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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 15:47:18 -0500
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+---
+author: Josh Aas
+date: 2026-04-09T00:00:00Z
+slug: 26Q1-Rustls-Performance
+title: "Q1 2026 Rustls Performance Update"
+excerpt: "Test results comparing Rustls performance to other TLS libraries."
+display_default_footer: true
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+---
+
+
+## Overview
+
+Offering top tier performance is a primary goal for the [Rustls](https://github.com/rustls/rustls) project. As such, the project has developed benchmarks representing some of the most performance critical functions and monitors them closely.
+
+The Rustls project [periodically publishes test results](https://rustls.dev/perf/) that compare Rustls performance to other popular TLS libraries, OpenSSL and BoringSSL.
+
+The previously published test results are from [July of 2025](https://rustls.dev/perf/2025-07-31-report/). The Rustls project is planning to start publishing performance reports more frequently going forward.
+
+Here's how library versions have changed since the previous results:
+
+- Rustls: 0.23.31 (aws-lc-rs 1.13.1) -> 0.23.37 (aws-lc-rs 1.16.0)
+- OpenSSL: 3.5.1 -> 3.6.1
+- BoringSSL: July 2024 -> March 2026 snapshot
+
+The testing discussed here was done in March of 2026.
+
+## Results
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+## Analysis
+
+
+
+
+
+ | Library |
+ First Place |
+ Second Place |
+ Third Place |
+
+
+
+
+ | Rustls |
+ 14 |
+ 2 |
+ 0 |
+
+
+ | BoringSSL |
+ 2 |
+ 10 |
+ 4 |
+
+
+ | OpenSSL |
+ 0 |
+ 4 |
+ 12 |
+
+
+
+