For further information about the tests execued, please see the WireGuard Benchmarks page.
Two Dell M620 blades are used for the tests:
- Server:
- 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz (8C/16T)
- 4 x 32GB DDR4 2400 MT/s
- 1 x 2 port Intel X710 (10GB)
- Client:
- 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHz (6C/12T)
- 4 x 8GB DDR3 1333 MT/s
- 1 x 2 port Intel X520 (10GB)
The following packages are used for testing:
- OS: Debian Bullseye (Debian 11)
- Kernel: 5.16.12-1~bpo11+1 (Backports)
- OpenVPN: 2.5.1-3
- strongSwan: 5.9.1-1+deb11u2
- irtt: 0.9.0
- iperf3: 3.9-1
- iperf2: 2.1.7 (compiled, not from package)
- iproute2: 5.9.0
- libbpf: 0.3.0
Basic overview of results
The raw data of the results.
The following results are from testing without using any VPN.