Data Serialization Performance in .NET

c# - Fastest way to serialize and deserialize .NET objects - Stack Overflow

GitHub - mgravell/protobuf-net: Protocol Buffers library for idiomatic .NET

Comparing the Performance of .NET Serializers – Youssef M's Blog


msgpack/spec.md at master · msgpack/msgpack · GitHub
"MessagePack is an object serialization specification like JSON.
MessagePack has two concepts: type system and formats.
Serialization is conversion from application objects into MessagePack formats via MessagePack type system. Deserialization is conversion from MessagePack formats into application objects via MessagePack type system."

JSON serializers benchmarks updated | theburningmonk.com

Serialization Performance comparison(XML,Binary,JSON,P...)

smaller is better: 

Proper benchmarking to diagnose and solve a .NET serialization bottleneck - Scott Hanselman

Alex Lyman: .NET Integral Data Types And You