Comparing speed of DNS clients
.build.sh | ||
.gitignore | ||
build_dig.sh | ||
build_dog.sh | ||
build_doggo.sh | ||
build_drill.sh | ||
build_hr.sh | ||
build_kdig.sh | ||
build_q.sh | ||
LICENSE | ||
main.sh | ||
README.md | ||
results.txt | ||
unbound.conf |
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.