What is the difference between latency and response time? - Site Owners Forums

AizaKhan · 04-07-2023, 12:16 PM

What is the difference between latency and response time?

horizontour · 04-16-2023, 10:40 PM

Latency is the time it takes for a request to travel from the client to the server and back, while response time is the time it takes for the server to process the request and send back a response. Latency is the sum of the two, so a higher latency means a longer total request time.

nathanleo · 06-18-2025, 11:20 PM

Latency and response time are both metrics that measure time within a system; however, they reflect different dimensions of that time. Latency refers to the interval before a response is initiated, whereas response time encompasses the entire duration required to obtain a response.

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