Test WireGuard performance using netns and iperf3.
In most distros, wireguard-tools and iperf3 are the only required packages.
In OpenWRT, packages ip-full and kmod-veth are also required.
sudo ./setup-netns.sh
sudo ./benchmark.sh
sudo ./clean-up.sh* refers to this device having quite a difference in speed with different configurations.
| Device / CPU | OS / Kernel / iperf Param | Speed | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toshiba Satellite 480CDT / Pentium MMX 233MHz | Alpine Linux 3.18 / 6.2.0-rc7 | 3.2 Mbits/sec | |
| D-Team Newifi D2 / MT7621 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 93 Mbits/sec | |
| CMCC RAX3000M / MT7981 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 369 Mbits/sec | |
| 360 T7 / MT7981 | OpenWRT 23.05.0 / 5.15.134 | 369 Mbits/sec | |
| Redmi AX6S / MT7622 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 391 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | Raspberry Pi OS / 6.1.63 | 394 Mbits/sec | |
| StarFive VisionFive 2 / JH7110 | Debian trixie / 5.15.0 | 402 Mbits/sec | |
| Milk-V Pioneer / SG2042 | RevyOS / 6.1.61 | 440 Mbits/sec | |
| Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A / TH1520 | RevyOS / 6.6.4 | 451 Mbits/sec | |
| Phicomm N1 / S905D | ophub-openwrt / 6.1.66 | 537 Mbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron(R) J1800 | Ubuntu 22.04.3 / 5.15.0 | 551 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | archlinux / 6.1.61(armv7l) | 665 Mbits/sec | |
| OrangePi 5 / Rockchip rk3588s* | Armbian 23.8.1 / 5.10.110 | 772 Mbits/sec | |
| TP-Link XDR 6088 / MT7986 | OpenWRT 23.05.0 / 5.15.134 | 818 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 1.01 Gbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | Raspberry Pi OS / 6.1.68 | 1.05 Gbits/sec | Reconfigure Kernel #5 |
| HP T430 / Intel Celeron N4000 | Kiddin OpenWRT / 5.15.127 | 1.06 Gbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 5 / BCM2712* | Raspberry Pi OS / 6.1.63 | 1.13 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Atom C3558 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.0-13 | 1.26 Gbits/sec | |
| Mac Mini (2020) / Apple M1* | AsahiLinux / 6.5.0 | 1.60 Gbits/sec | |
| Loongson-3A6000-HV | LoongArchLinux / 6.6.0-rc4 | 1.85 Gbits/sec | |
| Phytium D2000x8 (2.3GHz) | Debian bookworm / 6.1.66 | 2.05 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron(R) J4125 | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 2.12 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Xeon Silver 4210R | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 2.31 Gbits/sec | |
| OrangePi 5 / Rockchip rk3588s* | Armbian23.8.1 / 5.10.110 / -R | 2.35 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron N5105 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.38 | 2.46 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Linux pve / 5.15.108 | 2.54 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD EPYC 7302 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.55 | 2.69 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Atom P5342 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.0-16 | 2.89 Gbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 5 / BCM2712* | Raspberry Pi OS / 6.1.68 | 3.08 Gbits/sec | Reconfigure Kernel #5 |
| Mac Mini (2020) / Apple M1* | AsahiLinux / 6.5.0 / -R | 3.62 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Pentium(R) Silver N6005 | iStoreOS / 5.10.176 | 3.85 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i5-4590 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.38 | 4.21 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 5.29 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | Ubuntu 22.04.3 / 5.15.0 | 5.64 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i5-8365U | Debian bullseye / 5.10.0-24 | 5.64 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i9 13900K | Debian trixie / 6.5.13 | 7.53 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i9 12900KS | Ubuntu 22.04 / 6.2.0-32 | 8.30 Gbits/sec |
If you have more results to show, PR is welcomed.
We recommend also testing with -R by sudo ./benchmark.sh -R before submitting the result.
If you see quite a difference in speed which might happen on BIG.little CPU architecture (such as Apple M1), please note this in your commit.
This program only benchmarks your CPU and Kernel network stack, the end-to-end performance will also be affected by your NIC, NIC driver, etc.