EF Core 6 Preview: Performance Improvements

EF Core 6 is shaping up to be a performance monster. The team has optimized the query pipeline to reduce allocation overhead significantly.

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In the latest benchmarks, EF Core 6 is 70% faster than EF Core 5 on the query execution path. It is now within striking distance of Dapper in raw query performance for many scenarios.

Compiled Models

You can now pre-compile your model at build time to reduce startup time.

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