Why is dictionary so much faster than list?

Question

I am testing the speed of getting data from Dictionary VS list.
I\'ve used this code to test :

    internal class Program
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Answer 1

Dictionary uses hashing to search for the data. Each item in the dictionary is stored in buckets of items that contain the same hash. It's a lot quicker.

Try sorting your list, it will be a a bit quicker then.