Sharkbench

Benchmarking programming languages and web frameworks

Quarkus (Java)

Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native Java framework tailored for GraalVM and OpenJDK, crafted from best-of-breed Java libraries and standards. It offers a unified reactive and imperative programming model optimized for containers and serverless environments. Quarkus focuses on fast startup time, low memory footprint, and developer productivity.

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: 2025-05-04

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)
Java (OpenJDK v21) / Quarkus v3 (Reactive)	6240	0.7 ms	0.82 %	362.5 MB
Java (OpenJDK v21) / Quarkus v3 (Imperative)	5602	0.8 ms	0.86 %	390.3 MB
Java (OpenJDK v17) / Quarkus v3 (Reactive)	6096	0.7 ms	0.83 %	341.5 MB
Java (OpenJDK v17) / Quarkus v3 (Imperative)	5694	0.8 ms	0.85 %	370.6 MB

Comparisons

Imperative vs Reactive

About Java

Paradigm

Object-Oriented, Imperative

Execution

JIT, AOT

Typing

Static

Null Safety

NO

Memory Management

Garbage Collection

Java is a versatile programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, now owned by Oracle Corporation. It supports development across various platforms through its "write once, run anywhere" approach. Java is known for its object-oriented structure, high performance, and robust security features ideal for enterprise systems and Android development.

Java web frameworks

How does Quarkus compare other Java 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)
Java (Temurin) / Vert.x	23116	1.3 ms	66.75 %	484.4 MB
Java (Semeru) / Vert.x	19917	1.5 ms	63.30 %	137.0 MB
Java (Semeru) / Spring Boot (WebFlux)	7051	1.2 ms	1.64 %	130.4 MB
Java (OpenJDK) / Quarkus (Reactive)	6240	0.7 ms	0.82 %	362.5 MB
Java (Temurin) / Spring Boot (WebFlux)	5813	0.8 ms	0.86 %	634.2 MB
Java (OpenJDK) / Quarkus (Imperative)	5602	0.8 ms	0.86 %	390.3 MB
Java (Semeru) / Spring Boot (MVC)	2305	1.1 ms	1.06 %	157.5 MB
Java (Temurin) / Spring Boot (MVC)	1105	1.7 ms	1.67 %	596.8 MB

Popular web frameworks

How does Quarkus 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
Java (OpenJDK) / Quarkus (Reactive)	6240	0.7 ms	0.82 %	362.5 MB
JavaScript (Node.js) / Express	5766	5.5 ms	64.50 %	82.5 MB
Java (OpenJDK) / Quarkus (Imperative)	5602	0.8 ms	0.86 %	390.3 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