gin-gonic-gin/BENCHMARKS.md

Gin Benchmark Report

Machine: Apple M4 Pro OS: macOS (Darwin 25.3.0), arm64 Date: March 15th, 2026 Gin Version: v1.12.0 Go Version: 1.25.8 darwin/arm64 Source: Go HTTP Router Benchmark

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Table of Contents

• Summary
• Memory Consumption
• Benchmark Results
  • GitHub API (203 routes)
  • Google+ API (13 routes)
  • Parse API (26 routes)
  • Static Routes (157 routes)
• Micro Benchmarks
  • Single Param
  • 5 Params
  • 20 Params
  • Param Write

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Summary

The table below ranks all routers by GitHub API throughput (203 routes, all methods), which best represents real-world routing workloads. Lower ns/op is better.

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op	Zero-alloc
1	Gin	9,944	0	0	✅
2	BunRouter	10,281	0	0	✅
3	Echo	11,072	0	0	✅
4	HttpRouter	15,059	13,792	167
5	HttpTreeMux	49,302	65,856	671
6	Chi	94,376	130,817	740
7	Beego	101,941	71,456	609
8	Fiber	109,148	0	0	✅
9	Macaron	121,785	147,784	1,624
10	Goji v2	242,849	313,744	3,712
11	GoRestful	885,678	1,006,744	3,009
12	GorillaMux	1,316,844	225,667	1,588

Key takeaways:

• Gin, BunRouter, and Echo form the top tier — all achieve zero heap allocations and route the full GitHub API in ~10 us.
• HttpRouter remains extremely fast but incurs 1 alloc per parameterized route (167 allocs for 203 routes).
• Fiber also achieves zero allocations, but its fasthttp-based benchmark infrastructure adds per-iteration reset overhead — do not compare its absolute ns/op directly with net/http routers.
• GorillaMux and GoRestful are feature-rich but orders of magnitude slower, making them less suitable for latency-sensitive applications.

Fiber caveat: Fiber benchmarks use fasthttp.RequestCtx with per-iteration Reset, which adds constant overhead not present in net/http benchmarks. Fiber-vs-Fiber comparisons are valid; cross-framework comparisons should be interpreted with care.

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Memory Consumption

Memory required for loading the routing structure (lower is better). Sorted by bytes ascending.

Static Routes: 157

Router	Bytes
HttpRouter	21,680
Gin	34,408
Macaron	36,976
BunRouter	51,232
Fiber	59,248
HttpServeMux	71,728
HttpTreeMux	73,448
Chi	83,160
Echo	91,976
Beego	98,824
Goji v2	117,952
GorillaMux	599,496
GoRestful	819,704

GitHub API Routes: 203

Router	Bytes
HttpRouter	37,072
Gin	58,840
HttpTreeMux	78,800
Macaron	90,632
BunRouter	93,776
Chi	94,888
Echo	117,784
Goji v2	118,640
Beego	150,840
Fiber	163,832
GoRestful	1,270,848
GorillaMux	1,319,696

Google+ API Routes: 13

Router	Bytes
HttpRouter	2,776
Gin	4,576
BunRouter	7,360
HttpTreeMux	7,440
Chi	8,008
Goji v2	8,096
Macaron	8,672
Beego	10,256
Fiber	10,840
Echo	10,968
GorillaMux	68,000
GoRestful	72,536

Parse API Routes: 26

Router	Bytes
HttpRouter	5,024
Gin	7,896
HttpTreeMux	7,848
BunRouter	9,336
Chi	9,656
Echo	13,816
Macaron	13,704
Fiber	15,352
Goji v2	16,064
Beego	19,256
GorillaMux	105,384
GoRestful	121,200

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Benchmark Results

GitHub API (203 routes)

Routing all 203 GitHub API endpoints per operation.

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	Gin	9,944	0	0
2	BunRouter	10,281	0	0
3	Echo	11,072	0	0
4	HttpRouter	15,059	13,792	167
5	HttpTreeMux	49,302	65,856	671
6	Chi	94,376	130,817	740
7	Beego	101,941	71,456	609
8	Fiber	109,148	0	0
9	Macaron	121,785	147,784	1,624
10	Goji v2	242,849	313,744	3,712
11	GoRestful	885,678	1,006,744	3,009
12	GorillaMux	1,316,844	225,667	1,588

Google+ API (13 routes)

Routing all 13 Google+ API endpoints per operation.

