PEAR Cache_Lite vs the Alternative PHP Cache (APC)

While reading through the Yahoo Developers website I stumbled upon PHP : Cache Yahoo! Web Service REST Calls. This HOWTO uses the Alternate PHP Cache (APC) as its caching mechanism while Odin Assemble on the other hand uses PEAR Cache_Lite. This motivated us to do a little bit of benchmarking. If APC proves faster then we'll integrate support :).