LINQ Where+SingleOrDefault vs SingleOrDefault Benchmarks

Linq_Where_First_Benchmarks.cs

using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;

namespace Benchmarks
{
    public record Foo(string Name, string Value, int category);

    [MemoryDiagnoser]
    public class LinqBenchmarks
    {
        private IEnumerable<Foo> items;

        [GlobalSetup]
        public void Init()
        {
            items = new List<Foo>
            {
                new Foo("Phone", "Apple", 3),
                new Foo("Computer", "Dell", 2),
                new Foo("Pen", "F", 2)
            };
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public Foo? Where_SingleOrDefault()
        {
            return items.Where(s => string.Equals(s.Name, "Pen", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)).SingleOrDefault();
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public Foo? SingleOrDefault()
        {
            return items.SingleOrDefault(s => string.Equals(s.Name, "Pen", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
        }
    }
}

Results.MD

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.13.1, OS=Windows 10.0.22621
11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 3.00GHz, 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores
.NET SDK=7.0.102
  [Host]     : .NET 6.0.13 (6.0.1322.58009), X64 RyuJIT
  DefaultJob : .NET 6.0.13 (6.0.1322.58009), X64 RyuJIT

Method	Mean	Error	StdDev	Gen 0	Allocated
Where_SingleOrDefault	54.48 ns	1.127 ns	1.384 ns	0.0114	72 B
SingleOrDefault	46.89 ns	0.803 ns	0.859 ns	0.0063	40 B