docs: add latency benchmark vs LiteLLM/Portkey

- bench/ reproducible harness: instant mock backend + Apache Bench (ab -k -r)
- measures gateway overhead in passthrough mode (apples-to-apples)
- BENCHMARKS.md: methodology, caveats, results (cortiq ~57k rps p99 1ms vs
  Portkey ~5.8k p99 9ms vs LiteLLM 4-workers ~1.2k p99 59ms)
- README (EN+RU): Performance section + highlight

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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{"model":"bench","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"ping"}],"max_tokens":1}
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# Benchmark config: one model pinned to the mock upstream. Requests use
# model="bench" (a real id) → direct passthrough, no router call — so we measure
# pure proxy overhead, comparable to LiteLLM/Portkey passthrough.
listen = "0.0.0.0:9100"
[router]
url = "http://127.0.0.1:8100"
[[models]]
id = "bench"
provider = "openai"
base_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8100/v1"
model = "bench-model"
[routing]
default = "bench"
[protocols]
openai_chat = true
[admin]
enabled = false
[stats]
enabled = true
file = ""
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// Fast, dependency-free mock upstream for gateway benchmarks.
// Responds instantly with a fixed OpenAI-compatible chat completion so the
// measured latency reflects GATEWAY overhead, not model time.
//
// node bench/mock.js [port] # default 8100
const http = require("http");
const PORT = parseInt(process.argv[2] || "8100", 10);
const COMPLETION = JSON.stringify({
id: "chatcmpl-bench",
object: "chat.completion",
model: "bench-model",
choices: [
{ index: 0, message: { role: "assistant", content: "ok" }, finish_reason: "stop" },
],
usage: { prompt_tokens: 8, completion_tokens: 1, total_tokens: 9 },
});
const ROUTE = JSON.stringify({
request_id: "bench",
decision: { task_label: "general", complexity: { score: 0.2, tier: "low" } },
});
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
if (req.method === "GET") {
res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "text/plain" });
res.end("ok");
return;
}
// drain the request body, then reply
req.on("data", () => {});
req.on("end", () => {
const body = req.url.includes("/route") ? ROUTE : COMPLETION;
res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
res.end(body);
});
});
server.keepAliveTimeout = 60000;
server.listen(PORT, "127.0.0.1", () => console.log(`mock upstream on :${PORT}`));
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Gateway latency benchmark: measures pure proxy overhead by pointing every
# gateway at the same instant mock upstream and load-testing with Apache Bench.
#
# CONC=20 REQ=10000 bash bench/run.sh
#
# Compares (when installed): mock-direct (baseline), cortiq-gateway, LiteLLM, Portkey.
set -u
HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
ROOT="$(cd "$HERE/.." && pwd)"
CONC="${CONC:-20}"
REQ="${REQ:-10000}"
BODY="$HERE/body.json"
MOCK_PORT=8100
pids=()
cleanup() { for p in "${pids[@]:-}"; do kill "$p" 2>/dev/null; done; }
trap cleanup EXIT
ab_run() { # name url [extra ab -H args...]
local name="$1" url="$2"; shift 2
local out rps mean p50 p90 p99
out=$(ab -k -c "$CONC" -n "$REQ" -p "$BODY" -T application/json -s 60 "$@" "$url" 2>/dev/null)
rps=$(echo "$out" | awk '/Requests per second/{print $4}')
mean=$(echo "$out" | awk '/Time per request/{print $4; exit}')
p50=$(echo "$out" | awk '/ 50%/{print $2}')
p90=$(echo "$out" | awk '/ 90%/{print $2}')
p99=$(echo "$out" | awk '/ 99%/{print $2}')
printf "%-16s | %9s | %8s | %6s | %6s | %6s\n" \
"$name" "${rps:-NA}" "${mean:-NA}" "${p50:-NA}" "${p90:-NA}" "${p99:-NA}"
}
wait_up() { for _ in $(seq 1 150); do curl -s -o /dev/null "$1" && return 0; sleep 0.2; done; return 1; }
echo "concurrency=$CONC requests=$REQ (latency in ms; ab -k)"
printf "%-16s | %9s | %8s | %6s | %6s | %6s\n" "gateway" "rps" "mean" "p50" "p90" "p99"
printf -- "-----------------+-----------+----------+--------+--------+--------\n"
# --- mock baseline -----------------------------------------------------------
node "$HERE/mock.js" $MOCK_PORT >/tmp/bench_mock.log 2>&1 & pids+=($!)
wait_up "http://127.0.0.1:$MOCK_PORT/healthz" || { echo "mock failed"; exit 1; }
ab_run "mock-direct" "http://127.0.0.1:$MOCK_PORT/v1/chat/completions"
# --- cortiq-gateway ----------------------------------------------------------
BIN="$ROOT/target/release/cortiq-gateway"
[ -x "$BIN" ] || BIN="$ROOT/target/debug/cortiq-gateway"
"$BIN" --config "$HERE/cortiq.bench.toml" >/tmp/bench_cortiq.log 2>&1 & CG=$!; pids+=($CG)
if wait_up "http://127.0.0.1:9100/healthz"; then
ab_run "cortiq-gateway" "http://127.0.0.1:9100/v1/chat/completions"
fi
kill $CG 2>/dev/null
# --- LiteLLM -----------------------------------------------------------------
if python3 -c "import litellm" 2>/dev/null; then
cat > /tmp/litellm.yaml <<YAML
model_list:
- model_name: bench
litellm_params:
model: openai/bench-model
api_base: http://127.0.0.1:$MOCK_PORT/v1
api_key: sk-bench
YAML
# the proxy CLI is brittle across versions; run the ASGI app via uvicorn.
# 4 workers = LiteLLM's recommended multi-process setup (fair vs a multi-core gateway).
CONFIG_FILE_PATH=/tmp/litellm.yaml python3 -m uvicorn litellm.proxy.proxy_server:app \
--host 127.0.0.1 --port 4000 --workers 4 >/tmp/bench_litellm.log 2>&1 & LL=$!; pids+=($LL)
if wait_up "http://127.0.0.1:4000/health/liveliness"; then
# warm up the workers before measuring (cold imports per worker)
for _ in $(seq 1 10); do curl -s -o /dev/null -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' -d @"$BODY" "http://127.0.0.1:4000/v1/chat/completions"; done
sleep 2
ab_run "litellm" "http://127.0.0.1:4000/v1/chat/completions"
fi
kill $LL 2>/dev/null
else
echo "litellm | (not installed — pip install 'litellm[proxy]')"
fi
# --- Portkey -----------------------------------------------------------------
# resolve relative to the active node (npm root -g may point at a different npm)
PK_MAIN="$(dirname "$(command -v node 2>/dev/null)")/../lib/node_modules/@portkey-ai/gateway/build/start-server.js"
if [ -f "$PK_MAIN" ]; then
PORT=8787 node "$PK_MAIN" >/tmp/bench_portkey.log 2>&1 & PK=$!; pids+=($PK)
if wait_up "http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1/health" || wait_up "http://127.0.0.1:8787/"; then
sleep 1
ab_run "portkey" "http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1/chat/completions" \
-H "x-portkey-provider: openai" \
-H "x-portkey-custom-host: http://127.0.0.1:$MOCK_PORT/v1" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-bench"
fi
kill $PK 2>/dev/null
else
echo "portkey | (not installed — npm i -g @portkey-ai/gateway)"
fi
echo
echo "Note: numbers are gateway overhead over a zero-latency mock on one machine;"
echo "subtract mock-direct to isolate proxy cost. Re-run on your own hardware."