Comparison: run #11 → run #14

Configuration

SettingRun #11 (base)Run #14 (target)
Description
JVM heap-Xms128m -Xmx256m-Xms128m -Xmx256m
JVM args-Xgcpolicy:optthruput -Xgcthreads1 -Xminf0.1 -Xmaxf0.2-Xgcpolicy:optthruput -Xgcthreads1 -Xminf0.1 -Xmaxf0.2
Javasemeru-openj9-25.0.2+10_openj9-0.57.0semeru-openj9-25.0.2+10_openj9-0.57.0
Iterations77
Started2026-05-12 15:40:01.02026-05-14 10:51:06.0
Deploy commitfc104f4fc104f4

Summary

Of 24 (runtime × metric) comparisons: target wins 11, base wins 13. Biggest improvement on target: quarkus-semeru · Load RSS (-5.6%). Biggest regression: quarkus-semeru · Throughput (-3.2%).

Per-runtime comparison

Cells show mean ± stddev with CV% (run-to-run consistency: <5% stable · 5-15% moderate · >15% noisy). Hover a cell for the 95% CI. Δ% is target relative to base. d is Cohen's effect size; Welch p is the two-tailed p-value (p<0.001, p<0.05). Green marks the better mean per row; grey marks rows where one side has no data.

quarkus-jvm

MetricRun #11Run #14ΔΔ%dWelch p
Throughput (rps)9,871 ±275 (CV 2.8%)10,127 ±261 (CV 2.6%)+256+2.6%0.95 large0.0998
TTFR (ms)4,002 ±134 (CV 3.4%)3,959 ±106 (CV 2.7%)-43-1.1%-0.35 small0.5211
rps / MiB (rps/MiB)28.14 ±0.85 (CV 3.0%)29.08 ±0.90 (CV 3.1%)+0.95+3.4%1.08 large0.0656
Startup RSS (MiB)264.8 ±0.2 (CV 0.08%)265.8 ±0.1 (CV 0.05%)+1.0+0.4%5.50 large<0.0001
1st-req RSS (MiB)279.5 ±1.0 (CV 0.34%)279.7 ±0.3 (CV 0.10%)+0.2+0.1%0.25 small0.6600
Load RSS (MiB)350.9 ±7.5 (CV 2.1%)348.3 ±6.7 (CV 1.9%)-2.6-0.7%-0.36 small0.5081
Latency avg (ms)9.83 ±0.26 (CV 2.6%)
Latency max (ms)136.9 ±15.9 (CV 12%)

quarkus-semeru

MetricRun #11Run #14ΔΔ%dWelch p
Throughput (rps)9,713 ±120 (CV 1.2%)9,398 ±165 (CV 1.8%)-315-3.2%-2.18 large0.0018
TTFR (ms)3,248 ±77 (CV 2.4%)3,251 ±94 (CV 2.9%)+3+0.1%0.03 negligible0.9511
rps / MiB (rps/MiB)29.10 ±0.76 (CV 2.6%)29.83 ±0.92 (CV 3.1%)+0.73+2.5%0.87 large0.1301
Startup RSS (MiB)254.4 ±0.3 (CV 0.10%)255.0 ±0.4 (CV 0.16%)+0.6+0.2%1.63 large0.0119
1st-req RSS (MiB)263.9 ±1.1 (CV 0.42%)265.3 ±0.7 (CV 0.26%)+1.3+0.5%1.44 large0.0219
Load RSS (MiB)334.0 ±6.8 (CV 2.0%)315.2 ±8.1 (CV 2.6%)-18.7-5.6%-2.50 large0.0006
Latency avg (ms)10.59 ±0.18 (CV 1.7%)
Latency max (ms)138.0 ±13.8 (CV 10.0%)

quarkus-virtual

MetricRun #11Run #14ΔΔ%dWelch p
Throughput (rps)10,134 ±274 (CV 2.7%)10,279 ±180 (CV 1.7%)+145+1.4%0.63 medium0.2672
TTFR (ms)3,986 ±81 (CV 2.0%)3,949 ±107 (CV 2.7%)-37-0.9%-0.39 small0.4769
rps / MiB (rps/MiB)33.13 ±0.96 (CV 2.9%)33.18 ±0.86 (CV 2.6%)+0.05+0.2%0.06 negligible0.9137
Startup RSS (MiB)264.9 ±0.3 (CV 0.10%)265.7 ±0.1 (CV 0.03%)+0.8+0.3%4.06 large0.0001
1st-req RSS (MiB)280.0 ±1.0 (CV 0.36%)280.6 ±0.4 (CV 0.15%)+0.7+0.2%0.88 large0.1393
Load RSS (MiB)305.9 ±1.4 (CV 0.46%)309.9 ±5.7 (CV 1.8%)+4.0+1.3%0.96 large0.1175
Latency avg (ms)9.68 ±0.17 (CV 1.8%)
Latency max (ms)67.2 ±4.5 (CV 6.7%)

quarkus-virtual-semeru

MetricRun #11Run #14ΔΔ%dWelch p
Throughput (rps)9,958 ±204 (CV 2.0%)9,693 ±113 (CV 1.2%)-264-2.7%-1.60 large0.0143
TTFR (ms)3,337 ±116 (CV 3.5%)3,289 ±95 (CV 2.9%)-48-1.4%-0.45 small0.4122
rps / MiB (rps/MiB)33.52 ±0.72 (CV 2.2%)33.10 ±0.38 (CV 1.1%)-0.42-1.2%-0.72 medium0.2085
Startup RSS (MiB)254.2 ±0.2 (CV 0.08%)255.0 ±0.3 (CV 0.12%)+0.8+0.3%3.10 large0.0001
1st-req RSS (MiB)264.1 ±1.1 (CV 0.43%)265.5 ±1.1 (CV 0.41%)+1.4+0.5%1.28 large0.0335
Load RSS (MiB)297.1 ±2.1 (CV 0.69%)292.8 ±0.8 (CV 0.28%)-4.2-1.4%-2.70 large0.0010
Latency avg (ms)10.27 ±0.12 (CV 1.2%)
Latency max (ms)123.5 ±46.3 (CV 38%)