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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*           1,713,579 rps
√ Nanoservices*           90,510 rps
√ Seneca*                 13,252 rps

   Moleculer*              0%      (1,713,579 rps)   (avg: 583ns)
   Nanoservices*      -94.72%         (90,510 rps)   (avg: 11μs)
   Seneca*            -99.23%         (13,252 rps)   (avg: 75μs)

Result chart

Remote request

Suite: Call remote actions
√ Moleculer*           10,445 rps
√ Hemera*               6,655 rps
√ Cote*                15,442 rps
√ Seneca*               2,947 rps

   Moleculer*      -32.36%         (10,445 rps)   (avg: 95μs)
   Hemera*          -56.9%          (6,655 rps)   (avg: 150μs)
   Cote*                0%         (15,442 rps)   (avg: 64μs)
   Seneca*         -80.91%          (2,947 rps)   (avg: 339μs)

Result chart

Benchmark results

Tester platform:

  • OS: Windows_NT 6.1.7601 x64
  • Node: 8.11.0
  • v8: 6.2.414.50
  • CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz × 8
  • Memory: 16 GB

Common test suite

Suite: Local call
√ broker.call (normal)*             1,595,635 rps
√ broker.call (with params)*        1,662,917 rps

   broker.call (normal)* (#)            0%      (1,595,635 rps)   (avg: 626ns)
   broker.call (with params)*       +4.22%      (1,662,917 rps)   (avg: 601ns)
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Suite: Call with middlewares
√ No middlewares*        1,621,427 rps
√ 5 middlewares*           664,141 rps

   No middlewares* (#)       0%      (1,621,427 rps)   (avg: 616ns)
   5 middlewares*       -59.04%        (664,141 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
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Suite: Call with metrics
√ No metrics*          1,546,373 rps
√ With metrics*          486,737 rps

   No metrics* (#)         0%      (1,546,373 rps)   (avg: 646ns)
   With metrics*      -68.52%        (486,737 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
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Suite: Remote call with FakeTransporter
√ Remote call echo.reply*                         42,409 rps
√ Remote call echo.reply with tracking*           45,739 rps

   Remote call echo.reply* (#)                     0%         (42,409 rps)   (avg: 23μs)
   Remote call echo.reply with tracking*       +7.85%         (45,739 rps)   (avg: 21μs)
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Suite: Context tracking
√ broker.call (without tracking)*        1,606,966 rps
√ broker.call (with tracking)*           1,588,692 rps

   broker.call (without tracking)* (#)       0%      (1,606,966 rps)   (avg: 622ns)
   broker.call (with tracking)*          -1.14%      (1,588,692 rps)   (avg: 629ns)
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Calling test suite

Suite: Call methods
√ broker.call (normal)*             1,660,419 rps
√ broker.call (with params)*        1,706,815 rps

   broker.call (normal)* (#)            0%      (1,660,419 rps)   (avg: 602ns)
   broker.call (with params)*       +2.79%      (1,706,815 rps)   (avg: 585ns)
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Suite: Call with middlewares
√ Call without middlewares*        1,604,740 rps
√ Call with 1 middleware*          1,195,061 rps
√ Call with 5 middlewares*           655,822 rps

   Call without middlewares* (#)       0%      (1,604,740 rps)   (avg: 623ns)
   Call with 1 middleware*        -25.53%      (1,195,061 rps)   (avg: 836ns)
   Call with 5 middlewares*       -59.13%        (655,822 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
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Suite: Call with cachers
√ No cacher*                            1,180,739 rps
√ Built-in cacher*                        611,911 rps
√ Built-in cacher (keys filter)*          893,071 rps

   No cacher* (#)                           0%      (1,180,739 rps)   (avg: 846ns)
   Built-in cacher*                    -48.18%        (611,911 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   Built-in cacher (keys filter)*      -24.36%        (893,071 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
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Suite: Call with param validator
√ No validator*                 1,192,808 rps
√ With validator passes*        1,138,172 rps
√ With validator fail*              4,829 rps

   No validator* (#)                0%      (1,192,808 rps)   (avg: 838ns)
   With validator passes*       -4.58%      (1,138,172 rps)   (avg: 878ns)
   With validator fail*         -99.6%          (4,829 rps)   (avg: 207μs)
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Suite: Call with metrics
√ No metrics*          1,601,825 rps
√ With metrics*          493,759 rps

