Magento 2 is one of the best ecommerce platforms. We ran a test to analyze the performance of a store powered by Magento 2 and PHP 7. Here are the detailed benchmarks of Magento 2 running with PHP 7 on Cloud. Also, it includes the unique features of Magento 2.

1. Magento 2 Benchmarks and Features

2. Magento 2
• Magento is one the best open-source
ecommerce platforms.
• It is based on PHP.
• On November 17, 2015, Magento 2 was
launched.
• We configured Magento 2 on PHP 7 and here
are the benchmarks of the setup

3. Magento 2 Response Times With PHP7

4. Magento 2 Test Details
• This rush generated 50,414 successful hits in 300 seconds with 0%
time outs and errors with 100% hits rates.
• Response Times
– Fastest: 86 ms
– Slowest: 1,209 ms
– Average: 371 ms
• Test Configuration
– Region: Ireland
– Duration: 300 seconds
– Load: 1-500 users
• Other Stats
– Avg. Hits: 168 /sec
– Transferred: 9.02MB
– Received: 6,967.73MB

5. Magento 2 Hit Rate With PHP 7

6. Magento 2 Hit Rate With PHP 7
• This rush generated 50,414 successful hits
with 0% time outs and errors with 100% hit
rate.

7. Magento 2 Features
• Magento 1 used PrototypeJS widely. Magento
2 is based on jQuery
• Magento 2 supports HTML 5 but Magento 1
does not.
• Magento 2 uses composer for managing
dependencies. But in Magento 1 we had not
seen such facility.

8. Magento 2 Features
• Magento 2 Reduced table was locking.
Magento 1 uses more database massive
operations comparatively.
• Full page caching comes as a built in feature in
Magento 2. We need to install external
modules in Magento 1 for avail this
functionality.

9. Magento 2 Features
• PSR Compliance in Magento 2.
• Magento 2 allows the developer to setup
automated test quickly.
• Better and streamlined checkout flow
• Better security in Magento 2
• Magento 2 Compatible with Popular Platforms
like Oracle, MSSQL

10. Magento 2 on Cloudways
• You can install Magento 2 on Cloudways in just
a single click.
• More Information Here:
http://www.cloudways.com/blog/magento-2-
hosting/

11. Cloudways is an intuitive cloud hosting platform, that enables
novices, bloggers, designers, developers and agencies to easily
manage and deploy applications on DigitalOcean, Amazon EC2
servers, Vultr and Google Compute Engine. Cloudways optimize
and setup all the necessary software on the DigitalOcean,
Google Compute Engine, Vultr and Amazon EC2 servers. You
don't have to worry about installing Linux, MySQL, PHP, Varnish,
Memcache, Apache, Nginx and other scripts on the servers. All
new servers run Debian 8 OS at the back which you do not have
to handle as it is the job of Cloudways’ cloud experts. Plus, there
is PHP 7 hosting available too.
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