imgproxy vs alternatives benchmark

Setup

c5.xlarge AWS instance: 4 CPUs, 8 GB RAM
Ubuntu 18.04
Go 1.12
Python 2.7
Vips 8.7.4

All the tools were launched with their default settings except the following (where applicable):

Concurrency was set to 8;
Filesystem image source was configured. Where not applicable, local nginx was used as the image source.

Benchmarking

We used Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool (a.k.a ab):

ab -n 1000 -c 4 $url

The source image is a photo of Wat Arun (JPEG, 7360x4912, 29MB).

The tools were requested to resize it to fit 500x500.

Tested tools

imgproxy itself, v2.2.13

URL: /unsigned/rs:fit:500:0/plain/local:///wat-arun.jpg
thumbor, v6.7.0

URL: /unsafe/500x0/wat-arun.jpg
imaginary, master branch (519c5ff)

URL: /fit?width=500&height=500&file=wat-arun.jpg
Pilbox, v1.3.4

URL: /?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dev.com%2Fwat-arun.jpg&w=500&h=500&mode=clip
picfit, master branch (fff7d2e)

URL: /display/resize/500x0/wat-arun.jpg
imageproxy, master branch (d4246a0)

URL: /500x/http://images.dev.com/wat-arun.jpg

Results

Tool	Time taken for tests (sec)	Requests per second	Time per request (ms, mean)	Memory peak usage (MB)	Result file size (KB)
imgproxy	103.405	9.67	413.618	194	43.51
thumbor	160.505	6.23	642.021	461	45.10
imaginary	104.873	9.54	419.494	562	92.93
Pilbox	179.482	5.57	717.927	1060	95.64
picfit	1220.412	0.82	4881.646	1934	98.67
imageproxy	1209.361	0.83	4837.443	2392	98.74

Detailed results

imgproxy

Concurrency Level:      4
Time taken for tests:   103.405 seconds
Complete requests:      1000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      44855000 bytes
HTML transferred:       44559000 bytes
Requests per second:    9.67 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       413.618 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       103.405 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          423.61 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.0      0       0
Processing:   323  413   5.6    413     446
Waiting:      323  413   5.6    412     446
Total:        323  413   5.6    413     446

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%    413
  66%    414
  75%    416
  80%    417
  90%    419
  95%    422
  98%    426
  99%    429
 100%    446 (longest request)

Memory peak usage: 194 [MB]
Result file size:  43.51 [KB]

thumbor

Concurrency Level:      4
Time taken for tests:   160.505 seconds
Complete requests:      1000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      46435000 bytes
HTML transferred:       46180000 bytes
Requests per second:    6.23 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       642.021 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       160.505 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          282.52 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.0      0       0
Processing:   586  642  12.3    641     886
Waiting:      586  641  12.3    641     886
Total:        586  642  12.3    641     886

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%    641
  66%    644
  75%    646
  80%    647
  90%    650
  95%    652
  98%    657
  99%    658
 100%    886 (longest request)

Memory peak usage: 461 [MB]
Result file size:  45.10 [KB]

imaginary

Concurrency Level:      4
Time taken for tests:   104.873 seconds
Complete requests:      1000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      95389568 bytes
HTML transferred:       95166000 bytes
Requests per second:    9.54 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       419.494 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       104.873 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          888.25 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.0      0       0
Processing:   310  419   6.4    418     459
Waiting:      310  418   6.4    418     459
Total:        310  419   6.4    418     460

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%    418
  66%    420
  75%    421
  80%    422
  90%    425
  95%    428
  98%    432
  99%    437
 100%    460 (longest request)

Memory peak usage: 562 [MB]
Result file size:  92.93 [KB]

Pilbox

Concurrency Level:      4
Time taken for tests:   179.482 seconds
Complete requests:      1000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      98164000 bytes
HTML transferred:       97934000 bytes
Requests per second:    5.57 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       717.927 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       179.482 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          534.11 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.0      0       1
Processing:   456  717 232.5    658    1851
Waiting:      456  717 232.5    657    1851
Total:        457  717 232.5    658    1851

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%    658
  66%    663
  75%    668
  80%    674
  90%   1176
  95%   1278
  98%   1340
  99%   1618
 100%   1851 (longest request)

Memory peak usage: 1060 [MB]
Result file size:  95.64 [KB]

picfit

Concurrency Level:      4
Time taken for tests:   1220.412 seconds
Complete requests:      1000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      101206000 bytes
HTML transferred:       101038000 bytes
Requests per second:    0.82 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       4881.646 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       1220.412 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          80.98 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.0      0       0
Processing:  2322 4875 118.6   4880    5265
Waiting:     2322 4874 118.6   4879    5265
Total:       2322 4875 118.6   4880    5265

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%   4880
  66%   4906
  75%   4924
  80%   4936
  90%   4978
  95%   5009
  98%   5078
  99%   5124
 100%   5265 (longest request)

Memory peak usage: 1934 [MB]
Result file size:  98.67 [KB]

imageproxy

Concurrency Level:      4
Time taken for tests:   1209.361 seconds
Complete requests:      1000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      101318000 bytes
HTML transferred:       101108000 bytes
Requests per second:    0.83 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       4837.443 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       1209.361 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          81.81 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.0      0       0
Processing:  4520 4837  74.9   4838    5090
Waiting:     4520 4836  74.7   4837    5086
Total:       4520 4837  74.9   4838    5090

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%   4838
  66%   4865
  75%   4884
  80%   4895
  90%   4931
  95%   4960
  98%   4993
  99%   5026
 100%   5090 (longest request)

Memory peak usage: 2392 [MB]
Result file size:  98.74 [KB]

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