   No metrics* (#)         0%      (1,601,825 rps)   (avg: 624ns)
   With metrics*      -69.18%        (493,759 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
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Cachers test suite

Suite: Set & get 1k data with cacher
√ Memory*        2,233,922 rps
√ Redis*            10,729 rps

   Memory*           0%      (2,233,922 rps)   (avg: 447ns)
   Redis*       -99.52%         (10,729 rps)   (avg: 93μs)
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Suite: Test getCacheKey
√ Dynamic         2,783,031 rps
√ Static          6,787,824 rps

   Dynamic          -59%      (2,783,031 rps)   (avg: 359ns)
   Static             0%      (6,787,824 rps)   (avg: 147ns)
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Suite: Test cloning on MemoryCacher
√ Without cloning*        4,608,810 rps
√ With cloning*             182,449 rps

   Without cloning*           0%      (4,608,810 rps)   (avg: 216ns)
   With cloning*         -96.04%        (182,449 rps)   (avg: 5μs)
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Events test suite

Suite: Emit event
√ Emit event without subscribers                                     7,093,574 rps
√ Emit simple event to 1 subscribers                                 6,318,996 rps
√ Emit simple event to 20 subscribers                                6,428,321 rps
√ Emit wildcard event to 20 subscribers                              6,684,002 rps
√ Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers without params         7,176,790 rps
√ Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers with params            6,577,082 rps

   Emit event without subscribers (#)                                    0%      (7,093,574 rps)   (avg: 140ns)
   Emit simple event to 1 subscribers                               -10.92%      (6,318,996 rps)   (avg: 158ns)
   Emit simple event to 20 subscribers                               -9.38%      (6,428,321 rps)   (avg: 155ns)
   Emit wildcard event to 20 subscribers                             -5.77%      (6,684,002 rps)   (avg: 149ns)
   Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers without params        +1.17%      (7,176,790 rps)   (avg: 139ns)
   Emit multi-wildcard event to 20 subscribers with params           -7.28%      (6,577,082 rps)   (avg: 152ns)
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Middlewares test suite

Suite: Middleware test
√ Without internal & custom middlewares*        2,786,666 rps
√ Without custom middlewares*                   1,745,153 rps
√ With 1 middlewares*                           1,270,108 rps
√ With 10 middlewares*                            473,433 rps

   Without internal & custom middlewares*      +59.68%      (2,786,666 rps)   (avg: 358ns)
   Without custom middlewares* (#)                  0%      (1,745,153 rps)   (avg: 573ns)
   With 1 middlewares*                         -27.22%      (1,270,108 rps)   (avg: 787ns)
   With 10 middlewares*                        -72.87%        (473,433 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
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Transporters test suite

Suite: Transport with 10bytes
√ Fake*            40,182 rps
√ NATS*             8,182 rps
√ Redis*            6,922 rps
√ MQTT*             6,985 rps
√ TCP*             10,639 rps

   Fake* (#)        0%         (40,182 rps)   (avg: 24μs)
   NATS*       -79.64%          (8,182 rps)   (avg: 122μs)
   Redis*      -82.77%          (6,922 rps)   (avg: 144μs)
   MQTT*       -82.62%          (6,985 rps)   (avg: 143μs)
   TCP*        -73.52%         (10,639 rps)   (avg: 93μs)
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Serializers test suite

JSON length: 89
Avro length: 38
MsgPack length: 69
ProtoBuf length: 45
Thrift length: 76
Suite: Serialize packet with 10bytes
√ JSON               811,290 rps
√ Avro               624,283 rps
√ MsgPack             76,703 rps
√ ProtoBuf           770,425 rps
√ Thrift             110,583 rps

   JSON (#)            0%        (811,290 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   Avro           -23.05%        (624,283 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   MsgPack        -90.55%         (76,703 rps)   (avg: 13μs)
   ProtoBuf        -5.04%        (770,425 rps)   (avg: 1μs)
   Thrift         -86.37%        (110,583 rps)   (avg: 9μs)
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JSON length: 229
Avro length: 179
MsgPack length: 210
ProtoBuf length: 200
Thrift length: 258
Suite: Serialize packet with 150bytes
√ JSON               437,439 rps
√ Avro               348,092 rps
√ MsgPack             63,000 rps
√ ProtoBuf           408,807 rps
√ Thrift              93,022 rps

