TS web framework comparison: any two, head to head
elysia is quicker than hono-bun on 14 of the 18 profiles they both run, and behind on 4. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 516 and 419.
Pick any two of the 8 TS 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 | elysia req/sec | hono-bun req/sec | Delta | elysia p99 | hono-bun p99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 512 | 1,425,861 | 1,230,668 | +16% | 2.16ms | 3.45ms |
| Baseline | 4,096 | 1,439,469 | 1,243,806 | +16% | 8.52ms | 12.40ms |
| Pipelined | 512 | 91,526 | 87,793 | +4% | 41.90ms | 53.90ms |
| Pipelined | 4,096 | 325,991 | 276,543 | +18% | 235.70ms | 283.60ms |
| Short-lived | 512 | 1,149,028 | 941,234 | +22% | 2.61ms | 4.79ms |
| Short-lived | 4,096 | 1,273,447 | 1,116,468 | +14% | 11.80ms | 15.80ms |
| JSON | 4,096 | 904,900 | 786,988 | +15% | 12.50ms | 16.10ms |
| JSON Comp | 512 | 296,545 | 53,128 | +458% | 8.05ms | 33.20ms |
| JSON Comp | 4,096 | 321,562 | 58,576 | +449% | 29.70ms | 161.30ms |
| JSON Comp | 16,384 | 329,788 | 53,692 | +514% | 82.30ms | 550.60ms |
| Upload | 32 | 1,462 | 1,550 | -6% | 129.70ms | 128.50ms |
| Upload | 256 | 1,668 | 1,617 | +3% | 1.10s | 1.15s |
| Static | 1,024 | 86,268 | 545,190 | -84% | 65.81ms | 2.19ms |
| Static | 4,096 | 85,903 | 560,278 | -85% | 131.69ms | 7.34ms |
| Static | 6,800 | 86,966 | 568,499 | -85% | 220.70ms | 11.88ms |
| Async DB | 1,024 | 246,796 | 168,112 | +47% | 15.90ms | 35.90ms |
| API-4 | 256 | 36,425 | 32,503 | +12% | 30.10ms | 74.90ms |
| API-16 | 1,024 | 124,590 | 82,918 | +50% | 29.70ms | 117.70ms |
Common comparisons
elysia vs hono-bun · elysia vs nestjs · elysia vs hono-node · hono-bun vs nestjs · hono-bun vs hono-node · nestjs vs hono-node
Questions
Is elysia faster than hono-bun?
elysia is quicker than hono-bun on 14 of the 18 profiles they both run, and behind on 4. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 516 and 419. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is elysia faster than nestjs?
elysia is quicker than nestjs on 8 of the 12 profiles they both run, and behind on 4. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 516 and 124. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is elysia faster than hono-node?
elysia is quicker than hono-node on 10 of the 12 profiles they both run, and behind on 2. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 516 and 122. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Is hono-bun faster than nestjs?
hono-bun is quicker than nestjs on 7 of the 12 profiles they both run, and behind on 5. On the HTTP/1.1 composite they score 419 and 124. Both run on the same machine, in the same round, against the same profiles.
Which TS framework is fastest overall?
elysia holds the highest HTTP/1.1 composite of the TS entries, at 516. 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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