WordPress Benchmarks

Benchmark tests were done comparing the speed at which different web servers and caching platforms respond to requests for WordPress pages. The best WordPress test platforms included:

LiteSpeed (LSWS) using WPRocket and W3 Total Cache WordPress cache plugins, as well as LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache) for WordPress.

Apache using WPRocket and W3 Total Cache WordPress cache plugins.

Results showed Apache peaking around 1300 and 700 requests per second with W3TC and WPRocket, respectively. With the exact same setup, LSWS with W3TC and WPRocket delivered around 4,800 requests per second, an improvement factor of over 2.6x or 6x respectively.

Using the LiteSpeed Cache Plugin for WordPress with LSWS easily handled close to 5,200 requests per second.

Source: LiteSpeed WordPress benchmarks