TL;DR

• graphql-jit helps
• apollo-server adds overhead
• tracing resolvers kills performance
• type-graphql adds overhead

Explanation

For further details, please check out this video.

Usage

git clone https://github.com/benawad/benchmarks
cd benchmarks
npm install
npm start

Benchmarks

duration: 5s connections: 5 pipelining: 1

Server	Requests/s	Latency	Throughput/Mb
uWebSockets-graphql+jit	7898.0	0.08	48.59
core-graphql-jit-str	6438.0	0.28	40.02
core-graphql-jit-buf	6325.2	0.28	39.32
core-graphql-jit-buf-fjs	6299.6	0.28	39.15
benzene-http	6176.4	0.28	38.69
mercurius+graphql-jit	5862.0	0.28	36.71
fastify-REST	5384.4	0.30	43.19
graphql-api-koa+graphql-jit	3765.4	1.22	23.55
express-REST	3758.2	1.03	30.38
mercurius+graphql-compose	3741.4	0.73	23.42
mercurius	3696.6	0.93	23.14
mercurius+graphql-jit+type-graphql	3600.6	1.24	22.54
apollo-server-fastify+graphql-jit	3446.6	1.25	21.68
fastify-express-graphql-jit	3428.2	1.26	0.94
express-gql	3391.4	1.31	21.45
fastify-express-graphql-typed-jit	3207.4	1.26	0.88
express-graphql+graphql-jit+graphql-compose	2974.6	1.30	18.81
express-graphql+graphql-jit	2950.6	1.31	18.66
express-graphql+graphql-jit+type-graphql	2720.2	1.36	17.20
graphql-api-koa	2707.8	1.37	16.93
apollo-server-fastify	2647.0	1.40	16.65
fastify-express-grapql-typed	2448.6	1.57	0.67
apollo-server-koa+graphql-jit+type-graphql	2337.8	1.60	14.63
express-graphql+graphql-compose	2254.6	1.66	14.26
graphql-compose+async	2234.6	1.67	14.13
express-graphql-dd-trace-no-plugin	2227.0	1.66	14.08
express-graphql	2223.4	1.66	14.06
express-graphql+type-graphql	2196.2	1.67	13.89
apollo-schema+async	2192.6	1.67	13.87
type-graphql+async	2134.8	1.69	13.50
type-graphql+middleware	2107.8	1.71	13.33
type-graphql+async-middleware	2069.4	1.76	13.09
yoga-graphql	2030.0	1.83	12.78
apollo-server-express	1662.4	2.70	10.56
apollo-opentracing	1199.8	3.56	7.63
yoga-graphql-trace	1193.6	3.59	37.96
express-graphql-dd-trace-less	1118.8	4.18	7.08
express-graphql-dd-trace	1039.4	4.32	6.57
apollo-server-express-tracing	989.6	4.54	31.52