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Below are the Big O performance of common functions of different Java Collections.
List | Add | Remove | Get | Contains | Next | Data Structure
---------------------|------|--------|------|----------|------|---------------
ArrayList | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | Array
LinkedList | O(1) | O(1) | O(n) | O(n) | O(1) | Linked List
CopyOnWriteArrayList | O(n) | O(n) | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | Array
Set | Add | Remove | Contains | Next | Size | Data Structure
----------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|-------------------------
HashSet | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(h/n) | O(1) | Hash Table
LinkedHashSet | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | Hash Table + Linked List
EnumSet | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | Bit Vector
TreeSet | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(1) | Red-black tree
CopyOnWriteArraySet | O(n) | O(n) | O(n) | O(1) | O(1) | Array
ConcurrentSkipListSet | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(1) | O(n) | Skip List
Queue | Offer | Peak | Poll | Remove | Size | Data Structure
------------------------|----------|------|----------|--------|------|---------------
PriorityQueue | O(log n) | O(1) | O(log n) | O(n) | O(1) | Priority Heap
LinkedList | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | Array
ArrayDequeue | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | Linked List
ConcurrentLinkedQueue | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(n) | O(n) | Linked List
ArrayBlockingQueue | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | Array
PriorirityBlockingQueue | O(log n) | O(1) | O(log n) | O(n) | O(1) | Priority Heap
SynchronousQueue | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | None!
DelayQueue | O(log n) | O(1) | O(log n) | O(n) | O(1) | Priority Heap
LinkedBlockingQueue | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | O(n) | O(1) | Linked List
Map | Get | ContainsKey | Next | Data Structure
----------------------|----------|-------------|----------|-------------------------
HashMap | O(1) | O(1) | O(h / n) | Hash Table
LinkedHashMap | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | Hash Table + Linked List
IdentityHashMap | O(1) | O(1) | O(h / n) | Array
WeakHashMap | O(1) | O(1) | O(h / n) | Hash Table
EnumMap | O(1) | O(1) | O(1) | Array
TreeMap | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | Red-black tree
ConcurrentHashMap | O(1) | O(1) | O(h / n) | Hash Tables
ConcurrentSkipListMap | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(1) | Skip List
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Queue Offer Peak Poll Remove Size Data Structure
LinkedList O(1) O(1) O(1) O(1) O(1) Array
ArrayDequeue O(1) O(1) O(1) O(n) O(1) Linked List

You have made a mistake here. The underlying data structure for LinkedList is LinkedList and the underlying data structure for ArrayDeque is a growable Array. @iSergius

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