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BenchmarkWordPress

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 its best available cache: LSCache for LiteSpeed, FastCGI Cache for nginx and W3 Total Cache for Apache.

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At A Glance

HTTP/2 Test Results

Over HTTP/2, LiteSpeed Web Server is 12X faster than nginx and 84X faster than Apache when loading WordPress.

HTTP 1.1 Test Results

Over HTTP/1.1, LiteSpeed Web Server is 5X faster than nginx and 28X faster than Apache.

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HTTP/2 Test Results

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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 ↗
ServerRequests / SecMB / SecFailuresHeader Compression
LiteSpeed69618.5270.38096.64%
Nginx6025.324.5026.54%
Apache826.53.08088.9%
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HTTP 1.1 Test Results

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HIGHEST RESULT28360.3LiteSpeed
Requests / Sec0 — 28360.3
LiteSpeed
28360.3
Nginx
5730
Apache
1000.56
4.9× vs Nginx on this metricView source and methodology ↗
ServerRequests / SecMB / SecFailuresHeader Compression
LiteSpeed28360.3119.33N/AN/A
Nginx573024.15N/AN/A
Apache1000.564.09N/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.

  • Servers tested: LiteSpeed Web Server v5.4.1, nginx v1.16.1, Apache v2.4.41
  • WordPress 5.2.2 — LSCache for WordPress, nginx FastCGI Cache, Apache W3 Total Cache
  • Client & server: 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, NVMe SSD (Vultr High Frequency Compute)
  • Network: 9.02 Gbit/s, 0.302 ms latency
  • Methodology follows http2benchmark.org, so results can be reproduced.
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