The fastest .NET Serializer is NOT what you think

Recently, I needed to compare the current performance of .NET serializers for a project. In this video, I compare the current state of the serializers and produce some interesting results.

Link to the benchmarks repository: https://github.com/Im5tu/SerializationBenchmarks

Json Serializers

• Jil: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Jil/
• Newtonsoft.Json: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json
• ServiceStack.Text: https://www.nuget.org/packages/ServiceStack.Text
• SpanJson: https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpanJson
• UTF8Json: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Utf8Json

Binary Serializers

• AvroConvert: https://www.nuget.org/packages/AvroConvert
• Bebop: https://www.nuget.org/packages/bebop
• BSON: https://www.nuget.org/packages/MongoDB.Bson
• GroBuf: https://www.nuget.org/packages/GroBuf
• Hyperion: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hyperion
• MessagePack: https://www.nuget.org/packages/MessagePack
• MsgPack: https://www.nuget.org/packages/MsgPack.Cli
• protobuf-net: https://www.nuget.org/packages/protobuf-net