How is the comparison of primitive data type values performed in programming?

In Java, comparison of primitive data types (int, double, boolean, etc.) is done using the == operator. It compares the actual values, not references.

Example:

int a = 5;
int b = 5;
if (a == b) {
    System.out.println("Values are equal");
} else {
    System.out.println("Values are not equal");
}

For primitive types, == checks value equality directly, unlike objects, where == compares references.