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VPN vs Proxy for speed? (self.networking)

submitted 10 months ago by LunchEnjoyer to c/[email protected]

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Hiya, quickly wondering if there is a big difference between speeds when using a vpn compared to using a proxy server solution? Anyone got any experience here or good articles to refer to?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, especially if you use WireGuard on Linux, which is in the kernel and hardware accelerated. It's efficient enough that routers can run it well.

So unless you're pushing hardware limits, I'd expect it to be a wash.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yep, just tried this today, and holy hell!

I have older Cisco Linksys WRT160NL running DD-WRT. With OpenVPN I could get 5Mbps capped by CPU struggling at 100%. But today I tried WireGuard, and somehow even while doing 30Mbps, the CPU was just at around 25%.