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	BunRouter	348.5	0	0
2	Gin	429.7	0	0
3	Echo	451.1	0	0
4	HttpRouter	668.6	640	11
5	HttpTreeMux	2,428	4,032	38
6	Fiber	2,506	0	0
7	Chi	5,333	8,480	48
8	Beego	5,927	4,576	39
9	Macaron	7,294	9,464	104
10	Goji v2	8,000	15,120	115
11	GorillaMux	14,707	14,448	102
12	GoRestful	24,189	60,720	193

Parse API (26 routes)

Routing all 26 Parse API endpoints per operation.

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	BunRouter	588.2	0	0
2	Gin	712.1	0	0
3	Echo	742.1	0	0
4	HttpRouter	948.5	640	16
5	HttpTreeMux	3,372	5,728	51
6	Fiber	4,250	0	0
7	Chi	8,863	14,944	84
8	Beego	10,541	9,152	78
9	Macaron	13,635	18,928	208
10	Goji v2	13,264	29,456	199
11	GorillaMux	25,886	26,960	198
12	GoRestful	54,780	131,728	380

Static Routes (157 routes)

Routing all 157 static routes per operation. Includes http.ServeMux as baseline.

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	HttpRouter	4,177	0	0
2	HttpTreeMux	5,363	0	0
3	Gin	5,528	0	0
4	BunRouter	5,997	0	0
5	Echo	6,897	0	0
—	HttpServeMux	18,172	0	0
6	Fiber	29,310	0	0
7	Chi	41,317	57,776	314
8	Beego	68,255	55,264	471
9	Macaron	81,824	114,296	1,256
10	Goji v2	84,459	175,840	1,099
11	GorillaMux	302,825	133,137	1,099
12	GoRestful	436,510	677,824	2,193

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Micro Benchmarks

Single Param

Route: /user/:name — Request: GET /user/gordon

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	BunRouter	12.22	0	0
2	Echo	17.75	0	0
3	Gin	23.31	0	0
4	HttpRouter	31.88	32	1
5	Fiber	114.4	0	0
6	HttpTreeMux	165.0	352	3
7	Chi	332.2	704	4
8	Beego	348.8	352	3
9	Goji v2	494.3	1,136	8
10	GorillaMux	630.6	1,152	8
11	Macaron	708.0	1,064	10
12	GoRestful	1,394	4,600	15

5 Params

Route: /:a/:b/:c/:d/:e — Request: GET /test/test/test/test/test

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	BunRouter	41.86	0	0
2	Echo	43.76	0	0
3	Gin	44.20	0	0
4	HttpRouter	83.74	160	1
5	Fiber	271.6	0	0
6	HttpTreeMux	358.8	576	6
7	Chi	453.7	704	4
8	Beego	480.3	352	3
9	Goji v2	532.4	1,200	8
10	Macaron	799.7	1,064	10
11	GorillaMux	972.6	1,216	8
12	GoRestful	1,579	4,712	15

20 Params

Route: /:a/:b/.../:t (20 segments) — Request: GET /a/b/.../t

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	Gin	121.7	0	0
2	Echo	127.5	0	0
3	BunRouter	211.4	0	0
4	HttpRouter	290.2	704	1
5	Fiber	466.1	0	0
6	Goji v2	745.3	1,440	8
7	Beego	1,099	352	3
8	Chi	1,805	2,504	9
9	HttpTreeMux	1,857	3,144	13
10	Macaron	2,058	2,864	15
11	GorillaMux	2,223	3,272	13
12	GoRestful	3,337	7,008	20

Param Write

Route: /user/:name with response write — Request: GET /user/gordon

Rank	Router	ns/op	B/op	allocs/op
1	BunRouter	25.86	0	0
2	Gin	27.65	0	0
3	HttpRouter	37.40	32	1
4	Echo	47.94	8	1
5	Fiber	125.7	0	0
6	HttpTreeMux	180.4	352	3
7	Chi	348.3	704	4
8	Beego	386.1	360	4
9	Goji v2	516.9	1,168	10
10	GorillaMux	665.5	1,152	8
11	Macaron	784.3	1,112	13
12	GoRestful	1,534	4,608	16