Difference in required time to insert InnoDB/MyISAM records

Question

I\'m inserting records into a MySQL table and try to understand the differences in time it takes between a MyISAM table and a InnoDB table.

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Answer 1

To really see the performance differences, you'd need to run some real program on top of the DB. Just inserting tiny batch of records is not telling much. Insert speed depends a lot on things like column count, the amount of indices, transaction pattern, DB constraints and other activities taking place.