DI Containers Comparison

Comparing a simple app varieties on different DI containers.

IntelliJ IDEA Setup

Go to "Preferences > Annotation Processors", and check "Enable Annotation Processing".

"Benchmark"

# Build
./gradlew clean build installDist distTar

# Run
./runner/build/install/runner/bin/runner

Test machine

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024)
Chip: Apple M4 Max (14-Core: 10 performance + 4 efficiency)
GPU: 32-Core GPU
Memory: 36 GB Unified Memory

openjdk 25.0.1 2025-10-21 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-25.0.1.8.1 (build 25.0.1+8-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-25.0.1.8.1 (build 25.0.1+8-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)

DI	Jar w/Deps Size, Mb	⬇️ Wall, ms	User, ms	Sys, ms	Max RSS, Mb	Allocated, Mb	Alloc Count	LoC
jvm	1.75	20.00	10.00	6.00	40.33	0.25	6	2

DI	Jar w/Deps Size, Mb	⬇️ Wall, ms	User, ms	Sys, ms	Max RSS, Mb	Allocated, Mb	Alloc Count	LoC
dagger	1.82	30.00	20.00	10.00	43.03	0.25	7	51
kotlin-lazy	1.75	30.00	20.00	10.00	42.92	0.25	7	31
baseline	1.75	36.00	20.00	10.00	42.81	0.25	6	24
cayennedi	1.82	46.00	40.00	10.00	46.11	0.25	8	49
dimension	1.78	50.00	50.00	10.00	53.52	0.28	12	37
kodein	3.43	60.00	68.00	10.00	53.50	2.41	33	32
koin	2.22	60.00	70.00	10.00	55.13	2.44	43	31
komok-to-be-injected	2.48	60.00	60.00	10.00	53.63	2.53	37	33
koin-reflect	2.22	64.00	70.00	10.00	55.22	2.35	41	33
bootique	4.69	96.00	150.00	10.00	64.89	0.37	38	63
guice	5.62	118.00	170.00	14.00	69.23	0.71	65	47
spring	6.78	132.00	202.00	16.00	70.25	1.00	82	38
spring-xml	6.78	132.00	190.00	12.00	71.33	1.04	73	37
spring-scan	6.78	148.00	234.00	20.00	71.59	0.96	99	34
spring-index	6.78	148.00	238.00	14.00	71.36	1.15	106	34
owb	3.30	150.00	250.00	20.00	72.92	0.81	79	49
springboot-index	10.33	376.00	796.00	36.00	105.66	2.47	349	45
springboot	10.33	388.00	836.00	32.00	107.08	2.58	370	56

DI	Jar w/Deps Size, Mb	⬇️ Wall, ms	User, ms	Sys, ms	Max RSS, Mb	Allocated, Mb	Alloc Count	LoC
baseline-deep	1.88	40.00	40.00	10.00	44.88	0.26	11	719
dagger-deep	2.05	52.00	50.00	10.00	46.67	0.26	13	1145
kotlin-lazy-deep	1.89	68.00	86.00	12.00	55.91	0.38	25	925
cayennedi-deep	2.00	70.00	100.00	10.00	51.94	0.27	20	1953
koin-reflect-deep	2.52	80.00	100.00	10.00	60.81	2.69	54	727
komok-to-be-injected-deep	2.62	80.00	114.00	10.00	65.27	2.50	52	927
dimension-deep	1.91	88.00	150.00	10.00	64.06	0.65	51	831
koin-deep	2.37	90.00	124.00	10.00	66.89	2.46	53	725
kodein-deep	3.86	100.00	150.00	10.00	66.69	2.60	60	726
bootique-deep	4.82	112.00	172.00	14.00	67.16	0.52	49	1057
guice-deep	5.75	152.00	238.00	20.00	71.20	0.62	72	1141
spring-xml-deep	6.90	160.00	250.00	20.00	74.52	1.06	85	931
spring-deep	6.91	180.00	324.00	20.00	74.22	1.06	124	1032
owb-deep	3.42	218.00	424.00	22.00	77.67	0.96	129	1143
spring-scan-deep	6.91	230.00	464.00	20.00	80.81	1.83	221	728
spring-index-deep	6.91	234.00	466.00	20.00	80.69	1.58	208	729
springboot-index-deep	10.46	452.00	1,036.00	40.00	102.63	2.62	438	739
springboot-deep	10.46	484.00	1,084.00	40.00	111.45	3.06	466	1050