With the introduction of .NET 8, Microsoft has further improved its development platform from the previous version, .NET 7. In this blog, we discuss the main differences between .NET 8 and .NET 7, so you can decide which version best suits your project needs.
A crucial difference between .NET 7 and .NET 8 is the support model. .NET 7 is a Standard-Term Support (STS) release, which means it gets 18 months of support. In contrast, .NET 8 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release with a support period of three years. For projects that require long-term stability and support, .NET 8 is the obvious choice.
.NET 8 builds on the performance improvements of .NET 7 and introduces additional optimisations:
JIT compiler and garbage collector: The Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler and garbage collector have been further optimised, resulting in faster boot times and lower memory consumption.
SIMD support and AVX-512: .NET 8 adds support for SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) operations on 512-bit vectors and Intel's AVX-512 instruction set, improving performance for data-intensive applications such as machine learning and scientific computing.
In addition to performance improvements, .NET 8 introduces several new features:
Blazor Web App model: A new Blazor project template combines the capabilities of Blazor Server and Blazor WebAssembly, simplifying the development experience.Native AOT support: Improved Native Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compilation now supports x64 and Arm64 architectures on macOS, with a significant reduction in application size on Linux.
Garbage Collector improvements: The server Garbage Collector now has dynamic adjustment to application size, managing memory consumption more efficiently.
.NET 8 offers significant improvements over .NET 7, especially in terms of long-term support, performance and new features. For developers looking for a stable and future-proof platform, upgrading to .NET 8 is a logical step.
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