The CPU Snapshot Comparison window displays a comparison of two CPU snapshots.
This window opens in the main editor window after you choose the Compare
Snapshots command from the main menu and select two CPU snapshots.
Alternatively, you can click the compute the difference button
( )
in the toolbar of a CPU snapshot.
The window displays a table showing the method call chain and the time spent and the number of invocations for executing threads and methods in each context. The IDE compares the two CPU snapshots and displays the differences between the two snapshot in the number of invocations and the amount of time spent in invocations.
The comparison that is displayed depends upon the data that is contained in the snapshots. The data that is captured in the snapshot depends upon the options that were selected for the profiling session.
The CPU snapshot comparison window contains the following tabs:
You can perform the following actions in the CPU snapshot comparison window.