Sharkbench

Benchmarking programming languages and web frameworks

HttpServer (Dart)

HttpServer is a low-level web server class in Dart, part of the dart:io library. It provides basic HTTP server functionality that serves as a foundation for more complex web applications and frameworks. HttpServer is typically used for smaller tasks or as a component within more comprehensive Dart web frameworks.

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

OS: LinuxCPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 325Last Updated: 2026-10-14

MedianP99

Framework	Requests per second How many requests per second can the framework handle? (higher is better)	Latency How long does it take to process a request? (lower is better)	Stability How stable is the framework under load? (median / P99 latency) (higher is better)	Memory How much memory (RAM) does the framework use? (lower is better)	Build Time Fetching dependencies + compiling, excluding SDK setup (lower is better)
Dart (AOT v3.6) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	13544	2.0 ms	14.86 %	29.7 MB	4.80 s
Dart (AOT v3.4) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	12993	2.1 ms	16.01 %	31.3 MB	4.92 s
Dart (AOT v3.2) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	11861	2.4 ms	18.55 %	32.5 MB	5.08 s
Dart (AOT v3.0) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	11824	2.4 ms	21.09 %	26.7 MB	6.03 s
Dart (AOT v2.19) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	11069	2.6 ms	23.39 %	27.3 MB	5.80 s
Dart (AOT v2.18) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	10820	2.7 ms	24.12 %	26.8 MB	5.62 s
Dart (AOT v2.16) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	10704	2.7 ms	26.00 %	51.8 MB	5.91 s
Dart (AOT v2.14) / HttpServer v1 STD Part of the standard library	10493	2.8 ms	25.92 %	52.1 MB	6.08 s

About Dart

Paradigm

Object-Oriented, Functional, Imperative

Execution

JIT, AOT

Typing

Static

Null Safety

YES

Memory Management

Garbage Collection

Dart is a client-optimized programming language developed by Google for building user interfaces with event-driven programming. It supports both just-in-time and ahead-of-time compilation for development flexibility and deployment performance. Dart is the programming language behind Flutter, Google's UI toolkit for building applications across multiple platforms.

Dart web frameworks

How does HttpServer compare to other Dart frameworks?

MedianP99

Framework	Requests per second How many requests per second can the framework handle? (higher is better)	Latency How long does it take to process a request? (lower is better)	Stability How stable is the framework under load? (median / P99 latency) (higher is better)	Memory How much memory (RAM) does the framework use? (lower is better)	Build Time Fetching dependencies + compiling, excluding SDK setup (lower is better)
Dart (AOT) / HttpServer STD Part of the standard library	13544	2.0 ms	14.86 %	29.7 MB	4.80 s
Dart (AOT) / Pharaoh	12746	2.2 ms	18.44 %	20.8 MB	12.39 s
Dart (AOT) / Vania	12323	2.2 ms	18.47 %	24.9 MB	7.66 s
Dart (AOT) / Serinus	12097	2.4 ms	21.25 %	21.3 MB	7.21 s
Dart (AOT) / Serverpod (Relic)	11801	2.4 ms	18.14 %	27.6 MB	10.14 s
Dart (AOT) / Arcade	11224	2.3 ms	10.62 %	28.2 MB	6.69 s
Dart (AOT) / Shelf	10534	2.7 ms	24.06 %	21.4 MB	6.69 s
Dart (AOT) / Dart Frog	9189	3.0 ms	25.98 %	22.2 MB	27.13 s

Popular web frameworks

How does HttpServer compare to other popular frameworks?

MedianP99

Framework	Requests per second How many requests per second can the framework handle? (higher is better)	Latency How long does it take to process a request? (lower is better)	Stability How stable is the framework under load? (median / P99 latency) (higher is better)	Memory How much memory (RAM) does the framework use? (lower is better)	Build Time Fetching dependencies + compiling, excluding SDK setup (lower is better)
Rust / Axum	26670	1.2 ms	74.13 %	16.5 MB	26.69 s
C# (.NET) / ASP.NET Core	17041	1.5 ms	23.04 %	101.8 MB	6.09 s
JavaScript (Node.js) / Express	15270	2.0 ms	29.45 %	228.4 MB	4.92 s
Dart (AOT) / HttpServer STD Part of the standard library	13544	2.0 ms	14.86 %	29.7 MB	4.80 s
Java (Temurin) / Spring Boot (MVC)	2962	1.6 ms	1.86 %	286.4 MB	37.73 s
Go / Gin	1640	3.4 ms	3.65 %	23.1 MB	32.20 s
Python / FastAPI (Uvicorn)	792	32.9 ms	20.81 %	63.3 MB	8.55 s
Python / Flask (Gunicorn)	320	99.9 ms	56.36 %	110.2 MB	8.94 s
Python / Django (Gunicorn)	279	103.8 ms	57.16 %	151.9 MB	10.29 s
PHP / Laravel	92	319.0 ms	80.90 %	80.4 MB	95.22 s