Sorry, I forgot to mention I made a performance summary: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/graphics-rasterizer-dev/2015-March/000077.html
Here is the performance summary: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lbourges/marlin/report/perf_summary.htm *Threads* *4* *1* *2* *4* *Renderer* *Test count* *27* *9* *9* *9* *ductus* *Pct95* 355,442 157,616 263,145 645,566 *pisces* *Pct95* 398,576 345,619 373,08 477,03 *Marlin 0.5.6* *Pct95* 130,718 129,718 130,557 131,877 *Marlin JDK9* *Pct95* 137,709 134,898 138,736 139,494 All details (benchmark log files) are published: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lbourges/marlin/report/ Cheers, Laurent