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Benchmark

In development, we measure every critical part of the framework to ensure the best possible performance.

Request times

We tested Moleculer against some other frameworks and measured the request times.

Local request

Suite: Call local actions
√ Moleculer*           2,021,189 rps
√ Nanoservices*           94,116 rps
√ Seneca*                 13,621 rps

   Moleculer*              0%      (2,021,189 rps)   (avg: 494ns)
   Nanoservices*      -95.34%         (94,116 rps)   (avg: 10μs)
   Seneca*            -99.33%         (13,621 rps)   (avg: 73μs)

Result chart

Remote request

Suite: Call remote actions
√ Seneca*               2,140 rps
√ Hemera*               4,354 rps
√ Moleculer*            8,664 rps

   Seneca* (#)          0%          (2,140 rps)   (avg: 467μs)
   Hemera*        +103.42%          (4,354 rps)   (avg: 229μs)
   Moleculer*     +304.81%          (8,664 rps)   (avg: 115μs)

Result chart

Benchmark results

Tester platform:

  • OS: Windows_NT 6.1.7601 x64
  • Node: 8.9.4
  • v8: 6.1.534.50
  • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz × 8
  • Memory: 16 GB

Common test suite

Suite: Local call
√ broker.call (normal)*             1,654,091 rps
√ broker.call (with params)*        1,846,689 rps

   broker.call (normal)* (#)            0%      (1,654,091 rps)   (avg: 604ns)
   broker.call (with params)*      +11.64%      (1,846,689 rps)   (avg: 541ns)
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Suite: Call with middlewares
√ No middlewares*        1,660,456 rps
√ 5 middlewares*         1,588,124 rps

   No middlewares* (#)       0%      (1,660,456 rps)   (avg: 602ns)
   5 middlewares*        -4.36%      (1,588,124 rps)   (avg: 629ns)
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Suite: Call with statistics & metrics
√ No statistics*                    1,616,265 rps
√ With metrics*                       549,124 rps
√ With statistics*                    768,617 rps
√ With metrics & statistics*          408,013 rps

   No statistics* (#)                   0%      (1,616,265 rps)   (avg: 618ns)
   With metrics*                   -66.03%        (549,124 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   With statistics*                -52.44%        (768,617 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   With metrics & statistics*      -74.76%        (408,013 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
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Suite: Remote call with FakeTransporter
√ Remote call echo.reply*           45,987 rps

   Remote call echo.reply*           0%         (45,987 rps)   (avg: 21μs)
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Calling test suite

Suite: Call methods
√ broker.call (normal)*             1,738,486 rps
√ broker.call (with params)*        1,807,759 rps

   broker.call (normal)* (#)            0%      (1,738,486 rps)   (avg: 575ns)
   broker.call (with params)*       +3.98%      (1,807,759 rps)   (avg: 553ns)
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Suite: Call with middlewares
√ Call without middlewares*        1,716,913 rps
√ Call with 1 middleware*          1,662,845 rps
√ Call with 5 middlewares*         1,666,777 rps

   Call without middlewares* (#)       0%      (1,716,913 rps)   (avg: 582ns)
   Call with 1 middleware*         -3.15%      (1,662,845 rps)   (avg: 601ns)
   Call with 5 middlewares*        -2.92%      (1,666,777 rps)   (avg: 599ns)
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Suite: Call with cachers
√ No cacher*                            1,344,920 rps
√ Built-in cacher*                        315,524 rps
√ Built-in cacher (keys filter)*          964,395 rps
√ With statistics*                        811,574 rps

   No cacher* (#)                           0%      (1,344,920 rps)   (avg: 743ns)
   Built-in cacher*                    -76.54%        (315,524 rps)   (avg: 3μs)
   Built-in cacher (keys filter)*      -28.29%        (964,395 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   With statistics*                    -39.66%        (811,574 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
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Suite: Call with param validator
√ No validator*                 1,055,690 rps
√ With validator passes*        1,082,886 rps
√ With validator fail*              6,994 rps

   No validator* (#)                0%      (1,055,690 rps)   (avg: 947ns)
   With validator passes*       +2.58%      (1,082,886 rps)   (avg: 923ns)
   With validator fail*        -99.34%          (6,994 rps)   (avg: 142μs)
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Suite: Call with statistics & metrics
√ No statistics*                    1,311,912 rps
√ With metrics*                       453,033 rps
√ With metrics & statistics*          396,287 rps

   No statistics* (#)                   0%      (1,311,912 rps)   (avg: 762ns)
   With metrics*                   -65.47%        (453,033 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
   With metrics & statistics*      -69.79%        (396,287 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
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Cachers test suite

Suite: Set & get 1k data with cacher
√ Memory*        2,066,824 rps
√ Redis*            10,915 rps

   Memory*           0%      (2,066,824 rps)   (avg: 483ns)
   Redis*       -99.47%         (10,915 rps)   (avg: 91μs)
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Suite: Test getCacheKey
√ Dynamic           679,228 rps
√ Static          5,981,643 rps

   Dynamic       -88.64%        (679,228 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   Static             0%      (5,981,643 rps)   (avg: 167ns)
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Events test suite

Suite: Emit event
√ Emit event without subscribers                                     7,450,694 rps
√ Emit simple event to 1 subscribers                                   663,669 rps
√ Emit simple event to 20 subscribers                                   41,231 rps
√ Emit wildcard event to 20 subscribers                                 30,902 rps
√ Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers without params            30,608 rps
√ Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers with params               30,355 rps

