HttpVsGrpc

Research work, comparison of data transfer rates via grpc and via http (http/2 + Message Pack)

Composition of the solution

• Benchmark.Starter: implements clients, runs test.
• Grpc.Api: grpc api server.

public override Task<IdentResultList> GetThousand(EmptyRequest request, ServerCallContext context)
{
   return Task.FromResult(GrpcDataGenerator.ThousandData);
}

• Grpc.Protos: grpc protos.
• Http.Api: http api server; only http/2; message pack serialization;

public Task<IdentResult[]> GetThousandDataAsync()
{
   return Task.FromResult(HttpDataGenerator.ThousandData);
}

• Http.Dto: http models.

Purpose

To compare data transfer rate via grpc and http.

Data

public record Comparison(string Target, double Relevance);
public record IdentResult(string Etalon, Comparison[] Comparisons);

Benchmark

4000 requests, 1000 results, 15 comparisions.

Results

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.13.5, OS=Windows 10 (10.0.19044.2728/21H2/November2021Update)
11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 2.80GHz, 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores
.NET SDK=7.0.202
  [Host] : .NET 7.0.4 (7.0.423.11508), X64 RyuJIT AVX2

Toolchain=InProcessNoEmitToolchain  IterationCount=1  LaunchCount=1  
WarmupCount=1  

Method	RequestCount	Mean	Error	Result count	Comparison count
GetHttpDataAsync	4000	29.09 s	NA	1000	15
GetGrpcDataAsync	4000	23.91 s	NA	1000	15