Evaluating Performance of REST vs. gRPC
Starts the ASP.NET MVC Core REST API
Starts the GRPC Service
Runs the benchmark on the above services
BenchmarkDotNet=v0.12.1, OS=Windows 10.0.18363.720 (1909/November2018Update/19H2)
Intel Core i7-8650U CPU 1.90GHz (Kaby Lake R), 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores
.NET Core SDK=3.1.201
[Host] : .NET Core 3.1.3 (CoreCLR 4.700.20.11803, CoreFX 4.700.20.12001), X64 RyuJIT
DefaultJob : .NET Core 3.1.3 (CoreCLR 4.700.20.11803, CoreFX 4.700.20.12001), X64 RyuJIT
| Method | IterationCount | Mean | Error | StdDev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RestGetSmallPayloadAsync | 100 | 19.29 ms | 0.351 ms | 0.587 ms |
| RestGetLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 1,148.05 ms | 18.455 ms | 16.359 ms |
| RestPostLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 1,424.61 ms | 12.557 ms | 11.131 ms |
| GrpcGetSmallPayloadAsync | 100 | 27.04 ms | 0.197 ms | 0.175 ms |
| GrpcStreamLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 2,183.97 ms | 30.565 ms | 27.095 ms |
| GrpcGetLargePayloadAsListAsync | 100 | 222.20 ms | 4.219 ms | 5.022 ms |
| GrpcPostLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 228.69 ms | 4.411 ms | 4.529 ms |
| RestGetSmallPayloadAsync | 200 | 39.84 ms | 0.334 ms | 0.261 ms |
| RestGetLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 2,504.54 ms | 47.424 ms | 48.701 ms |
| RestPostLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 2,935.26 ms | 29.985 ms | 26.580 ms |
| GrpcGetSmallPayloadAsync | 200 | 60.82 ms | 1.070 ms | 1.001 ms |
| GrpcStreamLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 4,826.83 ms | 38.930 ms | 34.510 ms |
| GrpcGetLargePayloadAsListAsync | 200 | 447.88 ms | 8.778 ms | 8.211 ms |
| GrpcPostLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 464.99 ms | 9.254 ms | 9.902 ms |
BenchmarkDotNet=v0.12.1, OS=Windows 10.0.19041.630 (2004/?/20H1)
Intel Core i7-8650U CPU 1.90GHz (Kaby Lake R), 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores
.NET Core SDK=5.0.100
[Host] : .NET Core 5.0.0 (CoreCLR 5.0.20.51904, CoreFX 5.0.20.51904), X64 RyuJIT
DefaultJob : .NET Core 5.0.0 (CoreCLR 5.0.20.51904, CoreFX 5.0.20.51904), X64 RyuJIT| Method | IterationCount | Mean | Error | StdDev | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RestGetSmallPayloadAsync | 100 | 14.99 ms | 0.102 ms | 0.095 ms | 15.00 ms |
| RestGetLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 843.40 ms | 13.117 ms | 12.270 ms | 842.57 ms |
| RestPostLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 1,003.66 ms | 36.444 ms | 106.310 ms | 1,050.47 ms |
| GrpcGetSmallPayloadAsync | 100 | 24.46 ms | 0.355 ms | 0.314 ms | 24.50 ms |
| GrpcStreamLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 1,943.34 ms | 16.640 ms | 13.895 ms | 1,945.64 ms |
| GrpcGetLargePayloadAsListAsync | 100 | 176.73 ms | 2.864 ms | 2.679 ms | 176.85 ms |
| GrpcPostLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 197.12 ms | 3.750 ms | 9.814 ms | 192.89 ms |
| RestGetSmallPayloadAsync | 200 | 36.06 ms | 0.326 ms | 0.305 ms | 35.97 ms |
| RestGetLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 1,939.45 ms | 32.492 ms | 25.368 ms | 1,936.97 ms |
| RestPostLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 2,133.00 ms | 14.917 ms | 12.456 ms | 2,132.37 ms |
| GrpcGetSmallPayloadAsync | 200 | 49.47 ms | 0.739 ms | 0.691 ms | 49.47 ms |
| GrpcStreamLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 4,119.07 ms | 90.186 ms | 254.370 ms | 4,006.39 ms |
| GrpcGetLargePayloadAsListAsync | 200 | 354.14 ms | 5.586 ms | 5.225 ms | 356.57 ms |
| GrpcPostLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 381.60 ms | 5.193 ms | 4.857 ms | 380.72 ms |
BenchmarkDotNet v0.13.12, Windows 11 (10.0.22631.3447/23H2/2023Update/SunValley3)
13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900HX, 1 CPU, 32 logical and 24 physical cores
.NET SDK 8.0.300-preview.24203.14
[Host] : .NET 8.0.4 (8.0.424.16909), X64 RyuJIT AVX2
DefaultJob : .NET 8.0.4 (8.0.424.16909), X64 RyuJIT AVX2| Method | IterationCount | Mean | Error | StdDev | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RestGetSmallPayloadAsync | 100 | 13.310 ms | 0.2999 ms | 0.8701 ms | 13.208 ms |
| RestGetLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 434.190 ms | 45.4805 ms | 134.1004 ms | 432.488 ms |
| RestPostLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 270.883 ms | 5.3046 ms | 7.0815 ms | 268.655 ms |
| GrpcGetSmallPayloadAsync | 100 | 8.747 ms | 0.1749 ms | 0.4847 ms | 8.645 ms |
| GrpcStreamLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 338.670 ms | 8.3045 ms | 23.9604 ms | 335.338 ms |
| GrpcGetLargePayloadAsListAsync | 100 | 52.648 ms | 1.0512 ms | 2.6756 ms | 52.278 ms |
| GrpcPostLargePayloadAsync | 100 | 55.675 ms | 1.1102 ms | 2.8259 ms | 55.500 ms |
| RestGetSmallPayloadAsync | 200 | 52.446 ms | 6.5391 ms | 19.2808 ms | 57.012 ms |
| RestGetLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 1,100.434 ms | 44.0127 ms | 129.7723 ms | 1,132.162 ms |
| RestPostLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 1,172.244 ms | 44.2585 ms | 127.6958 ms | 1,194.041 ms |
| GrpcGetSmallPayloadAsync | 200 | 36.235 ms | 2.9748 ms | 8.7713 ms | 39.237 ms |
| GrpcStreamLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 688.438 ms | 15.0834 ms | 43.7598 ms | 685.816 ms |
| GrpcGetLargePayloadAsListAsync | 200 | 105.667 ms | 2.0911 ms | 4.7200 ms | 104.292 ms |
| GrpcPostLargePayloadAsync | 200 | 111.473 ms | 2.2247 ms | 5.7824 ms | 110.997 ms |