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Comparing performance snapshots

You can compare two arbitrary snapshots that contain recorded CPU information, obtained with sampling or tracing.

To compare snapshots, do the following:

  • Open the snapshots you want to compare.
  • Select one of them.
  • Use File | Compare Snapshot with... (the action is also available from the popup menu) and select a snapshot to compare with.

The tab with "Comparison" view opens. It contains the following CPU views:

  • "Call tree" and "Method list" with 3 columns: Time Diff (ms), Old Time (ms), and New Time (ms), which display differences in method execution times.

  • If both snapshots contain invocation counts (i.e. results were gathered in Tracing mode) the views will have additional columns displaying the difference in method invocation counts.
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