Test WireGuard performance using netns and iperf3.
On most distros, wireguard-tools and iperf3 are the only two required packages.
On OpenWRT, packages ip-full and kmod-veth are also required.
sudo ./setup-netns.sh
sudo ./benchmark.sh
sudo ./clean-up.shsh <(wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cyyself/wg-bench/master/openwrt-benchmark.sh)* refers to this device having quite a difference in speed with different configurations.
| Device / CPU | OS / Kernel / iperf Param | Speed | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toshiba Satellite 480CDT / Pentium MMX 233MHz | Alpine Linux 3.18 / 6.2.0-rc7 | 3.2 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi Model B / BCM2835 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 16.1 Mbits/sec | |
| Buffalo WCR-1166DS / MT7628AN | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 18.3 Mbits/sec | |
| GL-iNet MT300N V1 / MT7620N | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 19.2 Mbits/sec | |
| TP-Link WR841N v9 / QCA9533 | OpenWrt 22.03.6 / 5.10.201 | 19.2 Mbits/sec | |
| AVM FRITZ!Box 3490 / VRX288 | OpenWrt SNAPSHOT / 3.17.1 | 26.1 Mbits/sec | |
| TP-Link Archer C7 v2 / QCA9558 | OpenWrt 23.05.5 / 5.15.167 | 35.2 Mbits/sec | |
| GL-iNet MT1300 / MT7621A | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 82.5 Mbits/sec | |
| D-Team Newifi D2 / MT7621AT | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 93 Mbits/sec | |
| Zyxel WSM20 / MT7621AT | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 98.3 Mbits/sec | |
| ASUS RT-AX53U / MT7621AT | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 98.9 Mbits/sec | |
| Ubiquit EdgeRouter-X / MT7621AT | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 99 Mbits/sec | |
| Beeline SmartBox GIGA / MT7621A | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 100 Mbits/sec | |
| Beeline SmartBox PRO / MT7621AT | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 101 Mbits/sec | |
| Beeline SmartBox TURBO+ / MT7621A | OpenWrt Snapshot / 5.15.148 | 104 Mbits/sec | |
| TP-Link EC330-G5u V1 / MT7621A | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 104 Mbits/sec | |
| Google WiFi (Gale) / IPQ4019 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 164 Mbits/sec | |
| AVM FRITZ!Box 7530 / ipq40xx | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 184 Mbits/sec | |
| P&W R619AC 128M / IPQ4019 | OpenWrt 23.05.4 / 5.15.164 | 201 Mbits/sec | Overclocked 896 MHz |
| Xiaomi Mi Router R3D / IPQ8064 | OpenWrt Snapshot / 6.1.77 | 214 Mbits/sec | |
| NanoPi R2S / RK3328 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 234 Mbits/sec | |
| Intel Atom E3825 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 259 Mbits/sec | |
| UFI001C (UFI003) / MSM8916 | OpenStick / 5.15.0 | 260 Mbits/sec | |
| Netgear R7800 / IPQ8065 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 291 Mbits/sec | |
| Phytium Pi (V2.2) / E2000Q FT310 (1.5GHz) | deepin V23 Beta3 / 5.10.209 | 358 Mbits/sec | With FT664 "big" cores disabled |
| Linksys WRT1900ACv2 / 88F6820 | OpenWrt 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 361 Mbits/sec | |
| CMCC RAX3000M / MT7981 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 369 Mbits/sec | |
| 360 T7 / MT7981 | OpenWRT 23.05.0 / 5.15.134 | 369 Mbits/sec | |
| GL-iNet MT3000 / MT7981 | GL 5.4.211 / 5.10.0 | 369 Mbits/sec | |
| Xiaomi AX3000T / MT7981 | OpenWrt Snapshot / 6.1.82 | 371 Mbits/sec | |
| OpenWrt One / MT7981 | OpenWrt Snapshot / 6.6.43 | 375 Mbits/sec | |
| Routerich AX3000 / MT7981 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 381 Mbits/sec | |
| Netgear WAX206 / MT7622 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 381 Mbits/sec | |
| Redmi AX6S / MT7622 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 391 Mbits/sec | |
| StarFive VisionFive 2 / JH7110 | Debian trixie / 5.15.0 | 402 Mbits/sec | |
