Some results from https://gist.github.com/3169888

bench results

``ab -r -n 200 -c 200 http://localhost:8080/``
* pure sockets (max 5 connections, sleeptime=0.25ms)
  Time taken for tests:   16.932 seconds
  Requests per second:    11.81 [#/sec] (mean)
  Failed requests:        507
* pure sockets (max 500 connections, sleeptime=0.25ms)
  Time taken for tests:   50.088 seconds
  Requests per second:    3.99 [#/sec] (mean)
  Failed requests:        0
* threads (max 500 connections, sleeptime=0.25ms)
  Time taken for tests:   0.547 seconds
  Requests per second:    365.43 [#/sec] (mean)
  Failed requests:        0
* greenlets (max 500 connections, sleeptime=0.25ms)
  Time taken for tests:   0.276 seconds
  Requests per second:    725.89 [#/sec] (mean)
  Failed requests:        0