C++ web framework comparison: any two, head to head
cutelyst is quicker than drogon on 7 of the 9 profiles they both run, and behind on 2. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 4408 and 4387.
Pick any two of the 7 C++ entries. Requests per second is the best of three runs and the delta is the first column against the second; every row is the same profile at the same connection count, on the same machine. What each profile measures.
| Profile | Conns | drogon req/sec | cutelyst req/sec | Delta | drogon p99 | cutelyst p99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 4,096 | 2,022,710 | 2,163,276 | -6% | 7.60ms | 3.04ms |
| Pipelined | 4,096 | 7,801,404 | 9,718,294 | -20% | 23.20ms | 10.30ms |
| Short-lived | 4,096 | 1,694,883 | 1,743,866 | -3% | 43.00ms | 6.43ms |
| Async Delay | 32,000 | 143,001 | 772,005 | -81% | 235.00ms | 55.70ms |
| Latency-10K | 1,024 | 9,982 | 9,983 | -0% | 116.0us | 119.0us |
| Latency-1M | 1,024 | 998,003 | 998,105 | -0% | 196.0us | 265.0us |
| Latency-500K/8 | 1,024 | 374,962 | 328,879 | +14% | 9490432.0us | 8433664.0us |
| JSON TLS | 4,096 | 253,055 | 325,257 | -22% | 117.12ms | 504.23ms |
| 8Gbit | 512 | 49,360 | 49,331 | +0% | 132.0us | 171.0us |
Common comparisons
drogon vs cutelyst · drogon vs userver · drogon vs hical · cutelyst vs userver · cutelyst vs hical · userver vs hical
Questions
Is drogon faster than cutelyst?
cutelyst is quicker than drogon on 7 of the 9 profiles they both run, and behind on 2. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 4408 and 4387. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is drogon faster than userver?
drogon is quicker than userver on 6 of the 11 profiles they both run, and behind on 5. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 4408 and 3264. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is drogon faster than hical?
hical is quicker than drogon on 7 of the 11 profiles they both run, and behind on 4. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 4408 and 6562. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is cutelyst faster than userver?
cutelyst is quicker than userver on 6 of the 9 profiles they both run, and behind on 2. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 4387 and 3264. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Which C++ framework is fastest overall?
hical holds the highest HTTP/1.1 composite of the C++ entries, at 6562. The composite is throughput over the whole suite; if a service is one shape of workload, compare that profile on its own in the table above, because the order changes.
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