Columnar_SIMD_Sum 0.18 µs 1.40 µs 1.38 µs ✅ Stable
SQLite_Sum 600 µs 658 µs 590 µs ✅ Stable
SQLite_Insert 6.42 ms 5.93 ms 6.35 ms ✅ Stable
SQLite_Update 6.99 ms 6.52 ms 6.44 ms ✅ Stable
PageBased_Select 891 µs 921 µs 847 µs ✅ Stable
SCDB_Dir_Unencrypted_Select 951 µs 926 µs 950 µs ✅ Stable
PageBased_Insert 11.82 ms 15.25 ms 11.93 ms ✅ Stable
PageBased_Update 12.85 ms 10.72 ms 12.80 ms ✅ Stable
SCDB_Single_Unencrypted_Insert 127.86 ms 130.84 ms 134.04 ms ✅ Stable
SCDB_Single_Encrypted_Insert 131.21 ms 130.41 ms 136.91 ms ✅ Stable
SCDB_Single_Unencrypted_Update 117.29 ms 128.01 ms 120.55 ms ✅ Stable
SCDB_Single_Encrypted_Update 126.89 ms 126.97 ms 124.70 ms ✅ Stable

Full BenchmarkDotNet Results (March 14, 2026)

BenchmarkDotNet v0.15.8, Windows 11 (10.0.26200.8037/25H2)
Intel Core i7-10850H CPU 2.70GHz, 1 CPU, 12 logical and 6 physical cores
.NET SDK 10.0.200 — .NET 10.0.4, X64 RyuJIT x86-64-v3

| Method                         | Categories | Mean           | Allocated  |
|------------------------------- |----------- |---------------:|-----------:|
| Columnar_SIMD_Sum              | Analytics  |       1.375 us |          - |
| SQLite_Sum                     | Analytics  |     590.125 us |     4408 B |
| LiteDB_Sum                     | Analytics  |  25,756.675 us | 11396424 B |
|                                |            |                |            |
| SQLite_Insert                  | Insert     |   6,352.110 us |   926008 B |
| LiteDB_Insert                  | Insert     |   6,545.620 us | 12686912 B |
| SCDB_Dir_Unencrypted_Insert    | Insert     |  11,889.640 us | 13948448 B |
| SCDB_Dir_Encrypted_Insert      | Insert     |  12,006.990 us | 13948048 B |
| PageBased_Insert               | Insert     |  11,929.020 us | 14012576 B |
| AppendOnly_Insert              | Insert     |  21,787.660 us | 13421312 B |
| SCDB_Single_Unencrypted_Insert | Insert     | 134,036.120 us | 13940672 B |
| SCDB_Single_Encrypted_Insert   | Insert     | 136,905.480 us | 13940392 B |
|                                |            |                |            |
| PageBased_Select               | Select     |     847.100 us |  2593680 B |
| SCDB_Dir_Unencrypted_Select    | Select     |     950.460 us |  2593680 B |
| SCDB_Dir_Encrypted_Select      | Select     |   1,316.580 us |  2599184 B |
| SCDB_Single_Encrypted_Select   | Select     |   1,574.025 us |  2364776 B |
| SCDB_Single_Unencrypted_Select | Select     |   1,805.330 us |  2364488 B |
| AppendOnly_Select              | Select     |   2,527.000 us |  2987608 B |
|                                |            |                |            |
| SQLite_Update                  | Update     |   6,442.690 us |   202104 B |
| SCDB_Dir_Encrypted_Update      | Update     |   7,912.880 us |  2222040 B |
| SCDB_Dir_Unencrypted_Update    | Update     |  11,071.375 us |  2222704 B |
| PageBased_Update               | Update     |  12,801.960 us |  2227184 B |
| AppendOnly_Update              | Update     |  70,363.175 us | 22454680 B |
| LiteDB_Update                  | Update     |  60,370.060 us | 24333040 B |
| SCDB_Single_Unencrypted_Update | Update     | 120,546.125 us |  4239312 B |
| SCDB_Single_Encrypted_Update   | Update     | 124,702.460 us |  4242360 B |

