example.cs

using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
using System.Reflection;

namespace ReflectionBenchmarks
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            BenchmarkRunner.Run<InvokeTest>();
        }
    }

    public class InvokeTest
    {
        private MethodInfo? _method;
        private object[] _args = new object[1] { 42 };

        [GlobalSetup]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _method = typeof(InvokeTest).GetMethod(nameof(InvokeMe), BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)!;
        }

        [Benchmark]
        // *** This went from ~116ns to ~39ns or 3x (66%) faster.***
        public void InvokeSimpleMethod() => _method!.Invoke(obj: null, new object[] { 42 });

        [Benchmark]
        // *** This went from ~106ns to ~26ns or 4x (75%) faster. ***
        public void InvokeSimpleMethodWithCachedArgs() => _method!.Invoke(obj: null, _args);

        public static int InvokeMe(int i) => i;
    }
}