Envoy Gateway — Benchmarks
Scope
Performance characteristics, scaling limits, and resource consumption for Envoy Gateway.
| Metric |
Value |
Conditions |
| Throughput (HTTP/1.1) |
30,000-50,000 RPS |
Single gateway, small payloads |
| Throughput (HTTP/2) |
40,000-70,000 RPS |
Multiplexed connections |
| Latency (P50) |
0.5-1ms |
Added by proxy |
| Latency (P99) |
2-5ms |
Under moderate load |
Scaling
| Gateways |
Routes |
Controller Memory |
Controller CPU |
| 1 |
50 |
128Mi |
100m |
| 5 |
200 |
256Mi |
200m |
| 20 |
1,000 |
512Mi |
500m |
Envoy Proxy Resources
| Traffic Level |
Proxy CPU |
Proxy Memory |
| Low (< 1k RPS) |
100m |
64Mi |
| Medium (1-10k RPS) |
500m |
256Mi |
| High (10-100k RPS) |
2+ |
1Gi+ |