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| Metric | Python (CPython) | Firecracker | AWS Lambda | Node.js | Docker | LLM (Python CLI) | Ollama | MLX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | B71 | B70 | B-65 | B-65 | C-54 | D49 | D49 | D47 |
| Type | Language | MicroVM | Serverless | Language | Container | |||
| Execution | interpreted | aot | hybrid | jit | hybrid | hybrid | hybrid | jit |
| Interface | cli | api | platform | cli | cli | cli | cli | sdk |
| Cold Start | 50ms | 125ms | 200ms | 50ms | 500ms | 500ms | 1000ms | 500ms |
| Memory | 15MB | 5MB | 128MB | 40MB | 50MB | 100MB | 500MB | 200MB |
| Startup | 10ms | 100ms | 100ms | 20ms | 200ms | 100ms | 100ms | 100ms |
| Isolation | process | microvm | microvm | process | container | process | process | process |
| Maturity | production | production | production | production | production | stable | production | stable |
| Languages | Python | Any | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, .NET, Rust | JavaScript, TypeScript | Any | Python | Python, JavaScript, Go | Python, C++, Swift |
| License | Other | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
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