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This repository contains a HTTP server/client implementation using Zig's standard library and benchmarks for comparing the client's performance with implementations in other programming languages such as Rust and Go.
- Zig (
>=0.11), Rust/Cargo, Go, Python - Hyperfine (for benchmarking)
To run the benchmarks:
chmod +x bench.sh
./bench.shThe result will be saved to benchmarks.md and benchmarks.json.
rust-hyper ran
1.01 ± 0.02 times faster than rust-ureq
1.01 ± 0.02 times faster than rust-reqwest
1.24 ± 0.06 times faster than go-http-client
1.46 ± 0.05 times faster than rust-attohttpc
2.03 ± 0.05 times faster than zig-http-client
4.26 ± 0.12 times faster than curl
8.57 ± 0.12 times faster than python-http-client
19.93 ± 0.25 times faster than cpp-asio-httpclient
| Command | Mean [ms] | Min [ms] | Max [ms] | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
curl |
457.9 ± 11.2 | 442.4 | 522.2 | 4.26 ± 0.12 |
zig-http-client |
218.5 ± 4.8 | 210.3 | 240.3 | 2.03 ± 0.05 |
rust-attohttpc |
157.2 ± 5.3 | 151.8 | 190.4 | 1.46 ± 0.05 |
rust-hyper |
107.6 ± 1.3 | 104.4 | 114.8 | 1.00 |
rust-reqwest |
108.7 ± 2.2 | 105.4 | 123.7 | 1.01 ± 0.02 |
rust-ureq |
108.4 ± 2.3 | 105.7 | 123.1 | 1.01 ± 0.02 |
go-http-client |
133.1 ± 6.2 | 127.6 | 159.2 | 1.24 ± 0.06 |
python-http-client |
921.9 ± 5.9 | 911.4 | 947.1 | 8.57 ± 0.12 |
cpp-asio-httpclient |
2144.5 ± 4.5 | 2133.0 | 2168.2 | 19.93 ± 0.25 |
Use the JSON data along with the scripts from the hyperfine examples to plot data using matplotlib. For example:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine
python hyperfine/scripts/plot_whisker.py benchmarks.json
The results are coming from a GitHub runner (ubuntu-latest) and automated with this workflow.
To see the output for the latest run, check out the output branch in this repository.