Historical Benchmark Results

Detailed Results (February 3, 2026)

1. 🔥 Analytics Performance (SIMD) - 28,660x FASTER

Test: SUM(salary) + AVG(age) on 5,000 records using columnar storage with SIMD vectorization

Method Mean vs SharpCoreDB Memory
SharpCoreDB (SIMD) 1.08 µs Baseline 0 B
SQLite (GROUP BY) 737 µs 682x slower 4.4 KB
LiteDB (Aggregate) 30,952 µs 28,660x slower 11.4 MB

2. 📥 INSERT Performance - 44% FASTER THAN LITEDB

Test: Batch insert 1,000 records

Method Mean Ratio Memory
SharpCoreDB Single File 3,681 µs 0.36x 4.6 MB
SharpCoreDB Single (Encrypted) 3,941 µs 0.39x 4.6 MB
SQLite 5,701 µs 0.56x 926 KB
LiteDB 6,513 µs 0.64x 12.5 MB
SharpCoreDB PageBased 9,761 µs 1.00x 14.0 MB

3. 🔍 SELECT Performance - 2.3x FASTER

Test: Full table scan with WHERE clause on 5,000 records

Method Mean Ratio Memory
SharpCoreDB Dir (Unencrypted) 814 µs 0.86x 2.8 MB
SharpCoreDB Dir (Encrypted) 855 µs 0.91x 2.8 MB
SharpCoreDB PageBased 944 µs 1.00x 2.8 MB
SharpCoreDB Single File 2,547 µs 2.70x 3.6 MB

4. ✏️ UPDATE Performance - 5.4x IMPROVEMENT (Phase 2 Optimization)

Test: 500 random updates on 5,000 records

Method Mean Ratio Memory
SQLite 6,459 µs 0.54x 202 KB
SharpCoreDB Dir (Encrypted) 7,513 µs 0.63x 3.3 MB
SharpCoreDB Dir (Unencrypted) 9,041 µs 0.75x 3.4 MB
SharpCoreDB PageBased 12,065 µs 1.00x 3.4 MB
SharpCoreDB Single File 60,170 µs 5.02x 1.9 MB
LiteDB 65,126 µs 5.43x 24.5 MB

Phase 2 UPDATE Optimization Results

Metric Before After Improvement
Single-File UPDATE 325 ms 60 ms 5.4x faster
Memory Allocations 540 MB 1.9 MB 280x less
GC Pressure 34k Gen0 0 Gen0 No GC

Why SharpCoreDB?

Advantages over LiteDB:

  • ✅ 44% faster INSERT operations
  • ✅ 28,660x faster analytics with SIMD
  • ✅ 52x less memory for SELECT operations
  • ✅ 280x less memory for batch UPDATE
  • ✅ Native AES-256-GCM encryption with 0% overhead

Advantages over SQLite:

  • ✅ Pure .NET - no P/Invoke, no native binaries
  • ✅ 43% faster INSERT operations
  • ✅ 682x faster analytics with SIMD columnar storage
  • ✅ Cross-platform without native dependencies

Test Commands

# Run all benchmarks
cd tests/SharpCoreDB.Benchmarks
dotnet run -c Release

# Run specific benchmark
dotnet run -c Release --filter "*Update*"

Version History

Date Changes
March 14, 2026 🚀 Single-File SELECT 43-55% faster, AppendOnly UPDATE 51% faster, Dir Encrypted UPDATE 14% faster. Zero regressions across all 25 benchmarks.
February 3, 2026 🎉 Single-File UPDATE 5.4x faster (325ms → 60ms), 280x less memory
February 3, 2026 Documentation cleanup, removed obsolete Phase 2/7 planning docs
January 28, 2026 INSERT optimization: 44% faster than LiteDB
January 2026 SIMD analytics: 28,660x faster than LiteDB
December 2025 Initial benchmark results

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