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Requirements

linux or bsd system
PHP 5.3 or greater
pdo_sqlite

Running All The Benchmarks

> cd /path/to/php-orm-benchmark
> php TestRunner.php

Running One Of The Benchmarks

> cd /path/to/php-orm-benchmark
> cd propel_20
> php TestRunner.php

Test Scenarios

Mass insertion: Tests model objects and save() operations.
Retrieve By Pk: Tests basic hydration
Complex Query an OR but no hydration: Tests Query parsing
Basic Query with 5 results: Tests hydration and collections
Query with join: Tests join hydration

Results

The reference is the PDOTestSuite (the number of tests is adjusted to make raw PDO score about 100 to each test). For the ORMs, the smaller score is the better (i. e. the faster).

PHP CLI 7.1.0

(updated 2018-Feb-01)

Library	Insert	findPk	complex	hydrate	with	memory usage	time
PDO	58	7	19	56	129	1,701,016	0.27

Maghead	399	4	299	189	273	10,485,760	1.18

LessQL	329	59	244	305	336	7,993,624	1.28

AtlasOrm	254	183	253	425	390	5,896,024	1.52

YiiM	696	79	294	290	523	6,291,456	1.90
YiiMWithCache	690	83	295	289	518	6,291,456	1.89

Yii2M	1389	170	426	606	983	8,388,608	3.59
Yii2MArrayHydrate	1397	176	422	276	863	8,388,608	3.16
Yii2MScalarHydrate	1377	171	416	253	488	8,388,608	2.73

PHPActiveRecord	2016	175	384	1025	447	4,194,304	5.20

Fuel	2578	146	624	1173	293	12,582,912	4.86
FuelWithCache	1742	24	466	934	43	8,388,608	3.25

Propel20	578	50	1367	1231	1596	8,388,608	4.83
Propel20WithCache	485	39	857	1068	1529	8,388,608	3.99
Propel20FormatOnDemand	483	40	856	941	1526	8,388,608	3.86

DoctrineM	979	141	411	801	602	18,874,368	3.01
DoctrineMWithCache	979	143	407	800	598	18,874,368	3.00
DoctrineMArrayHydrate	968	139	412	416	342	18,874,368	2.35
DoctrineMScalarHydrate	967	142	408	369	329	18,874,368	2.29
DoctrineMWithoutProxies	975	143	417	599	662	18,874,368	2.87

Eloquent	1638	175	523	447	823	14,680,064	3.63
EloquentWithoutEvent	1459	176	546	440	809	14,680,064	3.45

(updated 2017-Feb-01)

Library	Insert	findPk	complex	hydrate	with	memory usage	time
PDO	24	5	10	56	184	1,699,136	0.28

Maghead	91	1	56	95	228	8,388,608	0.48

LessQL	102	26	330	142	175	7,990,728	0.78

YiiM	172	20	309	95	306	6,291,456	0.92
YiiMWithCache	160	21	308	100	304	6,291,456	0.91

Yii2M	316	40	293	160	340	6,291,456	1.17
Yii2MArrayHydrate	305	42	315	100	291	6,291,456	1.07
Yii2MScalarHydrate	304	43	296	107	177	6,291,456	0.94

Propel20	140	16	410	287	413	8,388,608	1.27
Propel20WithCache	111	10	363	247	336	8,388,608	1.08
Propel20FormatOnDemand	96	11	366	223	334	8,388,608	1.04

DoctrineM	183	38	311	227	220	18,874,368	1.02
DoctrineMWithCache	192	45	310	237	233	18,874,368	1.05
DoctrineMArrayHydrate	178	45	292	136	162	16,777,216	0.86
DoctrineMScalarHydrate	178	40	296	119	136	16,777,216	0.81
DoctrineMWithoutProxies	168	40	320	172	352	16,777,216	1.09

Eloquent	367	54	373	157	311	8,388,608	1.28
EloquentWithoutEvent	313	42	377	157	282	8,388,608	1.18

PHP CLI 5.6.4 with opcode cache

(updated 2015-Dec-07)

Library	Insert	findPk	complex	hydrate	with	memory usage	time
PDO	49	45	0	33	92	775,264	0.22

LessQL	153	154	0	114	135	5,232,880	0.57

YiiM	211	138	0	79	201	9,961,472	0.67
YiiMWithCache	217	148	0	88	222	9,961,472	0.71

Yii2M	603	338	0	187	252	14,155,776	1.46
Yii2MArrayHydrate	585	327	0	120	220	14,155,776	1.31
Yii2MScalarHydrate	571	321	0	105	102	14,155,776	1.17

Propel20	218	105	0	263	323	10,747,904	0.98
Propel20WithCache	156	68	0	228	261	10,747,904	0.77
Propel20FormatOnDemand	151	67	0	221	264	11,010,048	0.76

DoctrineM	252	280	0	342	193	17,301,504	1.55
DoctrineMWithCache	266	272	0	332	189	17,039,360	1.54
DoctrineMArrayHydrate	263	282	0	226	141	17,825,792	1.35
DoctrineMScalarHydrate	242	292	0	192	123	17,825,792	1.25
DoctrineMWithoutProxies	243	266	0	253	251	16,777,216	1.43

Eloquent	419	254	0	126	218	11,534,336	1.09
EloquentWithoutEvent	380	260	0	124	232	11,534,336	1.06

HHVM CLI 3.10.1 (Corresponding roughly to an up-to-date PHP 5.6)

(updated 2015-Dec-07)

Library	Insert	findPk	complex	hydrate	with	memory usage	time
PDO	54	30	0	37	92	783,680	0.23

LessQL	165	194	0	78	135	10,316,584	0.66

YiiM	333	194	0	81	494	7,267,424	1.33
YiiMWithCache	337	191	0	81	465	7,286,040	1.30

Yii2M	722	272	0	103	175	9,025,400	1.90
Yii2MArrayHydrate	702	273	0	100	165	9,033,272	1.83
Yii2MScalarHydrate	700	291	0	90	70	8,997,160	1.74

Propel20	545	169	0	771	512	9,740,696	2.30
Propel20WithCache	481	135	0	736	485	9,807,688	2.14
Propel20FormatOnDemand	479	128	0	675	463	9,822,696	2.05

DoctrineM	634	647	0	1009	342	19,639,560	5.11
DoctrineMWithCache	624	674	0	1047	339	19,635,128	5.07
DoctrineMArrayHydrate	629	642	0	804	249	18,447,232	4.73
DoctrineMScalarHydrate	618	634	0	747	203	17,366,336	4.55
DoctrineMWithoutProxies	620	629	0	849	357	19,402,032	4.85

Eloquent	589	273	0	98	203	14,652,488	1.53
EloquentWithoutEvent	547	264	0	99	206	14,572,112	1.45

HHVM 3.11.x (Corresponding roughly to an up-to-date PHP 7.0)

TODO

Running benchmarks using the Docker shell

See .docker-stack/README.md