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Competitive Benchmark Results

Generated: 2026-04-17T18:59:28+00:00
Config: 10s × 64 connections × 4 wrk threads
Server: Granian (1 worker, ASGI)
Tool: wrk

Summary — Throughput (Requests/sec, higher is better)

Scenario	blacksheep	fastapi	hawkapi	litestar	sanic	starlette
body_validation	46,418	23,628	82,202 🏆	31,290	34,978	49,247
json	125,503	44,852	126,820 🏆	55,507	51,110	92,766
path_param	114,354	33,436	144,704 🏆	49,928	51,258	84,670
plaintext	165,151 🏆	44,276	148,103	56,580	55,624	106,698
query_params	74,526	25,710	90,221 🏆	48,828	42,798	63,832
routing_stress	121,214	17,123	134,356 🏆	56,085	42,801	27,397

p99 Latency (ms, lower is better)

Scenario	blacksheep	fastapi	hawkapi	litestar	sanic	starlette
body_validation	4.31	7.75	1.09 🏆	2.64	5.25	1.87
json	0.61 🏆	4.57	2.71	1.69	2.59	1.38
path_param	0.67	2.11	0.56 🏆	1.41	1.54	1.68
plaintext	0.74 🏆	3.48	1.11	1.98	2.13	1.23
query_params	0.96 🏆	2.76	3.13	1.42	2.25	2.18
routing_stress	0.96 🏆	4.93	2.06	1.24	3.66	2.51

Detailed Results

body_validation

Framework	RPS	avg ms	p50 ms	p95 ms	p99 ms	errors
hawkapi	82,202	0.77	0.76	0.84	1.09	0
starlette	49,247	1.31	1.30	1.39	1.87	0
blacksheep	46,418	1.45	1.34	1.46	4.31	0
sanic	34,978	1.85	1.75	2.01	5.25	0
litestar	31,290	2.07	2.01	2.16	2.64	0
fastapi	23,628	2.74	2.63	2.83	7.75	0

json

Framework	RPS	avg ms	p50 ms	p95 ms	p99 ms	errors
hawkapi	126,820	0.56	0.42	0.81	2.71	0
blacksheep	125,503	0.51	0.51	0.54	0.61	0
starlette	92,766	0.70	0.68	0.72	1.38	0
litestar	55,507	1.16	1.14	1.18	1.69	0
sanic	51,110	1.26	1.28	1.35	2.59	0
fastapi	44,852	1.48	1.36	1.52	4.57	0

path_param

Framework	RPS	avg ms	p50 ms	p95 ms	p99 ms	errors
hawkapi	144,704	0.44	0.43	0.47	0.56	0
blacksheep	114,354	0.56	0.56	0.59	0.67	0
starlette	84,670	0.78	0.74	0.78	1.68	0
sanic	51,258	1.26	1.29	1.35	1.54	0
litestar	49,928	1.29	1.27	1.31	1.41	0
fastapi	33,436	1.91	1.91	1.96	2.11	0

plaintext

Framework	RPS	avg ms	p50 ms	p95 ms	p99 ms	errors
blacksheep	165,151	0.38	0.37	0.43	0.74	0
hawkapi	148,103	0.43	0.41	0.48	1.11	0
starlette	106,698	0.61	0.58	0.63	1.23	0
litestar	56,580	1.14	1.11	1.19	1.98	0
sanic	55,624	1.17	1.20	1.27	2.13	0
fastapi	44,276	1.47	1.39	1.56	3.48	0

query_params

Framework	RPS	avg ms	p50 ms	p95 ms	p99 ms	errors
hawkapi	90,221	0.77	0.63	0.95	3.13	0
blacksheep	74,526	0.86	0.85	0.88	0.96	0
starlette	63,832	1.01	0.98	1.03	2.18	0
litestar	48,828	1.31	1.31	1.34	1.42	0
sanic	42,798	1.50	1.52	1.59	2.25	0
fastapi	25,710	2.49	2.46	2.59	2.76	0

routing_stress

Framework	RPS	avg ms	p50 ms	p95 ms	p99 ms	errors
hawkapi	134,356	0.50	0.41	0.68	2.06	0
blacksheep	121,214	0.53	0.52	0.55	0.96	0
litestar	56,085	1.14	1.14	1.17	1.24	0
sanic	42,801	1.52	1.47	1.68	3.66	0
starlette	27,397	2.33	2.33	2.38	2.51	0
fastapi	17,123	3.75	3.70	3.78	4.93	0

How HawkAPI Ranks

HawkAPI placement per scenario:

body_validation: #1
json: #1
path_param: #1
plaintext: #2
query_params: #1
routing_stress: #1