当您需要内置索引访问、排序(以及二进制搜索之后)和“ToArray()”方法时，您应该使用List。

我之前的回答不够准确。 D是正确答案 但现在我可以发布更有用和正确的答案。

我做了一些额外的检查您可以通过以下链接找到它的源代码，并在您自己的环境中通过https://github.com/ukushu/DataStructuresTestsAndOther.git重新检查它

短的结果:

Array need to use: So often as possible. It's fast and takes smallest RAM range for same amount information. If you know exact count of cells needed If data saved in array < 85000 b (85000/32 = 2656 elements for integer data) If needed high Random Access speed List need to use: If needed to add cells to the end of list (often) If needed to add cells in the beginning/middle of the list (NOT OFTEN) If data saved in array < 85000 b (85000/32 = 2656 elements for integer data) If needed high Random Access speed LinkedList need to use: If needed to add cells in the beginning/middle/end of the list (often) If needed only sequential access (forward/backward) If you need to save LARGE items, but items count is low. Better do not use for large amount of items, as it's use additional memory for links.

更多的细节:

有趣的是:

LinkedList<T> internally is not a List in .NET. It's even does not implement IList<T>. And that's why there are absent indexes and methods related to indexes. LinkedList<T> is node-pointer based collection. In .NET it's in doubly linked implementation. This means that prior/next elements have link to current element. And data is fragmented -- different list objects can be located in different places of RAM. Also there will be more memory used for LinkedList<T> than for List<T> or Array. List<T> in .Net is Java's alternative of ArrayList<T>. This means that this is array wrapper. So it's allocated in memory as one contiguous block of data. If allocated data size exceeds 85000 bytes, it will be moved to Large Object Heap. Depending on the size, this can lead to heap fragmentation(a mild form of memory leak). But in the same time if size < 85000 bytes -- this provides a very compact and fast-access representation in memory. Single contiguous block is preferred for random access performance and memory consumption but for collections that need to change size regularly a structure such as an Array generally need to be copied to a new location whereas a linked list only needs to manage the memory for the newly inserted/deleted nodes.

我问了一个类似的关于LinkedList集合性能的问题，发现Steven Cleary的Deque c#实现是一个解决方案。与Queue集合不同，Deque允许前后移动项目。它类似于链表，但性能有所改进。

链表相对于数组的主要优点是，链接为我们提供了有效地重新排列项的能力。 塞奇威克，第91页

当您需要内置索引访问、排序(以及二进制搜索之后)和“ToArray()”方法时，您应该使用List。

本质上，. net中的List<>是数组的包装器。LinkedList<>是一个链表。所以问题归结为，数组和链表之间的区别是什么，以及什么时候应该使用数组而不是链表。可能在你决定使用哪个时最重要的两个因素可以归结为:

Linked lists have much better insertion/removal performance, so long as the insertions/removals are not on the last element in the collection. This is because an array must shift all remaining elements that come after the insertion/removal point. If the insertion/removal is at the tail end of the list however, this shift is not needed (although the array may need to be resized, if its capacity is exceeded). Arrays have much better accessing capabilities. Arrays can be indexed into directly (in constant time). Linked lists must be traversed (linear time).