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Speed tests - Magento 2 + Apache + Default Cache vs. Magento 2 + NGINX + Varnish + Redis
October 17, 2019
All test results are in seconds. The first three columns of tests are done using Magento 2.3.2 + Codazon Fastest - Ellyana theme - Most features disabled. The fourth column is done on Magento 2.3.2 _ Luma theme. The tests were aimed to show if Magento is faster on NGINX + Varnish + Redis configuration. The results are mixed - you can see the table bellow.
| Apache + Magento Cache | Apache + Magento Cache + Cloudflare | NGINX + Varnish + Redis | NGINX + Varnish + Redis + Luma Theme | |
| Pingdom.com | 1.95 | 1.46 | 2.1 | 1.22 |
| Pingdom.com 2nd run | 1.77 | 1.46 | 1.34 | 1.20 |
| Pingdom.com 3rd run | 1.48 | 1.46 | 1.39 | 1.20 |
| Pingdom.com category page | 3.96 | 2.96 | 2.31 | 1.44 |
| Pingdom.com category page | 2.51 | 2.96 | 2.42 | 1.43 |
| giftofspeed.com | 3.46 | 3.66 | 7.3 | |
| giftofspeed.com | 3.43 | 3.65 | 3.5 | |
| giftofspeed.com category page | 8.17 | 7.45 | 5.59 | |
| giftofspeed.com category page | 7.52 | 5.28 | 5.04 | |
| GT Matrix 1st run | 17.1 | 10.1 | 10.6 | |
| GT Matrix 2nd run | 12.5 | 7.2 | 8.9 | |
| GT Matrix 3rd run | 9.6 | 10.9 | 9.6 | |
| GT Matrix 4th run | 9.6 | 8.4 | 7.8 | |
| GT Matrix category page | 12.6 | 8.9 | ||
| Webpagetest.org | 5.05 | 5.34 | 5.02 | |
| webpagetest.org | 5.06 | 4.7 | 5.11 | |
| thinkwithgoogle.com | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| LightHouse (chrome plugin) | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | |
| LightHouse | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
It looks like in some cases NGINX + Varnish + Redis configuration is actually faster. However, the Magento Theme Codazon Fastest - Ellyana theme is not so fast as the name would suggest. We installed the same configuration on a local server running an old Pentium i5, 8 GB ram running on Ubuntu and Magento was much faster than any hosting / cloud hosting provider we had tried before that.