Sharkbench

Benchmarking programming languages and web frameworks

Express (JavaScript)

Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications. It has become the standard server framework for Node.js, offering powerful middleware capabilities for managing application routes. Express strikes a balance between simplicity and functionality for JavaScript backend development.

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)
JavaScript (Node.js v24) / Express v5	15270	2.0 ms	29.45 %	228.4 MB	4.92 s
JavaScript (Node.js v24) / Express v4	11889	2.1 ms	10.32 %	230.8 MB	5.08 s
JavaScript (Node.js v22) / Express v5	7315	3.9 ms	17.97 %	123.8 MB	4.89 s
JavaScript (Node.js v22) / Express v4	8205	3.6 ms	25.94 %	145.6 MB	5.21 s
JavaScript (Node.js v20) / Express v4	7848	3.7 ms	24.26 %	110.4 MB	4.66 s
JavaScript (Node.js v18) / Express v4	5996	4.8 ms	36.05 %	115.7 MB	5.41 s
JavaScript (Node.js v16) / Express v4	5452	5.2 ms	23.94 %	71.8 MB	4.72 s
JavaScript (Deno v2.1) / Express v5	4976	5.1 ms	17.99 %	150.6 MB	3.87 s
JavaScript (Bun v1) / Express v5	17685	1.1 ms	4.09 %	75.7 MB	3.80 s

Comparisons

Bun vs Deno vs Node.js

About JavaScript

Paradigm

Object-Oriented, Imperative, Functional

Execution

Interpreted

Typing

Dynamic

Null Safety

NO

Memory Management

Garbage Collection

JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language that conforms to the ECMAScript specification and has become a core technology of the World Wide Web. It enables interactive web elements and is supported by all major browsers without plugins. JavaScript can also be used on the server-side through Node.js for developing network applications.

JavaScript web frameworks

How does Express compare to other JavaScript frameworks?

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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)
JavaScript (Node.js) / Fulmine.js	22467	1.4 ms	41.61 %	174.9 MB	41.54 s
JavaScript (Bun) / Bun.serve STD Part of the standard library	19809	1.0 ms	3.73 %	52.4 MB	1.12 s
JavaScript (Bun) / Fastify	19129	1.0 ms	3.97 %	76.6 MB	3.83 s
JavaScript (Bun) / Koa	19071	1.0 ms	3.22 %	75.7 MB	3.09 s
JavaScript (Bun) / Express	17685	1.1 ms	4.09 %	75.7 MB	3.80 s
JavaScript (Node.js) / Nest (Fastify)	16851	1.8 ms	32.08 %	254.2 MB	27.31 s
JavaScript (Node.js) / Express	15270	2.0 ms	29.45 %	228.4 MB	4.92 s
JavaScript (Node.js) / Fastify	14334	1.8 ms	9.94 %	231.3 MB	6.81 s
JavaScript (Node.js) / Nest (Express)	14196	2.1 ms	32.81 %	249.4 MB	23.63 s
JavaScript (Node.js) / Koa	12739	2.4 ms	34.10 %	101.8 MB	4.73 s
JavaScript (Deno) / Koa	5593	4.6 ms	16.16 %	153.1 MB	3.72 s
JavaScript (Deno) / Express	4976	5.1 ms	17.99 %	150.6 MB	3.87 s

Popular web frameworks

How does Express compare to other popular frameworks?

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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
JavaScript (Bun) / Express	17685	1.1 ms	4.09 %	75.7 MB	3.80 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
JavaScript (Deno) / Express	4976	5.1 ms	17.99 %	150.6 MB	3.87 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