Benchmarks for popular Node.js HTTP client libraries.
These benchmarks use Nginx in a docker container to serve static files of several sizes.
Versions Tested
node@14.xaxios@0.27.2got@11.8.3superagent@8.0.0isomorphic-fetch@3.0.0node-fetch@2.6.7node-fetch@3.2.10undici@5.10.0fetch-h2@3.0.2
$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose run benchmark sh
$ node index.js
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Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 1886 ±3.50% 116
http.request with http 1.1 1928 ±2.12% 110
http.request with http 1.0 2065 ±1.64% 116
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 2051 ±1.80% 122
axios 1459 ±3.43% 93
got 1213 ±3.57% 76
superagent 1835 ±2.31% 105
isomorphicFetch 1674 ±2.24% 99
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 1657 ±2.12% 101
nodeFetch (latest) 491 ±75.45% 49
undici 4377 ±4.30% 269
fetch-h2 901 ±2.13% 55
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 2157 ±1.04% 120
http.request with http 1.1 2071 ±1.33% 114
http.request with http 1.0 2178 ±1.06% 120
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 2183 ±0.94% 117
axios 1688 ±1.80% 97
got 1344 ±1.47% 78
superagent 1949 ±1.20% 107
isomorphicFetch 1714 ±1.41% 100
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 1781 ±1.23% 98
nodeFetch (latest) 866 ±1.14% 48
undici 4332 ±2.30% 255
fetch-h2 975 ±1.34% 58
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 2113 ±1.45% 119
http.request with http 1.1 2039 ±1.32% 112
http.request with http 1.0 2100 ±1.28% 117
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 2067 ±1.18% 116
axios 1655 ±1.68% 92
got 1279 ±1.88% 74
superagent 1905 ±1.15% 106
isomorphicFetch 1658 ±1.39% 96
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 1714 ±1.23% 96
nodeFetch (latest) 856 ±1.55% 48
undici 4014 ±1.98% 244
fetch-h2 952 ±1.72% 58
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 2035 ±1.54% 112
http.request with http 1.1 1913 ±1.44% 108
http.request with http 1.0 1914 ±1.65% 108
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 1974 ±1.17% 111
axios 1562 ±1.78% 93
got 1218 ±1.81% 72
superagent 1863 ±1.11% 103
isomorphicFetch 1600 ±1.52% 90
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 1650 ±1.36% 93
nodeFetch (latest) 813 ±1.76% 47
undici 3736 ±1.83% 215
fetch-h2 910 ±1.72% 61
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 1734 ±1.70% 101
http.request with http 1.1 1667 ±1.97% 98
http.request with http 1.0 1846 ±1.11% 101
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 1826 ±1.74% 102
axios 1416 ±2.23% 83
got 1149 ±1.84% 69
superagent 1625 ±1.67% 93
isomorphicFetch 1462 ±2.03% 84
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 1523 ±1.36% 85
nodeFetch (latest) 754 ±1.81% 44
undici 3100 ±2.50% 192
fetch-h2 820 ±1.83% 51
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 1464 ±1.34% 82
http.request with http 1.1 1422 ±1.37% 79
http.request with http 1.0 1446 ±1.37% 82
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 1445 ±1.42% 82
axios 1110 ±1.77% 67
got 948 ±2.23% 57
superagent 1443 ±2.36% 85
isomorphicFetch 1175 ±2.22% 73
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 1185 ±2.20% 74
nodeFetch (latest) 577 ±2.55% 37
undici 2249 ±4.50% 148
fetch-h2 775 ±2.14% 49
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 804 ±1.64% 47
http.request with http 1.1 768 ±1.83% 45
http.request with http 1.0 784 ±2.14% 46
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 784 ±1.77% 46
axios 582 ±2.84% 38
got 529 ±2.29% 32
superagent 680 ±4.79% 43
isomorphicFetch 633 ±1.79% 37
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 633 ±2.64% 38
nodeFetch (latest) 353 ±2.15% 22
undici 969 ±1.91% 57
fetch-h2 432 ±2.56% 27
Module OPS RME Samples
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http.request with default agent 305 ±1.97% 18
http.request with http 1.1 293 ±2.50% 18
http.request with http 1.0 295 ±2.62% 18
http.request with http 1.0 and nodelay 302 ±2.50% 18
axios 228 ±2.02% 14
got 215 ±2.71% 14
superagent 295 ±2.07% 17
isomorphicFetch 234 ±2.66% 15
nodeFetch (^2.6.7) 242 ±2.30% 15
nodeFetch (latest) 129 ±1.98% 9
undici 307 ±1.82% 18
fetch-h2 188 ±8.83% 12
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