This document provides a performance comparison between Actix-Web, Hyper, async_uws and Rocket using K6 benchmarks.
| Metric | Rocket | Actix-Web | Hyper | async_uws |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Requests | 1,366,528 | 1,110,920 | 942,697 | 17,055 |
| Success Rate | 99.99% | 99.99% | 99.99% | 95.54% |
| Throughput (reqs/sec) | ~45,551 | ~37,027 | ~31,418 | ~481 |
| Avg Request Duration (ms) | 3.67 | 4.56 | 5.54 | 13.71 |
| Errors | 68 | 61 | 55 | 760 |
| Peak Response Time (ms) | 107.56 | 105.96 | 62.37 | 726.41 |
| VUs | 200 | 200 | 200 | 13-200 |
| VUs Max | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
K6 Raw Summary for Rocket
✗ response code was 200 ↳ 99% — ✓ 1,366,528 / ✗ 68 ✗ response body is 'Hello World' ↳ 99% — ✓ 1,366,528 / ✗ 68
checks.........................: 99.99% ✓ 2,733,056 ✗ 136 data_received..................: 336 MB 11 MB/s data_sent......................: 109 MB 3.6 MB/s http_req_blocked...............: avg=3.06µs min=0s med=1µs max=50.01ms p(90)=1µs p(95)=2µs http_req_connecting............: avg=1.15µs min=0s med=0s max=11.03ms p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_duration..............: avg=3.67ms min=31µs med=2.44ms max=107.56ms p(90)=8.04ms p(95)=10.94ms http_req_failed................: 0.00% ✓ 68 ✗ 1,366,528 http_req_receiving.............: avg=25.17µs min=0s med=7µs max=92.12ms p(90)=13µs p(95)=27µs http_req_sending...............: avg=10.2µs min=1µs med=2µs max=65.25ms p(90)=5µs p(95)=7µs http_req_tls_handshaking.......: avg=0s min=0s med=0s max=0s p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_waiting...............: avg=3.63ms min=25µs med=2.42ms max=107.5ms p(90)=7.99ms p(95)=10.86ms http_reqs......................: 1,366,596 45,551.022661/s iteration_duration.............: avg=4.28ms min=45.2µs med=2.86ms max=109.38ms p(90)=9.18ms p(95)=12.73ms iterations.....................: 1,366,596 45,551.022661/s vus............................: 200 min=200 max=200 vus_max........................: 200 min=200 max=200
K6 Raw Summary for Actix-Web
✗ response code was 200 ↳ 99% — ✓ 1110859 / ✗ 61 ✗ response body is 'Hello World' ↳ 99% — ✓ 1110859 / ✗ 61
checks.........................: 99.99% ✓ 2221718 ✗ 122 data_received..................: 97 MB 3.2 MB/s data_sent......................: 89 MB 3.0 MB/s http_req_blocked...............: avg=3.34µs min=0s med=1µs max=51.94ms p(90)=1µs p(95)=2µs http_req_connecting............: avg=1.3µs min=0s med=0s max=7.32ms p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_duration..............: avg=4.56ms min=16µs med=2.48ms max=105.96ms p(90)=11.89ms p(95)=15.57ms http_req_failed................: 0.00% ✓ 61 ✗ 1110859 http_req_receiving.............: avg=25.35µs min=0s med=6µs max=59.24ms p(90)=14µs p(95)=25µs http_req_sending...............: avg=9.29µs min=1µs med=2µs max=46.33ms p(90)=4µs p(95)=7µs http_req_tls_handshaking.......: avg=0s min=0s med=0s max=0s p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_waiting...............: avg=4.53ms min=12µs med=2.45ms max=105.95ms p(90)=11.82ms p(95)=15.49ms http_reqs......................: 1110920 37027.172536/s iteration_duration.............: avg=5.27ms min=30.95µs med=3.05ms max=105.98ms p(90)=13.17ms p(95)=17.2ms iterations.....................: 1110920 37027.172536/s vus............................: 200 min=200 max=200 vus_max........................: 200 min=200 max=200
K6 Raw Summary for Hyper
✗ response code was 200 ↳ 99% — ✓ 942,642 / ✗ 55 ✗ response body is 'Hello World' ↳ 99% — ✓ 942,642 / ✗ 55
checks.........................: 99.99% ✓ 1,885,284 ✗ 110 data_received..................: 82 MB 2.7 MB/s data_sent......................: 75 MB 2.5 MB/s http_req_blocked...............: avg=2.73µs min=0s med=1µs max=47.44ms p(90)=1µs p(95)=2µs http_req_connecting............: avg=1.38µs min=0s med=0s max=7.74ms p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_duration..............: avg=5.54ms min=17µs med=3.61ms max=62.37ms p(90)=13.37ms p(95)=16.87ms http_req_failed................: 0.00% ✓ 55 ✗ 942,642 http_req_receiving.............: avg=31.5µs min=0s med=6µs max=62.34ms p(90)=16µs p(95)=28µs http_req_sending...............: avg=9.02µs min=1µs med=2µs max=42.8ms p(90)=5µs p(95)=8µs http_req_tls_handshaking.......: avg=0s min=0s med=0s max=0s p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_waiting...............: avg=5.5ms min=11µs med=3.58ms max=62.12ms p(90)=13.29ms p(95)=16.77ms http_reqs......................: 942,697 31,418.492283/s iteration_duration.............: avg=6.19ms min=30.08µs med=4.16ms max=82.2ms p(90)=14.43ms p(95)=18.32ms iterations.....................: 942,697 31,418.492283/s vus............................: 200 min=200 max=200 vus_max........................: 200 min=200 max=200
K6 Raw Summary for async_uws
✗ response code was 200 ↳ 95% — ✓ 16,295 / ✗ 760 ✗ response body is 'Hello World' ↳ 95% — ✓ 16,295 / ✗ 760
checks.........................: 95.54% ✓ 32,590 ✗ 1,520 data_received..................: 2.0 MB 57 kB/s data_sent......................: 1.4 MB 38 kB/s http_req_blocked...............: avg=129.49ms min=0s med=6.85ms max=19.5s p(90)=8.95ms p(95)=10.07ms http_req_connecting............: avg=129.46ms min=0s med=6.82ms max=19.5s p(90)=8.9ms p(95)=10.02ms http_req_duration..............: avg=13.71ms min=0s med=7.46ms max=726.41ms p(90)=9.98ms p(95)=12.36ms http_req_failed................: 4.45% ✓ 760 ✗ 16,295 http_req_receiving.............: avg=166.76µs min=0s med=43µs max=20.36ms p(90)=145µs p(95)=309.29µs http_req_sending...............: avg=124.01µs min=0s med=8µs max=19.92ms p(90)=61µs p(95)=340.29µs http_req_tls_handshaking.......: avg=0s min=0s med=0s max=0s p(90)=0s p(95)=0s http_req_waiting...............: avg=13.42ms min=0s med=7.31ms max=724.6ms p(90)=9.59ms p(95)=11.18ms http_reqs......................: 17,055 480.658992/s iteration_duration.............: avg=406.08ms min=327.54µs med=14.64ms max=25.92s p(90)=17.93ms p(95)=24.93ms iterations.....................: 17,055 480.658992/s vus............................: 13 min=13 max=200 vus_max........................: 200 min=200 max=200