Xamarin.Android vs Java tests (as of 2014)

*Numbers are milliseconds.

1. Arithmetic test

2. Collections, generics, custom value types

3. Working with strings

UPD MARCH 2018:

4. APK size

Xamarin Android: 4.14mb (arm-v8, Link-all, Proguard)

4. Cold start time

~0.5s