MemoryCacheTest

This project compares the performance of System.Runtime.Caching.MemoryCache and Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory when storing and retrieving a large number of items.

Test Results

The following results were produced with 5,000,000 cached items.

System.Runtime.Caching.MemoryCache

• Add 5,000,000 items: 00:00:14.0036463
• Random access 5,000,000 times: 00:01:19.3372872
• Sequential access 5,000,000 times: 00:01:17.7857749

Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory

• Add 5,000,000 items: 00:00:09.8648732
• Random access 5,000,000 times: 00:00:03.2182455
• Sequential access 5,000,000 times: 00:00:01.4296775