Pointer writes per HashMapLruCache operation, by cache size =========================================================== capacity get(hit) get(miss) put(new) put(new, evicts LRU) 10 6 0 4 6 1000 6 0 4 6 100000 6 0 4 6 get(hit) is measured on the OLDEST key (position n from the front). Cost is 6 writes anyway: the node is reached through the hash index, not by walking the list.