Java SE 6 Performance White Paper

One of the principal design centers for Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) was to improve performance and scalability by targeting performance deficiencies highlighted by some of the most popular Java benchmarks currently available and also by working closely with the Java community to determine key areas where performance enhancements would have the most impact. This paper gives an overview of the new performance and scalability improvements in Java Standard Edition 6 along with various industry standard and internally developed benchmark results to demonstrate the impact of these improvements.