Is Syncfusion SfListView more performant than MAUI CollectionView for very heavy, gesture-rich, infinite feeds?

Platform: .NET MAUI| Category: Collection View

MAUI CollectionView is powerful and tunable. However, in extremely heavy scenarios (rich templates, frequent gestures, continuous paging), Syncfusion SfListView often performs better due to its optimized virtualization and load-on-demand mechanisms. It becomes a preferable option if MAUI tuning does not meet the performance needs.

<CollectionView SelectionMode="Single" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
  <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
      <Grid x:Name="root">
        <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
          <VisualStateGroup Name="SelectionStates">
            <VisualState Name="Normal" />
            <VisualState Name="Selected">
              <VisualState.Setters>
                <Setter TargetName="root" Property="BackgroundColor" Value="LightBlue"/>
              </VisualState.Setters>
            </VisualState>
          </VisualStateGroup>
        </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
        <Label Text="{Binding Title}"/>
      </Grid>
    </DataTemplate>
  </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
</CollectionView>

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