Thursday, April 17

Sun JDK vs JRockit


Sun JDK uses interpreter (Interpreter and JIT in previous releases) – In this mechanism, the byte code is read and the translated into machine language, but these results are not saved in the memory. So every time even if the same method is run again and again, the JVM has to translate the code into machine language. This means machine code will not be reusable as it is not saved anywhere in the memory.
Oracle JRockit uses only JIT compiler (Just In Time) – JIT mechanism means, once a method is run, the byte code is translated to machine language and this is saved in the memory. This means if the method is run again, there is no need for translation and the machine code is reused.
Because of the interpreter mechanism used by sun jdk, the start up time for the server is faster because it does not have to save the machine code in memory. Once the translation is done for a method, it moves to the other one. Where as oracle JRockit saves the code, which is why start up takes longer. For the same reason, oracle JRockit uses more memory than sun jdk.
In the long run, JRockit gives a slightly better performance as compared to sun jdk.
Oracle JRockit optimizes the code. It identifies the HOT SPOTS which means the methods that are being run more often. These methods are then queued up for optimization. This code is then optimized which improves performance.

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