When to prefer joins expressed with SelectMany() over joins expressed with the join keyword in Linq

Question

Linq allows to express inner joins by using the join keyword or by using SelectMany() (i.e. a couple of from keywords) with a where keyword:

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Answer 1

Join is more efficient, it uses Lookup class (a variation of Dictionary with multiple values for a single key) to find matching values.