Benchmarked Language + Framework

• Python (2.7.10) - Docs
• Python + Flask (0.12.2) - Docs
• NodeJS (6.11.0) - Docs
• NodeJS + Express (4.15) - Docs
• Go (1.9) - Docs
• Go + Iris (8.3.4) - Docs
• PHP (5.5.27) - Docs
• PHP + Symfony (3.3.8) - Docs
• .Net Core ?
• Ruby ?
• Rust ?
• Dart ?
• C++ ?
• Java ?
• HaXe ?
• Erlang ?

Machine

• MacBook Pro (Early 2015)
• 2,7 GHz Intel Core i5
• Memory 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3

Method

Simple HTTP Server

• Threads 12, Durations 10s, Connections 1000
• Python VS Node VS Go VS PHP VS...

CPU Intensive Task

• TBA

Tools

WRK : NPM

wrk -t12 -d10s -c1000 http://localhost:1337

Todos

• create a minimalist visualisations ( D3JS ? )
• create a blog/medium post
• Database Integration ?
• ???

Results

Simple HTTP Server

Python 2.7.10 (Bare)

12 threads and 1000 connections
  Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency     0.94ms  657.67us   7.13ms   85.41%
    Req/Sec    66.00    107.82     1.12k    90.76%
  4358 requests in 10.10s, 540.49KB read
  Socket errors: connect 757, read 5321, write 7, timeout 0
Requests/sec:    431.67
Transfer/sec:     53.54KB

Python 2.7.10 + Flask 0.12.2

12 threads and 1000 connections
  Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency   157.87ms   56.94ms 619.02ms   94.05%
    Req/Sec    72.60     54.47   240.00     67.87%
  8069 requests in 10.09s, 1.27MB read
  Socket errors: connect 757, read 342, write 0, timeout 0
Requests/sec:    799.68
Transfer/sec:    128.89KB

NodeJS 6.11.0 (Bare)

12 threads and 1000 connections
  Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency    15.41ms    3.48ms 351.07ms   94.75%
    Req/Sec     1.30k     0.95k    3.34k    62.83%
  155065 requests in 10.04s, 22.63MB read
  Socket errors: connect 757, read 49, write 0, timeout 0
Requests/sec:  15451.29
Transfer/sec:      2.25MB

NodeJS 6.11.0 + Express 4.15

12 threads and 1000 connections
Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency    44.12ms   16.56ms 257.37ms   88.55%
    Req/Sec   441.63    252.31     1.16k    70.79%
  52473 requests in 10.10s, 10.71MB read
  Socket errors: connect 757, read 165, write 5, timeout 0
Requests/sec:   5196.13
Transfer/sec:      1.06MB

Go 1.9 (Bare)

12 threads and 1000 connections
Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency    14.17ms    4.95ms  90.52ms   73.40%
    Req/Sec     3.85k     1.77k   13.73k    80.32%

  459583 requests in 10.05s, 54.79MB read
  Socket errors: connect 0, read 882, write 1, timeout 0
Requests/sec:  45733.95
Transfer/sec:      5.45MB

Go 1.9 + Iris 8.3.4

12 threads and 1000 connections
Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency    31.91ms   25.18ms 270.52ms   74.02%
    Req/Sec     2.57k   541.47     6.11k    75.92%
  306795 requests in 10.09s, 37.16MB read
  Socket errors: connect 0, read 525, write 41, timeout 0
Requests/sec:  30391.73
Transfer/sec:      3.68MB

PHP 5.5.27 (Bare)

12 threads and 1000 connections
  Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency     2.18ms    5.36ms 156.90ms   92.89%
    Req/Sec   393.43    481.07     2.00k    83.67%
  9235 requests in 10.07s, 1.06MB read
  Socket errors: connect 757, read 9803, write 0, timeout 0
Requests/sec:    916.65
Transfer/sec:    107.42KB

PHP 5.5.27 + Symfony 3.3.8

12 threads and 1000 connections
  Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency     1.05s   569.22ms   1.91s    63.64%
    Req/Sec     5.88      2.70    10.00     67.24%
  58 requests in 10.08s, 16.37KB read
  Socket errors: connect 757, read 234, write 0, timeout 47
Requests/sec:      5.75
Transfer/sec:      1.62KB