In the case of garbage collector performance comparison between .NET 4.5 and Java, is there any detailed comparison which shows their efficiency in different situations?  I've found (.Net vs Java Garbage Collector ) question which has a good answer, but it's as old as about 4 years ago. I think with .NET 4.5 and Java 7, there should be some more optimizations.
Does anyone know the major differences between the Java and .Net garbage collectors? A web search has not revealed much, and it was a question that came up in a test.
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