Manual Benchmarking vs Automated Benchmarking
Developers should use manual benchmarking when they need fine-grained control over test conditions, such as isolating specific functions, simulating unique workloads, or evaluating performance in custom environments not covered by standard tools meets developers should use automated benchmarking when working on performance-critical systems, such as high-frequency trading platforms, game engines, or large-scale web services, to ensure code changes do not degrade performance. Here's our take.
Manual Benchmarking
Developers should use manual benchmarking when they need fine-grained control over test conditions, such as isolating specific functions, simulating unique workloads, or evaluating performance in custom environments not covered by standard tools
Manual Benchmarking
Nice PickDevelopers should use manual benchmarking when they need fine-grained control over test conditions, such as isolating specific functions, simulating unique workloads, or evaluating performance in custom environments not covered by standard tools
Pros
- +It's particularly useful for prototyping, debugging performance issues, or comparing algorithm implementations in early development stages, as it allows for tailored metrics and immediate feedback without the overhead of setting up automated frameworks
- +Related to: performance-testing, profiling
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Automated Benchmarking
Developers should use automated benchmarking when working on performance-critical systems, such as high-frequency trading platforms, game engines, or large-scale web services, to ensure code changes do not degrade performance
Pros
- +It is also valuable in continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to catch performance regressions early, and for comparing different algorithms, libraries, or hardware configurations to make data-driven optimization decisions
- +Related to: continuous-integration, performance-testing
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Manual Benchmarking if: You want it's particularly useful for prototyping, debugging performance issues, or comparing algorithm implementations in early development stages, as it allows for tailored metrics and immediate feedback without the overhead of setting up automated frameworks and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Automated Benchmarking if: You prioritize it is also valuable in continuous integration/continuous deployment (ci/cd) pipelines to catch performance regressions early, and for comparing different algorithms, libraries, or hardware configurations to make data-driven optimization decisions over what Manual Benchmarking offers.
Developers should use manual benchmarking when they need fine-grained control over test conditions, such as isolating specific functions, simulating unique workloads, or evaluating performance in custom environments not covered by standard tools
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