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Primitive arrays vs wrapper arrays

Primitive arrays vs wrapper arrays

int[] versus Integer[]: what's really in memory, what autoboxing costs, why one never holds null and the other does, and when the difference actually shows up in performance.


Written by
Andrés Segura
Id

jaa03

Posted

Sep 24, 2026

Reading time

6 min

java
arrays
primitives
autoboxing
performance
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