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I am a layman with regards to JVM internals. Are there any differences in the targeted workloads or capabilities between ZGC and Shenandoah GC? Both seem to b

I am a layman with regards to JVM internals. Are there any differences in the targeted workloads or capabilities between ZGC and Shenandoah GC? Both seem to be marketed for large heaps and low pause times.

rkennke 5y ago
The main difference from user perspective are 1. ZGC doesn't support compressed references (-XX:+UseCompressedOops) which could affect workloads <32GB heap and 2. Shenandoah GC is not available in Oracle builds