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Benchmarks.

Reproducible performance tests comparing LiteSpeed with nginx, Apache and Varnish across applications, protocols and security setups.

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WordPress · HTTP/2 comparison

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HIGHEST RESULT69618.5LiteSpeed
Requests / Sec0 — 69618.5
LiteSpeed
69618.5
Nginx
6025.3
Apache
826.5
11.6× vs Nginx on this metricView source and methodology ↗

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ESI

ESI Benchmark

We compared the speed at which different web servers and caching platforms respond to requests for small ESI scripts using both non-keep-alive and kee…

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HTTP/2

HTTP/2 Implementation: LiteSpeed vs Nginx

LiteSpeed Web Server is 4X FASTER than Nginx

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Joomla

Joomla Benchmarks

We took a demo Joomla site and loaded up its main page (around 378KB) to test our HTTP/2 implementation against that of nginx and Apache. LiteSpeed We…

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Magento

LiteMage 1.3 Delivers Ultimate Magento Performance

There is a wealth of statistics ( 1, 2 ) pointing out the extreme impatience of online shoppers (conversion rates dropping 7% due to 1 second page loa…

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Drupal

Drupal HTTP/2 Benchmarks

We put LiteSpeed Web Server with our LiteSpeed Cache module for Drupal to the test. Compared to nginx with Varnish and Apache with Varnish, LiteSpeed …

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Drupal 9

LiteSpeed Drupal Is Faster Than Nginx For Drupal 9

We compared LiteSpeed Web Server + LSCache for Drupal, OpenLiteSpeed + LSCache for Drupal, and nginx + FastCGI. LiteSpeed Web Server, when paired with…

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Magento 2

Magento 2 HTTP/2 Benchmarks

We took LiteSpeed Web Server, nginx, and Apache, paired them with caching solutions, and tested how their HTTP/2 implementations compared when loading…

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OpenCart

OpenCart HTTP/2 Benchmarks

We tested LiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Cache extension on a demo OpenCart site, and it outperformed other HTTP/2 servers by a dramatic margin: m…

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PHP · HTTP/2

PHP HTTP/2 Benchmarks Hello World

This benchmark compares the speed at which different web servers respond to requests for small PHP scripts. We used a tiny script to avoid saturating …

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PrestaShop

Prestashop Performance Benchmarks

Most of the time, a PrestaShop full page cache plugin will cost you somewhere around $120 to $180 USD, but LiteSpeed's cache extension is FREE to Pres…

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Static · HTTP/2

Small Static File HTTP/2 Benchmarks

We compared web server response times when requesting small static files. Comparing small files is a standard practice for benchmarking, as this allow…

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ModSecurity

ModSecurity Performance in Apache nginx LiteSpeed

We wanted to know how ModSecurity impacts server performance, so we tested ModSecurity implementations on HTTP/2 from LiteSpeed, nginx, and Apache, to…

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PHP

PHP Hello World Benchmark

Comparing web server response time to requests for small PHP scripts

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Static files

Small Static File Benchmark

Comparing web server response time to requests for small static files

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vs Varnish

Varnish Comparison Benchmark

We compared the speed at which Varnish and LSCache deliver cached content. We ran tests with small dynamic and static files, and tested with and witho…

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WordPress

WordPress Benchmarks

HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1 implementations of LiteSpeed Web Server, nginx and Apache compared while loading a cached WordPress page — each server paired with…

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Static · HTTPS

Small Static File Benchmark

Comparing web server response time to requests for small static files

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Static files

Small Static File Benchmark

Comparing web server response time to requests for small static files

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