State of the art of Serverless - Q1 2026 - sysbench RAM
Go back to listTo assess memory performance, we used the sysbench memory benchmark. This tool measures the throughput and latency of sequential and random memory access patterns, providing a direct characterization of the memory bandwidth available to a running workload.
Beyond raw bandwidth, the sysbench memory benchmark also reveals the effective memory latency, which governs how quickly a function can access its working set, a key factor for data-intensive workloads such as in-memory caching, large payload processing, or matrix operations. Below, you'll find an example of sysbench command line used for this test:
sysbench --threads=$cpu_number --time=60 memory --memory-oper=read run
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- Oracle Function is clearly above the rest of panel
- Azure Container Apps and Scaleway containers coming second