# SPDY slower than normal HTTPS

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spdy-slower-than-normal-https/222395>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [August 27, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spdy-slower-than-normal-https/222395 "2012-08-27T14:01:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spdy-slower-than-normal-https/222395/1 "2012-08-27T14:01:52Z")

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Hello,

Anyone else noticing that not only is nginx 1.3.5 slower than 1.2.3 but  
that  
SPDY is making it even slower than non-SPDY HTTPS?

On a page refresh I’m seeing 428ms for a large forum page via non-SPDY  
HTTPS  
and close to 900ms when using SPDY.

Also, even using plain HTTP, nginx 1.3.5 loads it at 428ms, while 1.2.3  
loads it at 328ms.

I’m also able to reproduce this on ANY nginx site that has SPDY enabled.

Very odd.

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[SPDY slower than normal HTTPS](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,230118,230118#msg-230118)**
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> Hello, Anyone else noticing that not only is nginx 1.3.5 slower than 1.2.3 but that SPDY is making it even slower than non-SPDY HTTPS? On a page refresh I'm seeing 428ms for a large forum page via non-SPDY HTTPS and close to 900ms when using SPDY....

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**Author:** ![eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@eiji-gravion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eiji-gravion)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spdy-slower-than-normal-https/222395/2 "2012-08-27T14:05:11Z")

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Just wanted to make it clear that this appears to happen on refreshes,  
not  
initial loads.

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: SPDY slower than normal HTTPS](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,230118,230119#msg-230119)**
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> Hello, Anyone else noticing that not only is nginx 1.3.5 slower than 1.2.3 but that SPDY is making it even slower than non-SPDY HTTPS? On a page refresh I'm seeing 428ms for a large forum page via non-SPDY HTTPS and close to 900ms when using SPDY....