Comparing Math.Min and If with two >

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        DateTime a = new DateTime(100);
        DateTime b = new DateTime(200);
        DateTime c = new DateTime(50);
        Console.WriteLine(mathmin(a, b, c)  + " " + ifmin(a, b, c));
    }

    static bool MathMin(DateTime a, DateTime b, DateTime c)
    {
        return Math.Min(a.Ticks, b.Ticks) > c.Ticks;
    }

    static bool IfMin(DateTime a, DateTime b, DateTime c)
    {
        return a > c && b > c;
    }
}

IL-Instructions MathMin

0   0000    nop
1   0001    ldarga.s    a (0)
2   0003    call    instance int64 [mscorlib]System.DateTime::get_Ticks()
    0   0000    ldarg.0
    1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
    2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
    3   000F    and
    4   0010    ret
3   0008    ldarga.s    b (1)
4   000A    call    instance int64 [mscorlib]System.DateTime::get_Ticks()
    0   0000    ldarg.0
    1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
    2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
    3   000F    and
    4   0010    ret
5   000F    call    int64 [mscorlib]System.Math::Min(int64, int64)
    0   0000    ldarg.0
    1   0001    ldarg.1
    2   0002    ble.s   5 (0006) ldarg.0
    3   0004    ldarg.1
    4   0005    ret
    5   0006    ldarg.0
    6   0007    ret
6   0014    ldarga.s    c (2)
7   0016    call    instance int64 [mscorlib]System.DateTime::get_Ticks()
    0   0000    ldarg.0
    1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
    2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
    3   000F    and
    4   0010    ret
8   001B    cgt
9   001D    stloc.0
10  001E    br.s    11 (0020) ldloc.0
11  0020    ldloc.0
12  0021    ret

=> 34 Instructions


IL-Instructions IfMin

0   0000    nop
1   0001    ldarg.0
2   0002    ldarg.2
3   0003    call    bool [mscorlib]System.DateTime::op_GreaterThan(valuetype [mscorlib]System.DateTime, valuetype [mscorlib]System.DateTime)
    0   0000    ldarga.s    t1 (0)
    1   0002    call    instance int64 System.DateTime::get_InternalTicks()
        0   0000    ldarg.0
        1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
        2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
        3   000F    and
        4   0010    ret
    2   0007    ldarga.s    t2 (1)
    3   0009    call    instance int64 System.DateTime::get_InternalTicks()
        0   0000    ldarg.0
        1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
        2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
        3   000F    and
        4   0010    ret
    4   000E    cgt
    5   0010    ret
4   0008    brfalse.s   9 (0013) ldc.i4.0
5   000A    ldarg.1
6   000B    ldarg.2
7   000C    call    bool [mscorlib]System.DateTime::op_GreaterThan(valuetype [mscorlib]System.DateTime, valuetype [mscorlib]System.DateTime)
    0   0000    ldarga.s    t1 (0)
    1   0002    call    instance int64 System.DateTime::get_InternalTicks()
        0   0000    ldarg.0
        1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
        2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
        3   000F    and
        4   0010    ret
    2   0007    ldarga.s    t2 (1)
    3   0009    call    instance int64 System.DateTime::get_InternalTicks()
        0   0000    ldarg.0
        1   0001    ldfld   uint64 System.DateTime::dateData
        2   0006    ldc.i8  0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
        3   000F    and
        4   0010    ret
    4   000E    cgt
    5   0010    ret
8   0011    br.s    10 (0014) stloc.0
9   0013    ldc.i4.0
10  0014    stloc.0
11  0015    br.s    12 (0017) ldloc.0
12  0017    ldloc.0
13  0018    ret

=> 45 Instructions