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Envoy Gateway — Benchmarks

Scope

Performance characteristics, scaling limits, and resource consumption for Envoy Gateway.

Gateway API Performance

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+