Type Checking: typeof, GetType, or is?

Question

I\'ve seen many people use the following code:

Type t = typeof(obj1);
if (t == typeof(int))
    // Some code here

But I know you could also

Answer 1

Performance test typeof() vs GetType():

using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
    {
    class Program
    {
        enum TestEnum { E1, E2, E3 }
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            {
                var start = DateTime.UtcNow;
                for (var i = 0; i < 1000000000; i++)
                    Test1(TestEnum.E2);
                Console.WriteLine(DateTime.UtcNow - start);
            }
            {
                var start = DateTime.UtcNow;
                for (var i = 0; i < 1000000000; i++)
                    Test2(TestEnum.E2);
                Console.WriteLine(DateTime.UtcNow - start);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        static Type Test1<T>(T value) => typeof(T);
        static Type Test2(object value) => value.GetType();
    }
}

Results in debug mode:

00:00:08.4096636
00:00:10.8570657

Results in release mode:

00:00:02.3799048
00:00:07.1797128

Answer 2

I believe the last one also looks at inheritance (e.g. Dog is Animal == true), which is better in most cases.