Tests with Wireguard enabled VPNs

Further tests were conducted against Wireguard enabled VPNs.
NordPVN (Using NordLynx), Mullvad, Wireguard Windows Client, HideAway VPN.

Tests from DataCentre to DataCentre

Testing from DataCentre to DataCentre in the hope to obtain consistent reliable results. Windows 2016 in Frankfurt DataCentre
NordPVN (Using NordLynx), Express VPN, HideAway VPN.

Test of HideAway VPN with a 10 gigabit connection

Testing at Packet.net with 10 gigabit connection speed on Windows 2016
Tested with fast.com, speedtest.net client and iperf.
3 tests were conducted each time, these are the top speeds reached (Mbps)

Discussion

Many factors can influence internet speeds, such as time of day, congestion, connection quality and so on. For VPNs, this also includes encryption, server congestion and location.

HideAway VPN was so much faster than the other VPNs. It wasn't a matter of megabytes in speed difference, but many times faster than the other VPNs. In fact, it appears there's not much difference in speed with HideAway VPN enabled or not.

HideAway VPN does use the same encryption as Wireguard (unlike OpenVPN which the majority of VPNs still use). But due to further optimizations, HideAway VPN was also consistently at least 2x faster then Wireguard based VPNs.

Some additional notes

• HideAway VPN remains fast all the time because the VPN servers it uses are only dependent on bandwidth, not CPU or memory.
• HideAway VPN connects and disconnects instantly, unlike other VPNs which took around 10 seconds or longer to connect.