Sharkbench

Benchmarking programming languages and web frameworks

Drogon (C++)

Drogon is a high-performance C++14/17-based HTTP application framework that supports both synchronous and asynchronous programming models. It provides excellent performance through non-blocking I/O and multi-threading, with comprehensive features including ORM support, WebSocket handling, and middleware. Drogon is designed for developers who need maximum performance and control in C++ web applications.

This benchmark tests how fast a framework can perform concurrent HTTP requests, I/O operations, and JSON de/serialization.

OS: Linux/DockerCPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3DLast Updated: 2025-08-24

MedianP99

Framework	Requests per second Indicates how many requests per second the framework can handle. (higher is better)	Latency Indicates how long it takes to process a request. (lower is better)	Stability Indicates how stable the framework is under load: median / P99 latency (higher is better)	Memory Indicates how much memory (RAM) the framework uses. (lower is better)
C++ (GCC v14) / Drogon v1.9	7200	4.1 ms	32.45 %	7.9 MB

About C++

Paradigm

Object-Oriented, Imperative, Procedural, Generic

Execution

Compiled

Typing

Static

Null Safety

NO

Memory Management

Manual

C++ is a general-purpose programming language created by Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of C that adds object-oriented programming capabilities. It supports multiple programming paradigms including procedural, object-oriented, and generic programming through templates. C++ provides high performance with fine-grained control over system resources, making it popular for system software, game engines, embedded systems, and performance-critical applications.

C++ web frameworks

How does Drogon compare other C++ frameworks?

MedianP99

Framework	Requests per second Indicates how many requests per second the framework can handle. (higher is better)	Latency Indicates how long it takes to process a request. (lower is better)	Stability Indicates how stable the framework is under load: median / P99 latency (higher is better)	Memory Indicates how much memory (RAM) the framework uses. (lower is better)
C++ (GCC) / Drogon	7200	4.1 ms	32.45 %	7.9 MB

Popular web frameworks

How does Drogon compare to other popular frameworks?

MedianP99

Framework	Requests per second Indicates how many requests per second the framework can handle. (higher is better)	Latency Indicates how long it takes to process a request. (lower is better)	Stability Indicates how stable the framework is under load: median / P99 latency (higher is better)	Memory Indicates how much memory (RAM) the framework uses. (lower is better)
Rust / Axum	21030	1.6 ms	71.96 %	8.5 MB
C# (.NET) / ASP.NET Core	14707	1.2 ms	2.64 %	136.5 MB
C++ (GCC) / Drogon	7200	4.1 ms	32.45 %	7.9 MB
JavaScript (Node.js) / Express	5766	5.5 ms	64.50 %	82.5 MB
Go / Gin	3546	1.0 ms	1.14 %	16.7 MB
Python / FastAPI (Uvicorn)	1185	21.0 ms	21.21 %	41.2 MB
Java (Temurin) / Spring Boot (MVC)	1105	1.7 ms	1.67 %	596.8 MB
Python / Flask (Gunicorn)	1092	7.7 ms	9.22 %	90.3 MB
Python / Django (Gunicorn)	950	8.8 ms	10.33 %	130.1 MB
PHP / Laravel	299	101.7 ms	56.47 %	84.2 MB