Comparing NUnit & xunit. Each run is 10 000 tests with a trivial assert.
| Total time | NUnit | xunit |
| Visual studio runner | 18.4 s | 42.0 s |
| Resharper runner | 53.6 s | 61.6 s |
| Rider | 48.6 s | 64 s |
| AppVeyor | 6 min 13 s | 4 min 22 s |
The times in the table link to a screenrecording of the run.
- Git clean
- Open the editor and let it resolve references.
- Set Release|AnyCPU
- Start recording using ScreenToGif and start test run.
- Visual Studio Enterprise 15.7.1
- JetBrains Resharper Ultimate 2018.1
- NUnit 3.10.1
- NUnit 3 Test Adapter 3.10.0.0
- xunit 2.3.1
- Rider 2018.1
- Intel Xeon CPU E5-2637 v4 3.50GHz, 2 CPU, 16 logical and 8 physical cores