Out of byte[] or a java.sql.Blob, which has best performance when used to manipulate data from database?

Out of byte[] or a java.sql.Blob, which has best performance when used

1.	Out of byte[] or a java.sql.Blob, which has best performance when used to manipulate data from database?
Answer» java.sql.Blob has better performance as it does not extract any data from the database until you explicitly ask it to.