The High-Performance Java Platform Benchmark Report

Discover how Java code performs across long-term support releases

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Need to improve Java application performance?

Azul’s High-Performance Java Platform Benchmark Report provides an in-depth analysis of OpenJDK performance, featuring lab tests conducted twice a year starting in 2020. These performance tests serve as the industry watermark for evaluating all Java long-term support (LTS) releases for site reliability and performance engineering best practices.

In this report, you’ll discover:

Detailed performance comparisons of OpenJDK and Azul Zing distributions in terms of warm-up, latency, and overall code speed.
Key findings from Azul’s Java Performance Engineering Lab, which ran extensive tests on both Java 17 and Java 21, using a combination of modern industry workloads.
How a high-performance Java platform delivers immediate performance improvements—without modifying your existing code.

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