TL;DR

• graphql-jit helps
• apollo-server adds overhead
• tracing resolvers kills performance
• type-graphql adds overhead

Explanation

For further details, please check out this video.

Usage

git clone https://github.com/benawad/benchmarks
cd benchmarks
npm install
npm start

Benchmarks

duration: 5.04s connections: 5 pipelining: 1

Server	Requests/s	Latency	Throughput/Mb
core-graphql-jit-str	5973.2	0.30	36.93
core-graphql-jit-buf	5858.8	0.30	36.23
uWebSockets-graphql+jit	5727.6	0.30	35.20
core-graphql-jit-buf-fjs	5679.6	0.30	35.13
fastify-REST	5486.8	0.35	43.88
fastify-gql+graphql-jit	5437.2	0.34	33.87
fastify-gql+graphql-jit+type-graphql	4573.4	0.45	28.49
express-REST	4278.2	0.53	34.49
express-gql	3600.2	0.86	22.65
graphql-api-koa+graphql-jit	2817.8	1.34	17.55
express-graphql+graphql-jit	2374.2	1.57	14.94
fastify-gql	2367.0	1.58	14.74
fastify-gql+graphql-compose	2179.0	1.78	13.58
express-graphql+graphql-jit+type-graphql	2176.2	1.72	13.70
express-graphql+graphql-jit+graphql-compose	2059.4	1.91	12.96
apollo-server-fastify+graphql-jit	1740.6	2.33	10.88
graphql-api-koa	1726.8	2.50	10.76
graphql-compose+async	1600.0	2.75	10.07
express-graphql	1564.0	2.79	9.84
apollo-schema+async	1555.8	2.79	9.79
express-graphql+graphql-compose	1488.6	2.97	9.37
express-graphql+type-graphql	1481.0	2.90	9.32
type-graphql+async	1455.8	2.93	9.16
type-graphql+middleware	1452.0	2.94	9.14
type-graphql+async-middleware	1409.4	3.01	8.87
apollo-server-fastify	1383.6	3.10	8.64
express-graphql-dd-trace-no-plugin	1311.0	3.28	8.25
apollo-server-express	1238.6	3.45	7.83
apollo-opentracing	913.8	4.92	5.78
yoga-graphql	888.2	5.16	5.57
apollo-server-express-tracing	736.8	6.26	23.46
yoga-graphql-trace	609.6	7.69	19.39
express-graphql-dd-trace-less	576.4	8.16	3.63
express-graphql-dd-trace	529.6	8.95	3.33