Prisma 7 Performance and Benchmarks

Prisma 7 shipped on November 19th. Since then, we have heard a lot from the community. Many of you love the new setup and the move away from Rust, while others have raised concerns about performance. This post is meant to be a transparent overview of what is happening and how we’re going to address it. Is Prisma 7 slow? The most common question we have seen is simple: “Why does Prisma 7 feel slower than Prisma 6?” Some benchmarks show Prisma 7 running slower than other ORMs and even slower than Prisma 6 in some cases. If you have seen only those graphs, the confusion is understandable. We have reviewed every issue, comment, and benchmark the community shared. The most referenced one is here. It is a detailed test suite that compares Prisma 6 and Prisma 7. In those tests, Prisma 7 fall behind. But before drawing conclusions, we need to look at what these tests are actually measuring.