Performance benchmark of RABL, ActiveModel Serializers, and plain Ruby presenters for JSON serialization.
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Clone the repo
git clone [email protected]:ddd-ruby/json_serialization_benchmark.git -
Change directory to json-serialization-benchmark
cd json-serialization-benchmark -
Install required gems
bin/setup
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Run the benchmarks
bin/benchmark
user system total real allocations memsize
RABL Ultra Simple 1.911337 1.676705 3.588042 ( 3.589055) 80 9148
AMS Ultra Simple 0.243042 0.009323 0.252365 ( 0.254243) 44 2914
ActiveSerializer Ultra Simple 0.162020 0.000165 0.162185 ( 0.162234) 42 2810
Presenters Ultra Simple 0.092353 0.000240 0.092593 ( 0.092715) 24 1490
ApiView Ultra Simple 0.222568 0.000420 0.222988 ( 0.223057) 40 3132
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RABL Simple 10.372594 8.619620 18.992214 ( 19.004412) 441 57986
AMS Simple 1.294465 0.002461 1.296926 ( 1.299156) 200 15166
ActiveSerializer Simple 0.658684 0.001181 0.659865 ( 0.660253) 168 11734
Presenters Simple 0.368717 0.000406 0.369123 ( 0.369283) 96 6894
ApiView Simple 0.718818 0.001030 0.719848 ( 0.720012) 132 12212
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RABL Complex 21.018171 17.441400 38.459571 ( 38.487034) 889 120054
AMS Complex 1.971424 0.003565 1.974989 ( 1.977962) 317 23266
ActiveSerializer Complex 0.748860 0.000795 0.749655 ( 0.749899) 193 13500
Presenters Complex 0.764698 0.000652 0.765350 ( 0.765593) 199 14480
ApiView Complex 0.530054 0.001296 0.531350 ( 0.531919) 100 8306
Collection tests:
user system total real allocations memsize
RABL Ultra Simple: Collection 1.856389 1.676163 3.532552 ( 3.533854) 6885 924536
AMS Ultra Simple: Collection 0.233785 0.004487 0.238272 ( 0.239858) 5012 334842
ActiveSerializer Ultra Simple: Collection 0.154564 0.000387 0.154951 ( 0.154999) 4308 287874
Presenters Ultra Simple: Collection 0.082595 0.000511 0.083106 ( 0.083147) 2908 171874
ApiView Ultra Simple: Collection 0.155942 0.000971 0.156913 ( 0.156980) 3210 267354
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RABL Simple: Collection 10.511576 8.929531 19.441107 ( 19.486008) 42985 5826758
AMS Simple: Collection 1.925473 0.013268 1.938741 ( 1.949859) 29012 2167742
ActiveSerializer Simple: Collection 0.748552 0.003462 0.752014 ( 0.752574) 18508 1351474
Presenters Simple: Collection 0.469276 0.006352 0.475628 ( 0.476481) 12908 931474
ApiView Simple: Collection 0.652091 0.004302 0.656393 ( 0.656761) 12411 1175394
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RABL Complex: Collection 20.683123 17.411162 38.094285 ( 38.133114) 87786 12064159
AMS Complex: Collection 1.733472 0.010716 1.744188 ( 1.746106) 29012 2167742
ActiveSerializer Complex: Collection 0.843026 0.012633 0.855659 ( 0.855865) 21408 1563274
Presenters Complex: Collection 0.873950 0.006703 0.880653 ( 0.880845) 27408 1958874
ApiView Complex: Collection 0.450063 0.002952 0.453015 ( 0.453531) 9211 784794
In recent MRI Ruby (2.5.7) ApiView does not hold a clear beneficial position and can be easily replaced by ActiveSerializer.