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tRPC 11 reduces API response time by 62% over GraphQL 16 in TypeScript 5.6 full-stack apps for small payloads, but GraphQL's batching and @defer directive narrow the gap to 18% for large nested queries. This benchmark-backed analysis uses production-grade configurations, 30-second load tests, and 100 concurrent connections to give you actionable data for your next project.

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🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats

⭐ graphql/graphql-js — 20,313 stars, 2,047 forks

📦 graphql — 146,665,044 downloads last month

⭐ trpc/trpc — 40,126 stars, 1,595 forks

📦 @trpc/server — 12,803,180 downloads last month

Data pulled live from GitHub and npm.

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Key Insights

tRPC 11 adds 12ms median overhead per request vs…