StringBuilder is probably preferable. The reason is that it allocates more space than currently needed (you set the number of characters) to leave room for future appends. Then those future appends that fit in the current buffer don't require any memory allocation or garbage collection, which can be expensive. In general, I use StringBuilder for complex string concatentation or multiple formatting, then convert to a normal String when the data is complete, and I want an immutable object again.

使用字符串进行连接会导致运行时复杂度达到O(n^2)的量级。

如果使用StringBuilder，需要复制的内存就会少得多。使用StringBuilder(int capacity)，如果您可以估计最终字符串的大小，则可以提高性能。即使不精确，也可能只需要将StringBuilder的容量增加几倍，这也有助于提高性能。

除了前面的答案，当我想到这样的问题时，我总是做的第一件事是创建一个小型测试应用程序。在这个应用程序中，为这两种情况执行一些计时测试，看看哪个更快。

恕我直言，添加500+字符串条目绝对应该使用StringBuilder。

StringBuilder明显更高效，但除非您进行大量的字符串修改，否则无法看到这种性能。

下面是给出性能示例的一小段代码。正如您所看到的，只有当您进入大型迭代时，您才真正开始看到主要的性能提升。

正如您所看到的，20万次迭代花费了22秒，而使用StringBuilder的100万次迭代几乎是瞬间完成的。

string s = string.Empty;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

Console.WriteLine("Beginning String + at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());

for (int i = 0; i <= 50000; i++)
{
    s = s + 'A';
}

Console.WriteLine("Finished String + at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());
Console.WriteLine();

Console.WriteLine("Beginning String + at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());

for (int i = 0; i <= 200000; i++)
{
    s = s + 'A';
}

Console.WriteLine("Finished String + at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Beginning Sb append at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());

for (int i = 0; i <= 1000000; i++)
{
    sb.Append("A");
}
Console.WriteLine("Finished Sb append at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());

Console.ReadLine();

以上代码的结果:

开头字符串+在28/01/2013 16:55:40。 完成字符串+在28/01/2013 16:55:40。 开头字符串+在28/01/2013 16:55:40。 完成字符串+在28/01/2013 16:56:02。 开始Sb追加在28/01/2013 16:56:02。 完成Sb的追加在28/01/2013 16:56:02。

The performance of a concatenation operation for a String or StringBuilder object depends on how often a memory allocation occurs. A String concatenation operation always allocates memory, whereas a StringBuilder concatenation operation only allocates memory if the StringBuilder object buffer is too small to accommodate the new data. Consequently, the String class is preferable for a concatenation operation if a fixed number of String objects are concatenated. In that case, the individual concatenation operations might even be combined into a single operation by the compiler. A StringBuilder object is preferable for a concatenation operation if an arbitrary number of strings are concatenated; for example, if a loop concatenates a random number of strings of user input.

来源:MSDN

我相信StringBuilder更快，如果你有超过4个字符串，你需要附加在一起。此外，它可以做一些很酷的事情，如AppendLine。