Performance: Java's String.format [duplicate]

Answer 1

I have run a test post-JVM warmup (once the methods are compiled) and get similar results, with StringBuilder more than 30x quicker.

format: 943
stringbuilder: 26

public class TestPerf {

    private static int NUM_RUN;


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        NUM_RUN = 100_000;
        //warm up
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            method1();
            method2();
        }

        System.gc();
        System.out.println("Starting");

        long sum = 0;
        long start = System.nanoTime();
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            sum += method1();
        }
        long end = System.nanoTime();
        System.out.println("format: " + (end - start) / 1000000);

        System.gc();

        start = System.nanoTime();
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            sum += method2();
        }
        end = System.nanoTime();
        System.out.println("stringbuilder: " + (end - start) / 1000000);

        System.out.println(sum);
    }

    private static int method1() {
        int sum = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_RUN; i++) {
            String s = String.format("test %d", i);
            sum += s.length();
        }
        return sum;
    }

    private static int method2() {
        int sum = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_RUN; i++) {
            String s = new StringBuilder().append("test ").append(i).toString();
            sum += s.length();
        }
        return sum;
    }
}