The JVM's dynamic runtime and Just-In-Time compiler cause slow startup and high resource consumption, which is problematic for containerized microservices.
Quarkus moves framework initialization tasks like configuration and bean injection from runtime to build time, resulting in a pre-warmed and optimized application.
A live benchmark measures the time to first request and RSS memory of a standard Spring Boot application, both with and without ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation.
By simply swapping dependencies to Quarkus extensions, the same application code demonstrates significantly faster startup and lower memory usage on the JVM.
A side-by-side comparison of GraalVM native images reveals that the Quarkus version has a faster build time, smaller binary size, and superior runtime performance.
Improved performance with Quarkus translates directly to operational cost savings, better resource density in Kubernetes, and a lower carbon footprint for applications.
tree-IT GmbH
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45:03Josh Long
41:04Alex Soto
25:36Eric Deandrea
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