   JSON (#)            0%        (437,439 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
   Avro           -20.42%        (348,092 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
   MsgPack         -85.6%         (63,000 rps)   (avg: 15μs)
   ProtoBuf        -6.55%        (408,807 rps)   (avg: 2μs)
   Thrift         -78.73%         (93,022 rps)   (avg: 10μs)
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JSON length: 1131
Avro length: 1081
MsgPack length: 1113
ProtoBuf length: 1170
Thrift length: 1364
Suite: Serialize packet with 1kbytes
√ JSON               148,417 rps
√ Avro               125,403 rps
√ MsgPack             17,387 rps
√ ProtoBuf           143,478 rps
√ Thrift              63,276 rps

   JSON (#)            0%        (148,417 rps)   (avg: 6μs)
   Avro           -15.51%        (125,403 rps)   (avg: 7μs)
   MsgPack        -88.29%         (17,387 rps)   (avg: 57μs)
   ProtoBuf        -3.33%        (143,478 rps)   (avg: 6μs)
   Thrift         -57.37%         (63,276 rps)   (avg: 15μs)
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JSON length: 10528
Avro length: 10479
MsgPack length: 10510
ProtoBuf length: 11213
Thrift length: 12699
Suite: Serialize packet with 10kbytes
√ JSON                19,147 rps
√ Avro                18,598 rps
√ MsgPack              2,343 rps
√ ProtoBuf            20,118 rps
√ Thrift              14,284 rps

   JSON (#)            0%         (19,147 rps)   (avg: 52μs)
   Avro            -2.86%         (18,598 rps)   (avg: 53μs)
   MsgPack        -87.77%          (2,343 rps)   (avg: 426μs)
   ProtoBuf        +5.07%         (20,118 rps)   (avg: 49μs)
   Thrift         -25.39%         (14,284 rps)   (avg: 70μs)
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JSON length: 50601
Avro length: 50552
MsgPack length: 50583
ProtoBuf length: 54187
Thrift length: 61472
Suite: Serialize packet with 50kbytes
√ JSON                 4,110 rps
√ Avro                 4,032 rps
√ MsgPack                481 rps
√ ProtoBuf             4,362 rps
√ Thrift               3,401 rps

   JSON (#)            0%          (4,110 rps)   (avg: 243μs)
   Avro             -1.9%          (4,032 rps)   (avg: 248μs)
   MsgPack         -88.3%            (481 rps)   (avg: 2ms)
   ProtoBuf        +6.13%          (4,362 rps)   (avg: 229μs)
   Thrift         -17.26%          (3,401 rps)   (avg: 294μs)
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JSON length: 101100
Avro length: 101051
MsgPack length: 101084
ProtoBuf length: 108312
Thrift length: 122849
Suite: Serialize packet with 100kbytes
√ JSON                 2,075 rps
√ Avro                 2,045 rps
√ MsgPack                234 rps
√ ProtoBuf             2,202 rps
√ Thrift               1,752 rps

   JSON (#)            0%          (2,075 rps)   (avg: 481μs)
   Avro            -1.47%          (2,045 rps)   (avg: 488μs)
   MsgPack        -88.73%            (234 rps)   (avg: 4ms)
   ProtoBuf         +6.1%          (2,202 rps)   (avg: 454μs)
   Thrift         -15.57%          (1,752 rps)   (avg: 570μs)
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JSON length: 1010082
Avro length: 1010033
MsgPack length: 1010066
ProtoBuf length: 1082562
Thrift length: 1227635
Suite: Serialize packet with 1Mbytes
√ JSON                   187 rps
√ Avro                   184 rps
√ MsgPack                 22 rps
√ ProtoBuf               195 rps
√ Thrift                 156 rps

   JSON (#)            0%            (187 rps)   (avg: 5ms)
   Avro            -1.81%            (184 rps)   (avg: 5ms)
   MsgPack        -88.04%             (22 rps)   (avg: 44ms)
   ProtoBuf        +4.44%            (195 rps)   (avg: 5ms)
   Thrift         -16.75%            (156 rps)   (avg: 6ms)
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