HTTP/2 Implementation: LiteSpeed vs Nginx https://download.litespeedtech.com/images/logos/litespeed/litespeed-logo.png 2019-08-15 16:18:06 We put both servers head-to-head in a variety of tests using HTTP/2. Across the board, LiteSpeed Web Server's implementation is faster than nginx. These results come from verifiable public shoot-out benchmarks.

LiteSpeed HTTP/2 up to 10x Faster than Nginx!

We put both servers head-to-head in a variety of tests using HTTP/2.
Across the board, LiteSpeed Web Server's implementation is faster than nginx.

Benchmark Data

Small Image File

Test Command
h2load -n 100000 -c 100 -m 10 -H "Accept-encoding: gzip" https://10.10.30.98:443/1k.jpg

LiteSpeed Web Server is 4X FASTER than Nginx

Small HTML File

Test Command
h2load -n 100000 -c 100 -m 10 -H "Accept-encoding: gzip" https://10.10.30.98:443/1k.html

LiteSpeed Web Server is 10X FASTER than Nginx

500K Media File

Test Command
h2load  -n 10000 -c 10 -t 1 -m 1 -H "Accept-encoding: gzip" https://10.10.30.98:443/test500k.dat

LiteSpeed Web Server is 1.55X FASTER than Nginx

WordPress Home Page

Test Setup

LiteSpeed WebServer 5.4 + LScache vs Nginx + FCGI cache

LiteSpeed Web Server is 10X FASTER than Nginx

These results come from verifiable public shoot-out benchmarks.

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