Are Java static calls more or less expensive than non-static calls?

Question

Is there any performance benefit one way or another? Is it compiler/VM specific? I am using Hotspot.

Answer 1

There might be a difference, and it might go either way for any particular piece of code, and it might change with even a minor release of the JVM.

This is most definitely part of the 97% of small efficiencies that you should forget about.