- Comparison: EF Core vs Entity Framework Extensions
- Provider: MariaDB
- EF Version: EF Core 9.x
- Benchmarks executed with BenchmarkDotNet (25 iterations, 1 warmup).
- Results may vary depending on hardware, configuration, and dataset size.
- Connection string defined in
appsettings.json.
Description:
This chart shows Bulk Insert benchmarks on MariaDB, including plain insert, insert with graph, and insert with keep identity.
In all scenarios, Entity Framework Extensions is significantly faster than EF Core (beside the keep identity) and uses only a fraction of the memory.
Description:
This chart shows Bulk Update benchmarks on MariaDB, including plain update and update with graph.
In all scenarios, Entity Framework Extensions is significantly faster than EF Core and uses only a fraction of the memory.
Description:
This chart shows Bulk Delete benchmarks on MariaDB, including plain delete, delete with composite keys, and delete with graph.
In all scenarios, Entity Framework Extensions is significantly faster than EF Core and uses only a fraction of the memory.
Description:
This chart shows Bulk Merge benchmarks on MariaDB, including plain merge and merge with graph.
In all scenarios, Entity Framework Extensions is significantly faster than EF Core.
Description:
This chart shows Bulk Synchronize benchmarks on MariaDB.
Only Entity Framework Extensions is included, since EF Core has no equivalent method to compare.
Description:
This chart shows Bulk SaveChanges benchmarks on MariaDB, including plain SaveChanges and SaveChanges with graph.
In all scenarios, Entity Framework Extensions is significantly faster than EF Core.
Across all tested operations on MariaDB, Entity Framework Extensions consistently outperforms EF Core:
- Performance: EF Extensions methods execute dramatically faster, particularly in large batch operations.
- Memory Usage: In most cases, EF Extensions also consumes significantly less memory, though on MariaDB some variations show memory usage closer to EF Core.
- Features: For operations like Bulk Synchronize, EF Extensions provides functionality that EF Core does not natively support.
For developers working with MariaDB, EF Extensions delivers a major boost in performance and efficiency, making it especially valuable for applications handling high-volume data workloads.