| Loongson 3A3000-LP | Debian bookworm / 5.10.209 | 423 Mbits/sec | CPU reversion variant H2, clocked at 1.45GHz |
| Linksys WRT3200ACM / 88F6820 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 426 Mbits/sec | |
| Phytium Pi (V2.2) / E2000Q FT664 (1.8GHz) | deepin V23 Beta3 / 5.10.209 | 437 Mbits/sec | With FT310 "little" cores disabled |
| Milk-V Pioneer / SG2042 | RevyOS / 6.1.61 | 440 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi Zero 2W / BCM2710A1 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 443 Mbits/sec | |
| Sipeed Lichee Pi 4A / TH1520 | RevyOS / 6.6.4 | 451 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi Model 3B / BCM2837 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 522 Mbits/sec | |
| Phicomm N1 / S905D | ophub-openwrt / 6.1.66 | 537 Mbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron(R) J1800 | Ubuntu 22.04.3 / 5.15.0 | 551 Mbits/sec | |
| Redmi AX6 / IPQ8071A | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.77 | 603 Mbits/sec | |
| Radxa E20C / RK3528 | iStoreOS / 5.10.201 | 620 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | archlinux / 6.1.61(armv7l) | 665 Mbits/sec | |
| Mercusys MR90X v1 / MT7986 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 754 Mbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron N2930 | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 762 Mbits/sec | |
| OrangePi 5 / Rockchip rk3588s* | Armbian 23.8.1 / 5.10.110 | 772 Mbits/sec | |
| Asus TUF-AX6000 / MT7986AV | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.78 | 786 Mbits/sec | |
| JDCloud RE-CP-03 / MT7986A* | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.82 | 788 Mbits/sec | default openwrt firewall settings |
| Loongson 3A4000 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.76 | 799 Mbits/sec | |
| GL-iNet MT6000 / MT7986 | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.78 | 807 Mbits/sec | |
| TP-Link XDR 6088 / MT7986 | OpenWRT 23.05.0 / 5.15.134 | 818 Mbits/sec | |
| Redmi AX6000 / MT7986A | OpenWRT 23.05.3 / 5.15.150 | 820 Mbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 881 Mbits/sec | CPU at 1.5GHz |
| Asus TUF-AX4200 / MT7986AV | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.78 | 936 Mbits/sec | |
| JDCloud RE-CP-03 / MT7986A* | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.82 | 946 Mbits/sec | with firewall disabled |
| Raspberry Pi 4 / BCM2711* | OpenWRT 23.05.2 / 5.15.137 | 1.02 Gbits/sec | CPU at 2.0GHz |
| HP T430 / Intel Celeron N4000 | Kiddin OpenWRT / 5.15.127 | 1.06 Gbits/sec | |
| VMware Edge 620 / Intel Atom C3558 | Debian bookworm / 6.6.13-bpo | 1.17 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Atom C3558 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.0-13 | 1.26 Gbits/sec | |
| Banana Pi BPI-R4 / MT7988A | OpenWRT Snapshot / 6.1.77 | 1.27 Gbits/sec | |
| iEi Puzzle-M902 / Marvell CN9130 | OpenWRT 23.05.03 / 5.15.150 | 1.43 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron N4500 | Linux pve / 6.2.16-3-pve | 1.54 Gbits/sec | |
| Mac Mini (2020) / Apple M1* | AsahiLinux / 6.5.0 | 1.60 Gbits/sec | |
| Loongson-3A6000-HV | LoongArchLinux / 6.6.0-rc4 | 1.85 Gbits/sec | |
| Phytium D2000x8 (2.3GHz) | Debian bookworm / 6.1.66 | 2.05 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD EPYC 7742 (single socket) | Debian bookworm / 6.1.27 | 2.10 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron(R) J4125 | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 2.12 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Xeon Silver 4210R | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 2.31 Gbits/sec | |
