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Run Time Stats

SSR Performance

Measured on GitHub Actions (ubuntu-latest, Node 24) using custom SSR benchmark apps.

Framework Ops/sec Avg Latency Body Size Duplication
Baseline HTML 706 1.416ms 96.81kb 1x
Astro 377 2.656ms 99.86kb 1x
Mastro 333 3.004ms 181.95kb 1x
Next.js 131 7.623ms 198.63kb 2x
Nuxt 246 4.067ms 201.18kb 2x
React Router 65 15.32ms 211.14kb 2x
SolidStart 250 3.992ms 225.49kb 2x
SvelteKit 254 3.931ms 183.55kb 2x
TanStack Start 188 5.331ms 193.53kb 2x

Methodology

  • Each framework renders a table of 1000 rows with two UUID columns
  • Mock HTTP requests bypass TCP overhead for accurate rendering measurement
  • Data is loaded asynchronously to simulate real-world data fetching
  • Duplication factor indicates how many times each UUID appears in the response (1x = optimal, 2x = includes hydration payload)
  • Benchmarks run for 10 seconds using tinybench
  • Astro, Nuxt, and SvelteKit handle Node.js HTTP requests natively. React Router, SolidStart, and TanStack Start use Web APIs internally, so benchmarks include the cost of their Node.js adapter layers (@react-router/node, h3, and srvx respectively)
  • Next.js defaults to React Server Components (RSC), a different rendering model than traditional SSR. To keep the comparison fair, Next.js uses "use client" to opt out of RSC and use traditional SSR + hydration like most of the other frameworks
  • Inspired by eknkc/ssr-benchmark