dns-bench/README.md

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Comparing speed of bind-dig (C), knot-kdig (C), ldns-drill (C), hickory-resolve (Rust), dog (Rust), doggo (Go) and q (Go) DNS clients. Server is Unbound.

Versions

  • libc musl 1.1.24
  • gcc 13.2.0
  • rustc 1.83.0 (90b35a623 2024-11-26)
  • go version go1.23.3 linux/amd64
  • unbound 1.22.0
  • dig 9.21.4-dev (commit 8d9bc93e)
  • kdig, Knot DNS 3.5.dev0+1734704580.413600e (commit 413600ea)
  • drill version 1.8.4 (ldns version 1.8.4)
  • hickory 0.25.0-alpha.4 (commit 119800d0)
  • dog v0.2.0-pre (commit 721440b1)
  • doggo (commit 16ba284a)
  • q (commit 1cb2639c)

Summary

dog/target/release/dog -n 127.0.0.1:2253 -t TXT txt.domain.tld ran

  • 4.63 ± 0.27 times faster than doggo/doggo -n 127.0.0.1:2253 --short -t TXT txt.domain.tld
  • 4.70 ± 0.24 times faster than q/q -s 127.0.0.1:2253 -r -t TXT txt.domain.tld
  • 5.23 ± 0.45 times faster than hickory-dns/target/release/resolve -n 127.0.0.1:2253 -t TXT txt.domain.tld
  • 6.78 ± 0.31 times faster than /usr/sbin/drill -p 2253 -Q TXT txt.domain.tld @127.0.0.1
  • 9.85 ± 0.45 times faster than knot-dns/src/kdig -p 2253 +short TXT txt.domain.tld @127.0.0.1
  • 28.39 ± 8.20 times faster than bind9/bin/dig/dig -p 2253 +short TXT txt.domain.tld @127.0.0.1

Previous results

hickory-dns/target/release/resolve -n 127.0.0.1:2253 -t A domain.tld ran

  • 1.97 ± 0.28 times faster than /usr/sbin/drill -p 2253 -Q A domain.tld @127.0.0.1
  • 5.63 ± 1.16 times faster than bind9/bin/dig/dig -p 2253 +short A domain.tld @127.0.0.1

Notes

Custom build of drill gives 2x slower speed, so that one in results.txt is from Void packages.