| OrangePi 5 / Rockchip rk3588s* | Armbian23.8.1 / 5.10.110 / -R | 2.35 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD EPYC 7D12 | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 2.45 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Celeron N5105* | Debian bookworm / 6.1.38 | 2.46 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Xeon Gold 6330 | Linux pve / 5.15.108 | 2.54 Gbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 5 / BCM2712 | Raspberry Pi OS / 6.1.68 | 2.60 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD EPYC 7302 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.55 | 2.69 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel CC150 | Linux pve / 6.5.13 | 2.78 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Atom P5342 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.0-16 | 2.89 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 | Debian trixie / 6.6.13 | 3.03 Gbits/sec | |
| Raspberry Pi 5 / BCM2712* | Raspberry Pi OS / 6.1.68 | 3.08 Gbits/sec | Reconfigure Kernel #5 |
| Pixel 7a / Google Tensor G2 | Debian trixie / 6.1.2 | 3.14 Gbits/sec | 2 core pKVM |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X* | Arch Linux / 6.7.6-arch1-1 | 3.28 Gbits/sec | test 1 firewalld: running ; irqbalance: running |
| Intel Atlas Canyon / Intel Celeron N5105* | Alpine Linux / 6.6.28 | 3.44 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X* | Arch Linux / 6.7.6-arch1-1 | 3.55 Gbits/sec | test 5 firewalld: stopped ; irqbalance: running ; nftables |
| Mac Mini (2020) / Apple M1* | AsahiLinux / 6.5.0 / -R | 3.62 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X* | Arch Linux / 6.7.6-arch1-1 | 3.63 Gbits/sec | test 2 firewalld: running ; irqbalance: stopped ; needs retesting #1 |
| Intel Pentium(R) Silver N6005 | iStoreOS / 5.10.176 | 3.85 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel N100 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.76 | 3.97 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X* | Arch Linux / 6.7.6-arch1-1 | 4.14 Gbits/sec | test 4 firewalld: stopped ; irqbalance: stopped |
| Intel Core i5-4590 | Debian bookworm / 6.1.38 | 4.21 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X* | Arch Linux / 6.7.6-arch1-1 | 4.30 Gbits/sec | test 3 firewalld: stopped ; irqbalance: running ; needs retesting #1 |
| Intel Core i5-8500 | Ubuntu 22.04.3 / 5.15.0 | 4.49 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel N100 | Debian bookworm / 6.6.13 | 4.65 Gbits/sec | CPU at 12W TDP |
| Intel Core i7-8565U | Debian trixie / 6.7.6 xanmod | 4.93 Gbits/sec | Xanmod Kernel |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650GE | Linux pve / 6.2.16 | 5.29 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | Ubuntu 22.04.3 / 5.15.0 | 5.64 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i5-8365U | Debian bullseye / 5.10.0-24 | 5.64 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i5-13420H | Alpine Linux / 6.6.56 | 5.90 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i5-8265U | Arch Linux / 6.10.1 | 6.00 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX | Debian bookworm / 6.1.0 | 6.83 Gbits/sec | |
| Intel Core i9 13900K | Debian trixie / 6.5.13 | 7.53 Gbits/sec | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS | Arch Linux / 6.8.7-2-cachyos-bore-lto_v4 | 8.11 Gbits/sec | CachyOS Kernel |
| Intel Core i9 12900KS | Ubuntu 22.04 / 6.2.0-32 | 8.30 Gbits/sec | |
| MacBook Pro 2023 / Apple M2 Max* | Debian bookworm / 6.7.4-1 | 9.30 Gbits/sec | 4 core VZ VM |
| MacBook Pro 2023 / Apple M3 Max* | Ubuntu 22.04 / 5.15.0-91 | 9.39 Gbits/sec | 4 core VM (Parallels Desktop 19.3.0) |
| Intel Core i9 13905H* | Arch Linux / 6.10.3 | 10.5 Gbits/sec |
If you have more results to show, PR is welcomed.
We recommend also testing with -R by sudo ./benchmark.sh -R before submitting the result.
If you see quite a difference in speed which might happen on big.LITTLE CPU architecture (such as Apple M1), please note this in your commit.
This program only benchmarks your CPU and Kernel network stack, the end-to-end performance will also be affected by your NIC, NIC driver, etc.