For Example 3 from that tutorial page I linked on the first page, it appears 1.4.2 runs significantly faster:
julia> @btime solve(prob);
101.799 μs (3991 allocations: 112.48 KiB)
julia> @btime solve(prob);
102.888 μs (3991 allocations: 112.48 KiB)
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.4.2
julia> @btime solve(prob);
660.923 μs (3989 allocations: 113.94 KiB)
julia> @btime solve(prob);
658.327 μs (3989 allocations: 113.94 KiB)
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.6.0-DEV.306
And for your sum code:
julia> @btime mysum($x)
6.459 ns (0 allocations: 0 bytes)
59.37744793932639
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.4.2
julia> @btime mysum($x)
6.332 ns (0 allocations: 0 bytes)
66.60390799012274
julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.6.0-DEV.306