We compared web server response times when requesting small static files. Comparing small files is a standard practice for benchmarking, as this allows you to evaluate server performance without network saturation becoming an issue. In our testing, LiteSpeed outperformed nginx and Apache by as much as 6X and 29X, respectively.
You can run these same tests. We followed the methodology laid out on http2benchmark.org.
Summary
HTTP/2 Test Results
h2load -n 100000 -c 100 -t 1 -T 5 -m 10 -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate' https://domain.com/1kstatic.html
| Server | Requests / Sec | MB / Sec | Failures | Header Compression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiteSpeed | 167752 | 19.88 | 0 | 96.29% |
| Nginx | 29645.1 | 6.59 | 0 | 35.52% |
| Apache | 5704 | 0.82 | 0 | 87.16% |
Small static file test shows LiteSpeed Web Server is 6X faster than Nginx and 29X faster than Apache.
HTTP 1.1 Test Results
wrk -c 100 -t 1 -d 5s -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate' https://domain.com/1kstatic.html
| Server | Requests / Sec | MB / Sec | Failures | Header Compression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiteSpeed | 78307.4 | 30.43 | N/A | N/A |
| Nginx | 29209.6 | 10.58 | N/A | N/A |
| Apache | 7341.4 | 2.93 | N/A | N/A |
Small static file test shows LiteSpeed Web Server is 3X faster than Nginx and 11X faster than Apache.
Test Environment
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Servers Tested:
- LiteSpeed Web Server v5.4.1
- nginx v1.16.1
- Apache v2.4.41
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Client Machine:
- Memory Size: 991.09MB
- CPU number: 1
- CPU Model: Virtual CPU 6db7dc0e7704
- Disk: NVMe SSD
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Server Machine:
- Memory Size: 991.09MB
- CPU number: 1
- CPU Model: Virtual CPU 6db7dc0e7704
- Disk: NVMe SSD
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Network:
- Traffic: 9.02 Gbits/sec
- Latency: 0.302 ms
