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Is Ruby 1.9 slower than Ruby 1.8?

I have a Rails 2.3.8 application with an action that retrieves a large amount of data from a database and displays it anywhere from 300-600 particles (recursively rendering a tree type structure). A comparative analysis of one request gives me a response time of about 7 seconds.

I thought that upgrading my Ruby version from 1.9 to 1.8 would give me a performance boost, but comparing version 1.9, I get a response time of about 9 seconds (2 seconds slower than 1.8). It was completely unexpected for me.

What factors make Ruby 1.9 run slower than Ruby 1.8?

The following is part of the log file.

Ruby 1.8

Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.5ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (4.6ms)
Rendered search/_search_div (0.1ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.7ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (4.7ms)
Rendered search/_search_div (0.1ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.5ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (4.5ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.5ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (37.9ms)
Rendered family_index/surname_groups/_pedigree (3162.9ms)
Rendered shared/_headers (4.6ms)
Rendered shared/_new_messages (0.6ms)
Rendered shared/_home_logo (1.1ms)
Rendered shared/_login_box (4.0ms)
Rendered shared/_navigation (13.6ms)
Rendered shared/_flash_messages (0.8ms)
Rendered shared/_footer (1.0ms)
Rendered shared/_analytics (0.8ms)
Completed in 4552ms (View: 3352, DB: 147) | 200 OK [http://localhost/family_index/surname_groups/31]

Ruby 1.9

Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.3ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (1.9ms)
Rendered search/_search_div (0.1ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.4ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (2.0ms)
Rendered search/_search_div (0.1ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.3ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (1.9ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_fi_hover (0.3ms)
Rendered family_index/descendants/_descendant (15.1ms)
Rendered family_index/surname_groups/_pedigree (762.8ms)
Rendered shared/_headers (2.6ms)
Rendered shared/_new_messages (0.7ms)
Rendered shared/_home_logo (0.9ms)
Rendered shared/_login_box (3.6ms)
Rendered shared/_navigation (7.3ms)
Rendered shared/_flash_messages (0.7ms)
Rendered shared/_footer (0.8ms)
Rendered shared/_analytics (0.6ms)
Completed in 5736ms (View: 942, DB: 128) | 200 OK [http://localhost/family_index/surname_groups/31]

Ruby 1.9 seems to speed up the rendering of views and database processing, but still runs the query more slowly.

Ruby 1.8:

Completed in 4552ms (View: 3352, DB: 147) | 200 OK [http://localhost/family_index/surname_groups/31]

Ruby 1.9:

Completed in 5736ms (View: 942, DB: 128) | 200 OK [http://localhost/family_index/surname_groups/31]

10-26-2010

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            :include => {
              :descendant => [:state, :county, {:wives => {:marriage => [:state,:county,:reference] }}, :reference, {
                :children => [:state, :county, {:wives => {:marriage => [:state,:county,:reference] }}, :reference, {
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                    :children => [:state, :county, {:wives => {:marriage => [:state,:county,:reference] }}, :reference] # add marriages to this data
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