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    <p>For some reason, it seems the <code>Add</code> operation on a <code>HashSet</code> is slower than the <code>Contains</code> operation when the element already exists in the <code>HashSet</code>. </p> <p>Here is proof: </p> <pre><code> Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch(); int size = 10000; int iterations = 10000; var s = new HashSet&lt;int&gt;(); for (int i = 0; i &lt; size; i++) { s.Add(i); } Console.WriteLine(watch.Time(() =&gt; { for (int i = 0; i &lt; size; i++) { s.Add(i); } }, iterations)); s = new HashSet&lt;int&gt;(); for (int i = 0; i &lt; size; i++) { s.Add(i); } // outputs: 47,074,764 Console.WriteLine(watch.Time(() =&gt; { for (int i = 0; i &lt; size; i++) { if (!s.Contains(i)) s.Add(i); } }, iterations)); // outputs: 41,125,219 </code></pre> <p>Why is <code>Contains</code> faster than <code>Add</code> for already-existing elements? </p> <p>Note: I'm using this <code>Stopwatch</code> extension from another SO question.</p> <pre><code> public static long Time(this Stopwatch sw, Action action, int iterations) { sw.Reset(); sw.Start(); for (int i = 0; i &lt; iterations; i++) { action(); } sw.Stop(); return sw.ElapsedTicks; } </code></pre> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: Internal testing has revealed that the big performance diff only happens on the x64 version of the .NET framework. With the 32 bit version of the framework Contains seems run at identical speed to add (in fact it appears that the version with the contains runs a percent slower in some test runs) On X64 versions of the framework, the version with the contains seems to run about 15% faster. </p>
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    1. COFor the 32 bit testing, did you run it on a 32 bit machine, in a virtual machine, or by specifying an x86 target for the compile and running the 32 bit framework under WOW64? I don't know that it'd make a difference, but it's possible.
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    2. COI performed my 32 bit testing in a VM
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    3. COHave you tried moving the testing the Contains Add function above the Add and then measuring the time? You will find that the difference is negligible..
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