   Emit event without subscribers (#)                                    0%      (7,450,694 rps)   (avg: 134ns)
   Emit simple event to 1 subscribers                               -91.09%        (663,669 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   Emit simple event to 20 subscribers                              -99.45%         (41,231 rps)   (avg: 24μs)
   Emit wildcard event to 20 subscribers                            -99.59%         (30,902 rps)   (avg: 32μs)
   Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers without params       -99.59%         (30,608 rps)   (avg: 32μs)
   Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers with params          -99.59%         (30,355 rps)   (avg: 32μs)
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Middlewares test suite

Suite: Middleware test
√ Without middlewares*        1,725,594 rps
√ With 1 middlewares*         1,395,079 rps
√ With 10 middlewares*        1,841,953 rps

   Without middlewares* (#)       0%      (1,725,594 rps)   (avg: 579ns)
   With 1 middlewares*       -19.15%      (1,395,079 rps)   (avg: 716ns)
   With 10 middlewares*       +6.74%      (1,841,953 rps)   (avg: 542ns)
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Transporters test suite

Suite: Transport with 10bytes
√ Fake*            55,626 rps
√ NATS*             8,729 rps
√ Redis*            8,590 rps
√ MQTT*             8,103 rps
√ TCP*             11,249 rps

   Fake* (#)        0%         (55,626 rps)   (avg: 17μs)
   NATS*       -84.31%          (8,729 rps)   (avg: 114μs)
   Redis*      -84.56%          (8,590 rps)   (avg: 116μs)
   MQTT*       -85.43%          (8,103 rps)   (avg: 123μs)
   TCP*        -79.78%         (11,249 rps)   (avg: 88μs)
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Serializers test suite

JSON length: 89
Avro length: 38
MsgPack length: 69
ProtoBuf length: 45
Suite: Serialize packet with 10bytes
√ JSON             1,276,006 rps
√ Avro               608,887 rps
√ MsgPack             61,587 rps
√ ProtoBuf           927,611 rps

   JSON (#)            0%      (1,276,006 rps)   (avg: 783ns)
   Avro           -52.28%        (608,887 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   MsgPack        -95.17%         (61,587 rps)   (avg: 16μs)
   ProtoBuf        -27.3%        (927,611 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
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JSON length: 1131
Avro length: 1081
MsgPack length: 1113
ProtoBuf length: 1170
Suite: Serialize packet with 1kbytes
√ JSON               205,813 rps
√ Avro               123,731 rps
√ MsgPack             12,661 rps
√ ProtoBuf           147,930 rps

   JSON (#)            0%        (205,813 rps)   (avg: 4μs)
   Avro           -39.88%        (123,731 rps)   (avg: 8μs)
   MsgPack        -93.85%         (12,661 rps)   (avg: 78μs)
   ProtoBuf       -28.12%        (147,930 rps)   (avg: 6μs)
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JSON length: 10528
Avro length: 10479
MsgPack length: 10510
ProtoBuf length: 11213
Suite: Serialize packet with 10kbytes
√ JSON                26,892 rps
√ Avro                18,671 rps
√ MsgPack              1,642 rps
√ ProtoBuf            20,388 rps

   JSON (#)            0%         (26,892 rps)   (avg: 37μs)
   Avro           -30.57%         (18,671 rps)   (avg: 53μs)
   MsgPack        -93.89%          (1,642 rps)   (avg: 608μs)
   ProtoBuf       -24.18%         (20,388 rps)   (avg: 49μs)
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JSON length: 50601
Avro length: 50552
MsgPack length: 50583
ProtoBuf length: 54187
Suite: Serialize packet with 50kbytes
√ JSON                 5,851 rps
√ Avro                 4,065 rps
√ MsgPack                338 rps
√ ProtoBuf             4,455 rps

   JSON (#)            0%          (5,851 rps)   (avg: 170μs)
   Avro           -30.53%          (4,065 rps)   (avg: 246μs)
   MsgPack        -94.22%            (338 rps)   (avg: 2ms)
   ProtoBuf       -23.86%          (4,455 rps)   (avg: 224μs)
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JSON length: 101100
Avro length: 101051
MsgPack length: 101084
ProtoBuf length: 108312
Suite: Serialize packet with 100kbytes
√ JSON                 2,980 rps
√ Avro                 2,075 rps
√ MsgPack                169 rps
√ ProtoBuf             2,254 rps

   JSON (#)            0%          (2,980 rps)   (avg: 335μs)
   Avro           -30.36%          (2,075 rps)   (avg: 481μs)
   MsgPack        -94.34%            (169 rps)   (avg: 5ms)
   ProtoBuf       -24.39%          (2,254 rps)   (avg: 443μs)
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JSON length: 1010082
Avro length: 1010033
MsgPack length: 1010066
ProtoBuf length: 1082562
Suite: Serialize packet with 1Mbytes
√ JSON                   300 rps
√ Avro                   188 rps
√ MsgPack                 16 rps
√ ProtoBuf               199 rps

   JSON (#)            0%            (300 rps)   (avg: 3ms)
   Avro           -37.21%            (188 rps)   (avg: 5ms)
   MsgPack        -94.51%             (16 rps)   (avg: 60ms)
   ProtoBuf       -33.69%            (199 rps)   (avg: 5ms)
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