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BenchmarkDrupal 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 the LiteSpeed Cache module for Drupal, loads a Drupal and Umami 9.0.7 theme demo site up to 1.6 times faster than OpenLiteSpeed and up to 8.7 times faster than nginx!

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At A Glance

HTTP/2 Test Results

LiteSpeed Web Server's HTTP/2 implementation outperforms nginx by 8.7X, and OpenLiteSpeed by 1.6X when loading Drupal 9.

HTTP 1.1 Test Results

LiteSpeed Web Server performs 5.5X faster than nginx and 1.5X faster than OpenLiteSpeed when loading Drupal 9 via HTTP/1.1.

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HTTP/2 Test Results

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HIGHEST RESULT23971.35LiteSpeed
Requests / Sec0 — 23971.35
LiteSpeed
23971.35
OpenLiteSpeed
15162.29
nginx
2753.72
1.6× vs OpenLiteSpeed on this metricView source and methodology ↗
ServerRequests / SecMB / SecFailuresHeader Compression
LiteSpeed23971.35189.78095.94%
OpenLiteSpeed15162.29122.31096.90%
nginx2753.7222.96020.33%
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HTTP 1.1 Test Results

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HIGHEST RESULT14313.67LiteSpeed
Requests / Sec0 — 14313.67
LiteSpeed
14313.67
OpenLiteSpeed
9588.93
nginx
2602.16
1.5× vs OpenLiteSpeed on this metricView source and methodology ↗
ServerRequests / SecMB / SecFailuresHeader Compression
LiteSpeed14313.67120.71N/AN/A
OpenLiteSpeed9588.9383.54N/AN/A
nginx2602.1624.59N/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 v5.4.10 LiteSpeed cache: LiteSpeed Cache for Drupal Drupal Version 9.0.7 OpenLiteSpeed v1.6.17 nginx v1.18.0 nginx FastCGI Cache
  • Setup: LiteSpeed: LiteSpeed Web Server LiteSpeed Cache for Drupal OpenLiteSpeed: LiteSpeed Open Source Web Server LiteSpeed Cache for Drupal nginx: nginx FastCGI nginx
  • Client Machine: Memory Size: 1GB CPU number: 1 CPU Threads: 1 CPU Model: Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS) Disk: NVMe SSD
  • Server Machine: Memory Size: 1GB CPU number: 1 CPU Threads: 1 CPU Model: Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS) Disk: NVMe SSD
  • Network: Traffic: 5.88 Gbits/sec Latency: 0.241 ms
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