Java web framework comparison: any two, head to head
quarkus-jvm is quicker than helidon-tuned on 16 of the 26 profiles they both run, and behind on 10. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 529 and 486.
Pick any two of the 7 Java 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 | helidon-tuned req/sec | quarkus-jvm req/sec | Delta | helidon-tuned p99 | quarkus-jvm p99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 512 | 1,707,929 | 1,741,705 | -2% | 540us | 538us |
| Baseline | 4,096 | 1,529,299 | 1,777,039 | -14% | 7.77ms | 4.51ms |
| Pipelined | 512 | 10,901,216 | 7,832,208 | +39% | 2.71ms | 2.23ms |
| Pipelined | 4,096 | 10,029,440 | 8,126,275 | +23% | 23.10ms | 16.60ms |
| Short-lived | 512 | 577,823 | 564,915 | +2% | 7.89ms | 8.88ms |
| Short-lived | 4,096 | 584,873 | 574,869 | +2% | 70.20ms | 73.00ms |
| JSON | 4,096 | 757,679 | 717,328 | +6% | 14.20ms | 27.40ms |
| JSON Comp | 512 | 313,384 | 297,811 | +5% | 6.53ms | 6.37ms |
| JSON Comp | 4,096 | 301,690 | 294,552 | +2% | 22.70ms | 35.60ms |
| JSON Comp | 16,384 | 285,928 | 294,023 | -3% | 115.80ms | 124.00ms |
| Upload | 32 | 2,024 | 1,289 | +57% | 44.20ms | 85.90ms |
| Upload | 256 | 2,292 | 1,791 | +28% | 386.00ms | 742.90ms |
| Static | 1,024 | 343,964 | 828,338 | -58% | - | 1.24ms |
| Static | 4,096 | 326,387 | 804,331 | -59% | - | 5.48ms |
| Static | 6,800 | 298,263 | 776,101 | -62% | - | 8.76ms |
| Async DB | 1,024 | 68,541 | 128,893 | -47% | 42.10ms | 45.80ms |
| API-4 | 256 | 43,456 | 43,895 | -1% | 43.10ms | 19.40ms |
| API-16 | 1,024 | 132,308 | 103,737 | +28% | 47.00ms | 44.40ms |
| Baseline | 256 | 2,223,118 | 4,644,300 | -52% | - | 5.69ms |
| Baseline | 1,024 | 2,027,252 | 4,476,540 | -55% | - | 22.74ms |
| Static | 256 | 265,851 | 429,941 | -38% | - | 58.46ms |
| Static | 1,024 | 310,187 | 402,644 | -23% | - | 238.85ms |
| Unary | 256 | 960,380 | 2,622,540 | -63% | - | 10.26ms |
| Unary | 1,024 | 898,409 | 2,611,600 | -66% | - | 39.79ms |
| Unary TLS | 256 | 850,405 | 2,633,400 | -68% | - | 10.78ms |
| Unary TLS | 1,024 | 823,252 | 2,572,680 | -68% | - | 39.73ms |
Common comparisons
helidon-tuned vs quarkus-jvm · helidon-tuned vs helidon-production · helidon-tuned vs vertx · quarkus-jvm vs helidon-production · quarkus-jvm vs vertx · helidon-production vs vertx
Questions
Is helidon-tuned faster than quarkus-jvm?
quarkus-jvm is quicker than helidon-tuned on 16 of the 26 profiles they both run, and behind on 10. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 529 and 486. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is helidon-tuned faster than helidon-production?
helidon-tuned is quicker than helidon-production on 24 of the 30 profiles they both run, and behind on 5. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 529 and 316. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is helidon-tuned faster than vertx?
vertx is quicker than helidon-tuned on 7 of the 12 profiles they both run, and behind on 5. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 529 and 283. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is quarkus-jvm faster than helidon-production?
quarkus-jvm is quicker than helidon-production on 21 of the 26 profiles they both run, and behind on 5. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 486 and 316. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Which Java framework is fastest overall?
helidon-tuned holds the highest HTTP/1.1 composite of the Java entries, at 529. 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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