From c9fd999eae6e2ede6854ac1e575d0192005aaea4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Quentin McGaw (desktop)" Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:05:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add Raspberry Pi Wireguard benchmark --- FAQ/Wireguard.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ/Wireguard.md b/FAQ/Wireguard.md index 8849639..ac67e16 100644 --- a/FAQ/Wireguard.md +++ b/FAQ/Wireguard.md @@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ Wireguard is often known as *so much faster* than OpenVPN. Let's find out! | Windows with Docker desktop on WSL2 | AMD 5900x | `amd64` | `12` | Wireguard | `298.55` | `493.49` | -0.23% | +5% | | Arch Linux | AMD 2600x | `amd64` | `6` | OpenVPN | `645.91` | `481.25` | | | | Arch Linux | AMD 2600x | `amd64` | `6` | Wireguard | `673.37` | `561.28` | +4.2% | +16.6% | +| Raspbian (32 bit) | Raspberry Pi 4 A72 | `arm64` | `4` | OpenVPN | `50` | `10` | | | +| Raspbian (32 bit) | Raspberry Pi 4 A72 | `arm64` | `4` | Wireguard | `57` | `10` | `+14%` | `+0%` | Conclusions: - Docker desktop on Windows sucks network performance wise 😆 -- Wireguard is only 4.2% faster than OpenVPN (comparing the 2 maximum bandwidths `645.91` and `673.37`) +- On the usual amd64 CPUs, Wireguard is only 4.2% faster than OpenVPN (comparing the 2 maximum bandwidths `645.91` and `673.37`) +- On low power devices such as Raspberry Pis, the performance jump is more significant, with a 14% download bandwidth increase over OpenVPN (tested by [@granroth](https://github.com/granroth)) Further investigations: -- [ ] Does Wireguard have a bigger impact on low power devices such as Raspberry Pis? - [ ] Does Wireguard have a bigger impact on many cores and low single thread performance CPUs?