threads=8, increments per thread=200,000, rounds=5, cores=2 Counts below VARY from run to run. Only the 'expected' column is fixed. HashMap get+put expected 1,600,000 actual per round: 228,496 400,000 287,091 1,200,000 451,357 lost updates per round: min 400,000, max 1,371,504 Collections.synchronizedMap get+put expected 1,600,000 actual per round: 282,588 398,788 918,560 433,831 691,994 lost updates per round: min 681,440, max 1,317,412 ConcurrentHashMap get+put expected 1,600,000 actual per round: 214,096 666,429 605,316 446,831 389,717 lost updates per round: min 933,571, max 1,385,904 HashMap + synchronized(map) around get+put expected 1,600,000 actual per round: 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 lost updates per round: min 0, max 0 ConcurrentHashMap merge(KEY, 1, Integer::sum) expected 1,600,000 actual per round: 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 lost updates per round: min 0, max 0 ConcurrentHashMap compute(KEY, v+1) expected 1,600,000 actual per round: 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 lost updates per round: min 0, max 0 -- second kind of damage: threads insert DIFFERENT keys, nobody overwrites anybody -- HashMap put of distinct keys (size()) expected 400,000 actual per round: 399,522 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 lost updates per round: min 0, max 478 HashMap exceptions thrown inside worker threads, per round: [null, null, null, null, null] ConcurrentHashMap put of distinct keys (size()) expected 400,000 actual per round: 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 lost updates per round: min 0, max 0