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| Metric | Python (CPython) | Firecracker | containerd | AWS Lambda | Node.js | llama.cpp | Docker | LLM (Python CLI) | Candle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | B71 | B70 | B-66 | B-65 | B-65 | C+63 | C-54 | D49 | D48 |
| Type | Language | MicroVM | Container | Serverless | Language | Container | |||
| Execution | interpreted | aot | hybrid | hybrid | jit | aot | hybrid | hybrid | jit |
| Interface | cli | api | platform | platform | cli | cli | cli | cli | sdk |
| Cold Start | 50ms | 125ms | 100ms | 200ms | 50ms | 100ms | 500ms | 500ms | 300ms |
| Memory | 15MB | 5MB | 20MB | 128MB | 40MB | 50MB | 50MB | 100MB | 200MB |
| Startup | 10ms | 100ms | 20ms | 100ms | 20ms | 10ms | 200ms | 100ms | 50ms |
| Isolation | process | microvm | container | microvm | process | process | container | process | process |
| Maturity | production | production | production | production | production | production | production | stable | stable |
| Languages | Python | Any | Any | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, .NET, Rust | JavaScript, TypeScript | C, C++ | Any | Python | Rust |
| License | Other | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
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