Relative Performance of Java's Garbage First (G1) Garbage Collector?

Question

Does anyone know of any performance benchmarks of Java\'s new Garbage First (G1) Garbage Collector (as compared to the \"old\" GCs)?

In terms of GC pause times, Sun sta

Answer 1

The original scientific article ("Garbage-First Garbage Collection" by Detlefs, Flood, Heller and Printezis) contains some details on actual measures (in section 4).