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Death Zone Benchmark (128MB JVM / 96MB Pre-allocated)

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This report demonstrates engine behavior under extreme resource starvation. The Apex family—specifically the M and MS editions—demonstrates surgical precision in memory management where the "Industry Standard" begins to struggle.

Technical Note: Forensic Accuracy

Apex2S and Apex2MS provide high-precision structural feedback (e.g., "Invalid Map key: String expected"), vital for security auditing and debugging corrupted Exascale data streams, unlike the generic errors of standard parsers.

1. Benchmark: CPU Performance (ms)

Values: Average CPU COST PER RUN (ms) | [citm / canada / twitter]

+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Category / File      | Apex2C     | Apex2M     | Apex2S     | Apex2MS    | Ind. Std.  |
|                      | (Std)      | (Mem)      | (Safe)     | (Fort)     | (Ref)      |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Pre-parser           | ---        | ---        | 4.3/ 3.4/2 | 4.3/ 3.2/1 | ---        |
| deserialize (Safe)   | ---        | ---        | 9.7/26.8/4 | 7.7/26.5/4 | ---        |
| deserialize (Unsafe) | 5.0/23.7/2 | 5.2/23.3/2 | 5.4/23.5/2 | 5.7/23.6/2 | 7.7/38.5/3 |
| serialize (Pretty)   | 6.4/22.7/2 | 6.4/22.1/2 | 6.2/22.1/2 | 6.3/24.1/2 | 6.1/18.2/3 |
| serialize (Compact)  | 3.6/13.9/2 | 3.5/13.7/2 | 3.5/13.3/2 | 3.5/14.2/2 | 4.1/15.7/2 |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

2. Benchmark: RAM Utilization (Used MB)

Values: Baseline / Active Run (Peak)

+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Category / File      | Apex2C     | Apex2M     | Apex2S     | Apex2MS    | Ind. Std.  |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Pre-parser           | ---        | ---        | 114 / 114  | 112 / 112  | ---        |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| deserialize (Safe)   | ---        | ---        | 102 / 114  | 102 / 113  | ---        |
|                      |            |            | 102 / 118  | 103 / 122  |            |
|                      |            |            | 101 / 106  | 101 / 110  |            |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| deserialize (Unsafe) | 103 / 119  | 102 / 119  | 102 / 114  | 102 / 116  | 103 / 118  |
|                      | 102 / 115  | 102 / 116  | 102 / 117  | 103 / 114  | 101 / 120  |
|                      | 100 / 104  | 101 / 105  | 101 / 105  | 101 / 105  | 101 / 117  |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| serialize (Pretty)   | 106 / 112  | 110 / 115  | 106 / 111  | 110 / 122  | 103 / 120  |
|                      | 113 / 118  | 117 / 122  | 113 / 118  | 117 / 122  | 105 / 118  |
|                      | 109 / 116  | 111 / 126  | 109 / 112  | 111 / 118  | 101 / 113  |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| serialize (Compact)  | 106 / 115  | 110 / 123  | 106 / 114  | 110 / 121  | 103 / 120  |
|                      | 113 / 117  | 117 / 119  | 113 / 115  | 117 / 121  | 105 / 120  |
|                      | 109 / 111  | 111 / 119  | 109 / 120  | 111 / 119  | 101 / 114  |
+----------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

3. Key Executive Findings

  • The Standard Wall: In 128MB, standard deserialization speed collapses. At 38.5ms (Canada), it is ~40% slower than Apex due to heavy object-allocation and constant GC cycles when the heap is 90% full.
  • Memory Awareness: Apex2M and MS editions stabilize CPU cost by maintaining a higher performance floor even with only ~10MB of free heap.
  • Safe Mode Supremacy: Apex2MS in Safe Mode is 31% faster than the Industry Standard in Unsafe Mode. Protection without the penalty.

4. Strategic Analysis: RAM Delta-Efficiency

How much "extra" memory does the engine stretch during an operation? (Case Study: Canada GeoJSON Serialization - Compact)

  • Industry Standard (Ref): 15.54 MB Delta
  • Apex2MS (Fortress): 4.20 MB Delta

Observation: Apex utilized a 73% tighter memory envelope, providing a crucial safety margin for high-density cloud applications.

Conclusion for Stakeholders

Apex provides the necessary "Resource-Breathing-Room" and forensic security diagnostics required for mission-critical, low-latency cloud deployments. Industry Standard remains a respected peer for Pretty-Print tasks, but Apex wins the battle for hardware ROI and system stability.