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BenchmarkDrupal

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 loads a Drupal 8 demo site up to 6 times faster than nginx and up to 14 times faster than Apache!

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At A Glance

HTTP/2 Test Results

LiteSpeed Web Server performs 7X faster than nginx and 14X faster than Apache when loading Drupal 8 via HTTP/2.

HTTP 1.1 Test Results

With an HTTP/1.1 connection, LiteSpeed Web Server performs 3X faster than nginx and 6X faster than Apache when loading Drupal 8.

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HTTP/2 Test Results

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HIGHEST RESULT58868.2LiteSpeed
Requests / Sec0 — 58868.2
LiteSpeed
58868.2
nginx
8064.8
Apache
4274.1
7.3× vs nginx on this metricView source and methodology ↗
ServerRequests / SecMB / SecFailuresHeader Compression
LiteSpeed58868.2161.75096.35%
nginx8064.826.2018.96%
Apache4274.112.07089.4%
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HTTP 1.1 Test Results

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HIGHEST RESULT23850.4LiteSpeed
Requests / Sec0 — 23850.4
LiteSpeed
23850.4
nginx
8324.59
Apache
4286.43
2.9× vs nginx on this metricView source and methodology ↗
ServerRequests / SecMB / SecFailuresHeader Compression
LiteSpeed23850.478.65N/AN/A
nginx8324.5928.69N/AN/A
Apache4286.4314.66N/AN/A
Methodology

Test Environment

Figures as published by LiteSpeed Technologies. Results depend on hardware, configuration and workload — test with your own application for the most relevant numbers.

  • Softwares Tested: LiteSpeed Web Server v5.4.1 LiteSpeed cache: LiteSpeed Cache for Drupal Drupal version: 8.7.7 nginx v1.16.1 Apache v2.4.41 Varnish 5.2.1
  • Setup: LiteSpeed: LiteSpeed Web Server LiteSpeed Cache for Drupal nginx: nginx (front proxy for HTTPS termination) Varnish nginx Apache: nginx (front proxy for HTTPS termination) Varnish Apache
  • Client Machine: Memory Size: 1GB CPU number: 1 CPU Threads: 1 CPU Model: Virtual CPU 6db7dc0e7704 Disk: NVMe SSD
  • Server Machine: Memory Size: 1GB CPU number: 1 CPU Threads: 1 CPU Model: Virtual CPU 6db7dc0e7704 Disk: NVMe SSD
  • Network: Traffic: 8.84 Gbits/sec Latency: 0.383 ms
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