Type instantiation (default .ctor)

code.cs

object obj;

var r = 0;

const int cnt = 1000000;
var constructorInfo = typeof(Class).GetConstructor(Array.Empty<Type>())!;
var hCtorDefault = constructorInfo.MethodHandle;
RuntimeHelpers.PrepareMethod(RuntimeMethodHandle.FromIntPtr(hCtorDefault.Value));

var pCtor = (delegate*<object, void>)hCtorDefault.GetFunctionPointer();

var t1 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
{
	obj = RuntimeHelpers.GetUninitializedObject(typeof(Class));
	pCtor(obj);
	var inst = Unsafe.As<object, Class>(ref obj);
	r += inst._f;
}
var t2 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
Console.WriteLine($"RuntimeHelpers.GetUninitializedObject + .ctor invocation via function pointer:\t{TimeSpan.FromTicks(t2 - t1).Milliseconds} ms");

t1 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
{
	obj = constructorInfo.Invoke(Array.Empty<object?>());
	var inst = Unsafe.As<object, Class>(ref obj);
	r += inst._f;
}
t2 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
Console.WriteLine($"ConstructorInfo.Invoke:\t{TimeSpan.FromTicks(t2 - t1).Milliseconds} ms");

t1 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();

for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
{
	var c = Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(Class));
	var inst = Unsafe.As<object, Class>(ref c!);
	r += inst._f;
}
t2 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
Console.WriteLine($"Activator.CreateInstance:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{TimeSpan.FromTicks(t2 - t1).Milliseconds} ms");

t1 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();

for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
{
	var inst = new Class();
	r += inst._f;
}
t2 = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
Console.WriteLine($"Implicit call via 'new':\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{TimeSpan.FromTicks(t2 - t1).Milliseconds} ms");